The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 30, 1945, Page 8

PAGL EIGHT JAP PILOT CRASHES ON U.S. VESSEI. Suicide Flier Hifs Light Naval Hospital Ship Killing 29 By Leif Erickson (Associated Press War Correspondent) GUAM, April 30—A Japanese suicide pilot crashed into the U. S. S. Comfort, a brightly lighted Navy hospital ship, south of Okinawa Sat- urday night, killing 29 and wound- ing 33 Americans, with one reported missing. Victims included crew memters as well as passengers al- ready wounded Admiral Chester W. Nimitz re-| ported the Japanese plane which made the attack is still on the deck of the U. S. S. Comfort, although | she is proceeding to port under her own power The Comfort, which was evacuat- ing wounded from Okinawa, was well lighted and plainly marked withs large red crosses painted on the| white decks and superstructure. The attack occurred 50 miles south of Okinawa, at 8:58 o'clock, Okinawa time, Saturday night. Ninitz also reported ground action on Okinawa had cost the Americans ) | | 11413 casualties, including 1,847/ killed, through last Friday. Japanese casualties up to Wednes- day morning were 21,269 killed,' approximately thirteen times the| number of U. 8. troops killed. Jap prisoners taken during the same period totaled 399. Doughboys of the Twenty-seventh | Army Division captured the north- | ern half of Machinato airfield on | the west coast of Okinawa, while| Seventh Division Infantry seized high ground near Kochi village, on| the east coast, and general advances | were continued southward all along | the line. FOURCIVIL CASES SET FOR TRIAL The Civil Docket for the current U. 8. District Court here, as set Sat-{ urday by Judge George F. Alexander, | shows the following cases set for trial at this term, commeneing |« May 7: |d Walter Rolfe vs. Edwin A. Kraft; Ira Benjamin Stevensen vs. Bertha Frances Stevensen; Millard E. Har-, tington vs. Ruby Harrington and/ Joseph W. Putzel vs. Corbett Shipp. ! To be set later on are: R. H.| Camerun vs. Chichagof Mng. Co.;| The 'Matter of the Enlargement of | the Town of Sitka; Office of Price|* Administration vs. George Bros. ,‘ United States as Guardian of the! Estate of Setuck Harry vs. Libby,! McNeill and Libby; Peter J. Bend vs. Helen Gray Bond and Selene Torum vs. Sam Torum. Continued unt the next Court term are: Clara Carson vss. Mrs. Elizabeth McBrien; Olaf Dale vs. Harriet Pullen and Catherine Nye; James Edward Lyman vs. Ingrid, Lyman; Alaska Packers Assn. vs. Unemployment Compensation Com- mission; William L. Paul vs. Pacific American Fisheries and Margaret Perrin vs. Daniel Perrin. Dismissed Saturday, on motion by plaintiff, were: Gertrude R. Snow vs. Joseph M. Snow (without pre- Jjudice) and John and Emma John- son' vs. Robert Deason, etc. Set for hearing in the Court here next Saturday is a criminal action on appeal from the U. S. Commis- sioner’s Court at Wrangell. En-| titled: The United States vs. Louis Paul, Peter Sing, David Howard and Louis Paul, Jr,, the case involves al- leged illegal commercial fishing for salmon, of which the defendants were-found guilly by Commissioner Ri¢hard Suratt, in July, 1942, and were fined $25 each. Jury trial has been waived for che hearing here Baturday. | ——— — May Day Silver Tea By WSCS Tomorrow The Juneau and Douglas Women's Society of Christian Service of the Méthodist Church will give a May Day Silver Tea and a bake sale to- morrow afternoon in the Methodist | Church Social rooms in Juneau. The | event will be from 2 to 6 p. m. Mrs. Floyd Dryden, Chairman of the Tea Committee, has planned a pleas- ant time for all with excellent food. .- TRANSFERRED ‘Three enlisted members of the U 8. Coast Guard, who serving in Juneau attached to the organization of the Captain of the Port, were transferred this morning to duty at the Coast Guard Dis- trict Headquarters at Ketchikan. The | three men transferred are: Donald R. Bateman, coxswain; Cajvin P, Ellis, boatswain’s mate| 2/c; Hemry W. Brakebush, seaman 1/c. ! must work i gales. 