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

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXV., NO. 9963 JUNEAU, ALASKA WEDN'\DAY MAY 16, 1945 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS ——= ] ICE BREAKS, MOVES OUT TANANA RIVER sses Hit Nagoya 2nd Time 500 Superfortre - FIREBOMBS ™ SHOWERED ON TARGET AREA Today's Afl—acT( Reported | Rivalling One Made on Last Monday ‘WASHINGTON, May lG—Anolher‘ mighty force of more than 500 Superfortresses today cascaded Xhe‘ bembs on Nagoya, still smouldering | from a giant attack last Sunday. | The raiders swept in over the city, | one of Japan’s chief aircraft produc- | ticn centers, shortly after midnight | y 17 Japanese time) at low levels. Several of the largest Japanese| aireraft plants are located in the target area, a Twentieth Air Force | announcement said. Sunday’s at-| tack was aimed at targets in the northern section of the city The Twentieth Air Force Head- quarters said the attack rivaled Sunday’s blow in strength, indicat-| ing that more than a million gaso-| line jelly fire bombs were dumped on! the enemy. | Nagoya, 150 miles west and south of Tokyo, is Japan's third largest city. The Washington' Merry - Go-Round By DREW PEARSCN (Lt. Col.” Robert S. Alien now ‘an active | service wita the Army.* WASHINGTON — Now that th91 European war is over, most import- ant problem facing President Tru- man and the “Big Three” is Rus- sian cooperation in the war against Japan. Regarding this there is a strange about-face. Two years ago, members of the new President’s own “Truman Com- mittee,” together with members of the Senate Military Affairs Com- | mittee, visited Australia and came back with a statement from Gen. \ ROMULOS — Bile 'NAZI U-BOAT - of them far from our shore.” Ga. ‘Carlos P. Romule, U.'S. resident commissioner of the Phillpplnes, sits with his family at a Wash- ington news conference. At right is Carlos, Jr., 19, who killed seven Japs. Mrs. Romulo holds Roberto, 6. DESTROYER ESCORT IS SENT DOWN Craft Victim of Enemy Sub- Asserted Overtime, Liquid- Believes aa;apo Chief marine Action in Af- | _ |the Atlantic and one was sunk late Aaska Wage | Suif Comes ~ UpinSeattle ated Damages Tofal JAPAN BOUND CAPITULATES 1126 German Subs Defin- i itely Known Sunk by U. S. Aflantic Fleet 1 WASHINGTON, May 16.—A' giant ‘1600 -ton German submarine, Carry- ing three German Luftwaffe offi- lcsr< and aviation plans and equip- | ment, headed for Japan, surrender- ied Sunday in the Atlantic. | Admiral Jonas H. Ingram, Com- ! mander of the Atlantic Fleet, reveal- |ed the U-boat's surrender today in ‘lm(» with a general lifting of the secrocy whith has surrounded the f ‘Ldlll(’ of the Atlantic against sub=} | marines. | Admiral Ingram told a news con- erence that from the time of ourf ntry into the war, “We know defin- itely that we sank 126 U-boats, most | | Including those sunk by the Brit- {ish fleet, he said, the total German U-boat losses exceeded 500. | He said he was personally confi- dent that U. S. Navy sinking far jexceeded the 126 with which it was |credited, but, he added with a laugh, 4 ‘m order for us to get credit from | these guys in Washington, we have to bring in a German ear . pickled | |in aleohol.” % | Admiral Ingram said Japanese | submarines have been operating in last summer just south of ‘Iceland He said it was identified by flotsam which rose to the surface. | — ., FRAU HIMMLER IS LOCATED IN ITALAN CHALET GEN. IKE | VISITS | i | | | | | Killed, that he Would keorgamzahon of Many Depariments Planned by Truman Belgium King Is Released King Leopold of Belgium, long a Nazi prisoner, is released along with other notables. Lieutenant General Alexander M. Patch Jr, Commanding General, United States Seventh Army; Princess De Repey, wife of King Leopold; King Leopold III of Belgum, and Lieutenant General Wade H. Haislip, Commanding General of the Twenty-fifth Army Corps. royal couple had been freed from SS troopers by Recon clements of the Seventh Army following a stiff fight, although hestilities were supposed to have ceased prior to liberation. photograph together since she joined him after his removal by the Germans from lemum They are pictu BIG BREAK INICEAT 9:41 A M. FAIRBANKS, Alaska, May 16. The ice broke in the Tanana River at Nenana at’9:41 a. m. today. The ticket nearest the time of the breakup guessed 9:45 a. m. and was held by Rita Harding and Tom Ringen of Seward. The previous latest breakup was at 1:32 p. m,, May 15, 1935. A hundred thousand dellars will be paid the holders of the winning ticket. Expenses ln{ the pool were about $10,000. The Chena ice went out at 1 p. m, May 14, and there were 35 winners in the Chena contest which amounted to $1,647. Dave Sanford and Leona Leonard, both of Fairbanks, jointly held the winning ticket on the Chena ice. Revenue officers say Ringen and his partner will pay rough- ly $26,000 each in income taxes. !1917—April 30 11:30 a. (1918—May 11 ... |1919—May 3 . 