1 plight have been!a v Hero of Soviet Union, Captain of Guards Fedor Lipatkin, ccmmande: hcisted a red banner cn a balcony of a house in a captured bleck in Berlin. photo said Lipatkin’s tanks had traversed whole road frem Stalingrad to Berlin. from Moscow). NEW CRISIS | DEVELOPS AT (ONFERENCE Relations Beiween Three tovic will be tne “Eect of war German Armies Virtually Big Powers Teeter Again on Rim (Continued from Page One) sort Atlantic setting forth the World Organiza- ghts and job is to w Char human i ral As To con- r the Dumb: Assembly jch of this Comr nations would ! ‘.ssnmms mor; is mmitice is to for the proposed peace-preserving <o meil, (4) World Court—The Commission t of body the bc and how ~ shoulrd & she Warld Coi ntuch pow The Conf.® .:¢ has ue of next Fr for g ) propo<.d changes in the D barton Oaks plan — e 110,000 FREED FROM MOSSBURG PRISON CAMP U. 8. THIRD ARMY April 30.— The U. 8. Fourteenth Armored Di- vision liberated 110,000 . Allied prisoners at Mossburg, instead of 27,000 as previously reported. This, Germany’s biggest prisoner of war camp, had on its roster the names of 11,000 Americans, as well as Britons, South Africans, New Zealanders, Australians, Poles, Rus- sians, Frenchmen and Yugoslavs. At the Mosshurg camp, the Forty- seventh Tank Battalion, which cap- tured the camp, found 19 of their own troops. A vast poison gas depot, and 95,000 poison gas bombs were captur- ed, along with the depot officers’ personnel near Niederleindorf, 13 miles south of Regensburg. (G571 GOES T0 ASSISTANCE OF TROLLING BOAT A recent mission of assistance per- formed by the U. S. Coast Guard vessel CG5T1, was revealed today by the office of the Captain of the Po)t here. The Molly H., troller-rigged gas- boat, home port Juneau, Ed Hibler owner and master, had run into Youngs Bay for shelter from recent When the seas abated, Hib- ler found himself unable to re- start his engine. Fearful that a change of wind might imperil his boat where it rode at anchor, Hibler iput out in his skiff to row 17 miles into Juneau, where t to the Coa into June he reported his Guard and asked | JWC LUNCHEON TUESDAY NOON Guest speaker at the Juneau Wo- man’s Club luncheon tomorrow | noon in the Northern Light Pres- | byterian Church parlors will be Miss Bess Williams, Regional Con- sultant of the Federal Children’s Bureau, from San Francisco. Her Child Life.” Ronald Lister will sing | This House,” accompanied | by Mrs. Robert Treat. Mrs. Roy Peratrovich, War Ac-| tivities Chairman, announced that War Stamps will be on sale at to- morrow’s meeting, as part of the clubs participation in the coming War Bond Drive, in which the Pin-Money Bonds are being stressed in the various women’s organiza- tions. Passengers Will Stop at Kefchikan WASHINGTON, April 30.—The Immigration Service has agreed to discontinue the examination of pas- scngers between Ketchikan and Seattle. | Dclegate E. L. Bartlett said he had protested the inspections on the ground ihere was no more justifica- tion for them than for sn examina- tion of travellers between two states. - e TRUMAN NAMES McKIM TO ADM. | ASSISTANT JOB WASHINGTON, April 30.—Presi- dent Harry S. Truman announcedl the appointment of Edward Daniel| McKim, Ohama insurance executive;| as his Chief Administrative Assist- ant. McKim was sworn in by Justice| William Douglas, along with John‘ Snyder, Federal Loan Administrator, and Edwin Pauley, American mem- ber of the International Reparations! Commission. - - e, — Emmw Classitieas Pay! r of a tank elm | - IN ITALY |ordered to pay fines here by City | 'IHE DAlLY ALAbKA LMPIRE—!UNEAU ALASKA 3 MONDAY APRIL 30, I945 PRI R T - SUPERS MAKE ATTACK NEAR Army Air Arsenal Bombed { -Other Aircraft Shower Kyushu Airfields By MORRIE LANDSBERG (Associated Press War Correspondent) GUAM, April 30.—More than 100 Superfortresses attacked Tachikawa, Tokyo, while six small fleets of | {on ' Kyushu, southernmost of the Japanese home islands. Tachikawa arsenal, which is | actually an air depot bordering | Tachikawa airfields, covers 460 }ucrt\s, and is near the Hitachi air- | Superforts last Tuesday | The raids on Kyushu put the island under the Superfortresses’ -~ | bombsights for the fifth consecutive ‘ | day. gy il GO BETWEEN Caption on this Russi SR OVER PEACE CAMPAIGN GETS BUSY MALMO, Sweden, April 30—Free Danish- press reports said today that Count Folke Bernadotte, re- puted peace intermediary, ferred with Himmler at Aabenraa jon the German-Danish Border. This report was circulated as two Swedisn Foreign = Office officials NEARS END pert boarded a special plane, at Ehmmated as Mll"ary |Malmo, for Denmark shortly after For(e’ Says Clark ;nrrhnl by train from Stockholm. In Stockholm the Foreign Office lsald it had no confirmation reports that the Delegation of Swedish officials might be enroute to join man Armies in TItaly “have been | Bernadotte in connection with a mtuqll\ eliminated as a military peace mission. It is reported that force.” |Himmler and Bernadotte were in Gen. Clark said 2 enemy divisions | conference and it was said to have were torn to pieces in the 22-day been’ the second in two days. offensive of the U. S. Fifth and Himmler, it is said by Free Danes, British Eighth Armies, and said the talked with Bernadotte for three Germans “can no longer effectively 'hours Sunday at Aabenraa, during Iresist our armies” but added that, which time the Swedish Count was | scattered fighting may continué. 'supposed to have turned over the Three of Italy’s greatest cities, Allies’ rejection to Himmler's capi- Milan, Venice and Genoa, are in tulation proposal. Allied hands. Units of the Fifth ————— Army seized Milan, where the| bodies of executed Mussolini and| JACKSON ARRIVES HERE seven of his Fascist comrades lay,! while other American troops dashed | Charles E. Jackson has arrived to the important port of Genoa, Hn Juneau and is representing the which was liherated two days| {Fish and Wildlife Service from earlier by Italian Patriots, while | Washington, D. C. He is a guest British forces captured Venice. |at the Baranof Hoiel. (Continued from Page One) TOKYOTODAY army air arsenal 24 miles west of | B-29s showered bombs on airfields | | craft plant which was blasted by ! con- | and a Swedish Military Traffic ex- | World Waits Upon Germany For Decision Nazi Collap;e—finder Arms, Probably Whole Cap- itulation, Is Seen WASHINGTON, April 30 — The Allied world waited in grim confi- dence today for Nazi collapse under pressure of arms if not wholesale capitulation, such as President Truman denied occurred last Satur- ! day night. A remorseless military pressure is building still higher upon the {dwindling German strongholds. | This much is clear and officially | confirmed: | Gestapo Chief Heinrich Himmler offered to surrender to the British and Americans but was told the |offer would be given consideration only ‘after he made it including Russia. . | Almost equally clear, although | without official backing, was that officials in Washington were await- ing something important yesterday ! following the San Francisco report | about surrender. -~ STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, A 30. — Closing Lquotation of Alaska Juneau' mine stock today is 7%, American Can | 97%, Anaconda 34, Bethlehem Steel 81%, Curtiss-Wright 5%, Interna- | tional Harvester 86%, Kennecott | 1 39%, New York Central 26’4, North- ern Pacific 27%, U. S. Steel 68% Pound $4.04. Dow, Jones averages today as follows: industrials, 165.44; 57.09; utilities, 30.46. e JACKSON HERE are rails, Charles E. Jackson, Assistant Na- tional Director of the Fish and ‘Wildlife Service of the Department of the Interior, has arrived in Ju- neau by plane to confer with of- ficials of the Service here. He is to remain in Alaska for several days before returning to his desk in Washington, D. C. SR o e N STEWART BACK B. D. Stewart, Territorial Com- missioner of Mines, has returned to his Juneau headquarters following an inspection trip to coal mining operations along the Alaska Rail- road and to assay offices at Anchor- age and Fairbanks ———.