11020—May 11 ilflfll—-Mny 1 11922—May 12 (Left to right) sgsgass red at Strobel, Austria, after the - This is the royal couple’s first seesEm By Tom Reedy WASHINGTON, May 16—Presi- dent Truman plans a sweeping government reorganization to ab- sorb independent agencies into regular departments. Senators, who asked to be an-| onymous, made this disclosure of | the President’s plans today. These Senators, close to Mr. Tru- "I CONFERENCE | Zone Defense Formula ‘lDfl—Mly el 1924—May 11 .. 1925—May 7 1926—April 26 ... $/1927—May 13 . | 1928—May 6 1 1929—May 5 IBSO—Mny 8 y 10 awu-aSKo = an 5Eap SERBBRERBs LAY LEAPS OVER ONE HURDLE Imz—May 1 1933—May 8 1934—April 30 \1935—Mly 15 . 1936~Aprll 30 1937—May 12 lbsn—Mny 6 |1939—April 290 1 1940—April 20 1 1941—May 3 1942—April 30 .. 85 Seems Assured-Trustee Issue Still Unsolved thS—Aprfl 28 . By John M. Hightower !1944—Mny 4, (Associated Press Diplomatic News Editor) ”945__“,,}, 10 SAN FRANCISCO, May 16 — A‘ g3 PYPTPTCUTYTTEFPPUTO P ESE B33B3BB3333833833333888 LONDON man when he served in the Legis- | United States plan guaranteeing to | |lative branch, said the Chief Lx-‘nnv group of United Nations the ! ecutive is moving slowly and that right to organize for collective de- MacArthur that thousands of Am- | erican lives were being lost because Be Better Off, Dead | ives were being lost. bec lanfic-LossHeavy | Sumof$250,000 bases against Japan. Ex-Senator| WASHINGTON, May 16.—The re-| SEATTLE, May 16—A suit for Cabot Lodge aired this statement |cent sinking of the destroyer escort, $250,000 in assertedly unpaid over- to Senatorial colleagues and it cre- | | Frederick O. Davis, by an enemy time wages and liquidated damages | ated a bad reaction against Russia | —even though Gen. Marshall told | Senators that we would not be able to hold Siberian bases if Russia gave them to us. Today, however, some of the people who two years ago were yelling loudest for Russia to come into the war against Japan are now arguing exactly the reverse. This is not true of Chief of Staff Marshall, who believes that any move which will shorten the war| and save lives should be taken. But it is true of many high-ranking | Army-Navy leaders, who frankly admit in private that they donr.‘ want Russia in the war against Japan. This is especially true of the Navy. It will be recalled that Commander - of-the - Fleet Admiral | King opposed Britain's sending a fleet to help us in the Pacific be- cause he felt we could do the job ourselves and that British battle- ships weren't geared to our speed. But Roosevelt overruled him. Ad- miral King likewise belongs to the school that believes Russia should not come into the Japanese war. Chief argument against .Russia’s | vocabulary. But when they got into deeper | waters, the two men needed an! :spekvsman said it occurred |Crosby, son of Irving E. Crosby, of | Seattle, Wash., submarine in the Atlantic was an- nounced by the Navy today. A Navy “some' days” prior to Germany's surrender last week. Casualties among the ship’s com-| |plement of about 200 were heavy, {he said. James R. of is reported missing in The vessel's skipper, Lt. action. The announcement raised to 308 the total of U. S. Naval vessels of all types lost since the war began. FISH, WILDLIFE TOGETFUNDFOR - PRIBILOF ISLANDS 16—Addi- WASHINGTON. May |tional budget authorizations total- | ing $1,606,000 were placed today be-l \Xore the Senate Appropriations s! Committee considering the Interior’ b- Department’s 1946 financing. The items include: Fish and Wild Life Service—$16,- | 000 ‘for replacement of property and equipment damaged or lost incurred in Alaska has been en-| {tered in Federal Court against two construction companies by Attorney | |Oscar A. Zabel, representing 55‘ lcllems. | The Federal Fair Labor Standards Act was cited as basis for the suit | which named S. Birch & Sons Con struction ' Co., and the Munlson—‘ Knudsen Company as defendants. | | Individual amounts sought ranged | downwald from $3,000. | The complaint stated the plain-| | tiffs, office workers who served| ‘on military construction projects | {in the Aleutians, were not paid| hune and one half for overtime }work It asked payment of any such | merume wages due, plus liquidated ‘damages | The act, passed in 1938, provides | ‘that damages equal to overtime | wages may be assessed by the court. e, WAR CRIMINALS ARE T0 FACE 3 TOUGH LAWYERS ‘ WASHINGTON, May 16—Justice |smd they had not heard from the interpreter. Once, when talking pn'{dunng military occupation of the|Robert H. Jackson, the nation’s vately, Vandenberg is reported bY pjyiior Tslands, Ichief war crimes prosecutor, an-| friends to have told Molotov: “If nounced three top assistants to! war | friendly relations could be estab- | |aid in prosecuting Europe's lished between the United States |eriminals. They are: Maj. Gen. and Russia, I would be one of the | STOCK QUOTATIONS | William 3. Donovan, Chief of the| happiest men in the world. |Office of Strategic Services; Sidney To which Molotov, perhaps re-| NEW YORK Ma} 16 — Closing |§, Alderman, General Solicitor mi membering Vandenberg’s vote|quotation of Alaska-Juneau Mine|the Southern Railway; Assistant | against recogmzmg Russia, is re-[stock today is 72, American Can'Attorney General Francis M. Shea. 196, Anaconda 34'%, Curtiss-Wright| The three, said Jackson, are “ex-; 16 International Harvester 87%, perienced trial lawyers.” | Kennecott 377%,*New York Central | R TR e N A Y ‘s 257%, Northern Pacific 27%, U. S. MI58 LAPONIACWITH ANS Steel 657%. Pound, $4.04. Sales to- | SITKA WOMEN HERE Miss Helen Laponin is the newly- day were 1,210,000 shares. Mrs. Victor Rogers, Miss Eleanor | appointed clerk- stenographer for| Dow, Jones averages today are as Kittleson and Mrs. Edward Kittle- the Education Division of the |follows: Industrials, 164.50; rails, son, all of Sitka, are guests at the Alaska Native Service. 56.18; utilities, 30.82. lGasLineau Hotel. (Continued on Rage Four) - | By Sid Feder BOLZANO, Italy, May 16 — Frau Margaret Boden Himmler believes her husband, Gestapo Chief Hein- rich Himmler, “was killed with the other Reich leaders such as Hitler | in the fighting for Berlin.” Frau Himmler, her 15-year-old LONDON, May 16—Gen. Dwight daughter, Gudrun, and her sister p gisennower visited London last were found Sunday in a well-ap- | pigh¢ for his first “night out” in pointed mountain chalet about 15 hree years, and in his own words, miles north of Bolzano in the ;; gag uthe nicest night I've had Italian Tyrol by members of the oo the war started.” U. S. Eigthy-Eighth Division. {Has First Night in Three Years-Given Tremend- ous Greeting In high good humor, the Supreme Pale and sickly looking, Frau commander exchanged banter with Himmler told the Associated Press ieering West End throngs. People yesterday her husband would be tugged at him, patted him on the “better’ off dead—they're all better ;o shook his hand and shouted dead.” She and her daughter re- repeatedly: “Good Old Ike.” ferred to Himmler in the third g » Eisenhower attended the musical’ rson, the * hi Y or . ve o 91 StRRILIEher, T or revlie “Strike It Again” in company simply as “Himmler.” e i ; The first question she asked when mthen. i ‘N<TBx nl(ri:ley 2?:.1 the Americans entered the chalet Mander- of the Twelfth y was: “Are we going to be killed?” Group, who received his own share |When told she would be treated lof the thunderous ovations. fairly she burst into tears, and The Supreme Commander spoke | !sobbed that she was “thankful to briefly after Comedian Sid Fields be captured by Americans.” told the audience the two Generals Himmler’s wife and daughter also Were there, and after spotlights had | been turned on the box, Eisenhower Gestapo Chieftain since mid-April, bowed and waved repeatedly to the and Frau Himmler said she had not cheering audience. { actually seen her husband since “I wonder if you people realize mid-November near Munich. It is What it means to me to be back known, however, that Himmler had here among friends,” he said, and been in the Colle Isarco head- then drew laughter when he added quarters of the Gestapo, a few “—among people whose language I miles south of the Brenner Pass, can almost speak.” about a month ago. The 51-year-old woman and her daughter will be classified by Am- | erican authorities as “displaced persons” and not as prisoners. talk at a London theatre. Referring to the presence in the MADRAS, Oregon—O. M. Gibson cast of actors dressed as American left his jacket in the garage and MP.'s, in white helmets, gloves, when he went back a thief had belts and leggings, Eisenhower emptied the pocket. | said: What was