————— RASMUSSEN HERE Delwyn C. Rasmussen, of the Anchorage Weather Bureau, is a guest at the Hotel Juneau. ————— NEITZERT HERE Glen Neitzert, of Gustavus, has arrived in Juneau and is a guest at the Gastineau Hotel. A Belgrade broadcast, recorded | by the FCC, said Yugoslav Pamsan] troops had entered the port 0” Trieste. An Allied communique reported | e Germans were fighting desper-; mely north of Lake Garda, near ! | Brenner Pass, but said enemy lines! i were disorganized. | Gen. Clark said more than 120,000 | prisoners were taken in the chrust‘ into northern Italy, which had’ swept ahead so rapidly it was ol HAINES, difficult to maintain communica- tions. — e, POLICE COURT FINES Five persons charged with being drunk and disorderly have been Magistrate William A. Holzheimer, | sitting in Police Court. Fined $25 each were: Sergius R.! Shekley, Alex Haaf, Albert J.' Whalen and Charles LaBrash. William F. Clark was fined $50 and given a jail sentence of 30 days, suspended on good behavior. Lilly's —Ferry's P C¢ufz 10:15 A. M. A ¢ SEED POTATOES ORDEEN()W ONION SETS 25 GARDEN SEEDS TWO JUNEAU DELIVERIES DOUGLAS DELIVERY 10 A. M. MINIMUM—$2.50 Ber CASH GROCE ALASKA Pound — Alaska Seed Co. 2:15 P. M. 2 S PHON 00 ( il for Two Free Deliveries Daily ) ) 4 E 20 i askan Merchandisers in Anchorage, a guest at the Baranof Hotel. | guest at the Baranof Hotel. on the mission, the 3 CG5T1 took the Molly H. in tow and SRR : proceeded a large part of the way J &éa ;] back to Juneau when Hibler, who » was aboard the Molly H. gnd was “dragging her propeller” sheceeded * More Northwest women have switched to Centennial- Silk-Sifted Flour, in the past 12 months, than to any other brand, according to impartial surveys. in engendering lite in the craft’s en- gine, The Molly H. was ¢ loose from the CG571 and both vessels continued on into Jureau. 20th Century Meat Market WlLLlAMS RETURNS YEAGER HERE {; David C. Yeager, of Anchorage, is a guest at the Baranof Hotel. e Lt. Col. J. P. Williams, Adjatant ' General of the Alaska Territorial | e Guard, has returned to his head- | WHIPPLE VISITS quarters in Juneau following an| James Whipple, of Seattle, is a inspection trip to Anchorage, Nome guest at the Baanof Hotel. £ i and Bering Sea points. e o Col. Williams reports great in-| MR., MRS. QUIDOR HERE terest in Guard work in the Second| Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Quidor, Division, with fine progress being| Whitehorse, are guekts at Iy made under 10 Regular Army ser-| Baranof Hotel: S geants assigned as instructors in| ——————— i that area, from the Kuskokwim BEILFUS IN JUNEAU % to Barrow. | F. F. Beilfus, of Lowell, Washs ——,——— |ington, is a guest at the Gutlnefl HULVEY TRANSFERRED | Hotel. Q - — : Ensign Lynnwood H. Hulvey, CHAMBERLIN IN JUNEAU USCG, has been transferred from! Joseph O. Chamberlin, of Palme! his post here with the office of |Alaska, is a guest at the Baran the Captain of the Port to duty| Hotel. at Coast Guard Training Station,| Fort McHenry, Baltimore, Md., it was announced today. Ensign Hul- -, BUY WAR BONDS —— ey I Iready left J . He! 4 ;:;ve?:asheflrenaflsproexuna:lel};authrrz‘ T months. | g:xsi;n Hulvey's duties at the A"mlu“ Training station will consist of in- structing in techniques for loading explosives aboard ships. R FAIRBANKS WOMEN HERE ! Peggy Willsey and Clara Kauf-| man, of Fairbanks, have arrived in Juneau and are guests at the Baranof Hotel. L e e | STJERN IN JUNEAU Harold Stjern, of Hoonah, is a guest at the Baranof Hotel. > SUDDOCK IN TOWN i Edwin M. Suddock, of the Al-| MASONS Called Communication MONDAY at 2:30 P. M. WORK IN M. M. DEGREE 57 Dinner at 6:30 < Completion of Degree Work ©at7:30 Qi is a guest at the Baranof Hotel. | RER, S T FRANK IN JUNEAU L. Frank has arrived by plane from Sitka and is a guest at the Hotel Juneau. JOHNSON HERE J. K. Johnson, of Ketchikan, is| PRRL - 247 RS TENNANT IN JUNEAU Hugh R. Tennant, of Seattle, is — > SHERMAN HERE J. L. Sherman, of the Ellis Air| Transport in Ketchikan, is a guest at the Baranof Hotei. EORGE BROTHER Super Market Phones 92-95—2 Free Deliveries Daily Orders for Delivery Accepted Up to 2:30 P. M. Phone—Write or Wire George Brothers ARRIVING TOMORROW A complete line of SPRING FRUITS and VEGETABLES EORGE BROTHER Super Market Orders for Delivery Accepted Up to 2:30 P. M. 2 FREE Deliveries Daily—10:30 A. M., 2:30 P, M. Your Clothes Command Respect If Cleaned { s ey B We Pick Up ; and i Deliver i “For ?‘l Better i Appearance” Phone 907 P t