in the pocket? His | false teeth. MP.'s LONDON, May 16—U. S. Mili- tary Police have a new nickname now—*“Snowdroj en. Eisenhower himself made it “SNOWDROPS” drops on the stage.” {ury and Justice. ‘(ommun?sfi’arly Gi ‘official” last night during a brief | “I see some of my own Snow-' ia guest at it may be weeks before the first steps become dppnrent The revisions will include Cabinet changes, Treas- | | possibly in Labor, One Senator, especially acquainted with Mr. Truman, told this re- porter: President Truman always has believed that the Government should operate on a vertical basis. | He is an old Army man accus-| tomed to a logical chain of com- ' mand. “The Government operated that basis for many years and was the most effective.” The principle upon which the President is said to base his pro-‘ gram is to have one responsible head for each department, with on it MARINES IN fense goes before the World Se- ‘curny Conference tcday backed by | enough votes to assure its eventual | approval. The plan is designed pnmanly to give the Pan-Amcrican defense system a strong and permanent position within the proposed world security organization. New Pan-Am Pact Secretary of State Stettinius an- nounced, on authority of President Truman, that the United States would invite the other American Nations to negotiate a long-term | mutual defense treaty follown:g the conference here. Formulation of the plan, with the approval of virtually all the Latin American States and ! American | BIG SMASH ONOKINAWA Most Defermined Enemy Attack in Campaign on Island Is Made By James Lindsley | (Associated Fress War Correspondent) GUAM, May 16—United States supervisory and advisory duties mast of the big powers—Russia | Marines battled furiously on the spread out to a group of subordi- | nate executives. The streamlining idea, it is re- ported, would merge such agencies as OPA and WFA within the Agri- culture Department. Banking duties all would wind up eventually in the Reconstruction Finance Cor- poration. Membership Grows MOSCOW, May 16—Membership in the Communist Party has risen to more than 5,700,000, the highest in the the newspaper Pravda sald today in an editorial. 'NOPAPER, (ORDOVA‘ CORIOVA, Alaska—The Cordova Daily Times is not publishing at present because its last shipment of newsprint from the States missed the boat. ———— KUKKOLA VISITS V. Kukkola, of Anchorage, is the Gastineau Hotel. history of the party, 0. heard from—puts one of its |remains to be this conference over biggest hurdles. The greatest obstacle remaining, in the opinion authorities, is the development of a formula for setting up international trusteeships that will allow the United States and other powers to | develop military bases they believe | scurity. Base Claims is especially con- retaining Pacific bases captured from Japan. The British delegation last night re- ceived London approval of a ten- necessary to Pacific ‘This country cerned about of United States edge of Naha, capital of Kinawa Island, todayy after munz ground ilosz in the bloodi Japanese counter-attack of the of(ennve. (A British broadcast of a Reuters | dispatch heard by CBS in New York said Naha had fallen to the ! Americans. There was no confirma- tion from U. 8. headquarters.) The Japanese launched their ! counter-attack around midnight | Monday, said Al Dopking, Associa- ted Press war correspondent. At dawn, one Twenty-Second Marine Regiment officer said “We've been fighting like maniacs since midnight.” Dopking reported that before the battle was over one American company had only tative Anglo-American trusteeship formula. But on this, too, Russia remains to be heard from. {two men left out of 240. Another it jattack on one of them al | — The Pan-American Conference to company had only eight survivors. dmw up a long-term treaty to re- ace the wartime pac’. made at Moxlco City in March prebably will | GUAM, May 16—Marines smashed repeatedly at Japan’s heavily for- be held at Washington in Novem- | tified southern Okinawa line today, ber. ‘alter turning back the bloodiest The heart of the United States|counter-attack of the campaign. proposal is that any group of nu-| Simultaneously, Fleet Admiral tions has the right to plan col- | Chester W. Nimitz announced car- lectively for its own defense sc that rier plane raids destroyed or dam- the projected world security!aged 357 enemy aircraft and council fails to prevent an armedlpounded 18 enemy airfields on the the | Japanese home islands of Honshu “(Continued on P&ac’ Tuwo) (Continued on Page Two)