The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 12, 1945, Page 1

“ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS SERIAL RECORD JUL 13 1945 coeY HET ¢ VOL. LXV., NO. 9986 JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 19 i 4D MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS PROBLEMS OF NORTH WILL BE STUDIED Twenty Persons Are Com- ing This Summer for 4-Week Inspection WASHINGTON, June 12.—Chair- man Peterson (D.-Ga.) said today the House Territories Committee will name three subcommittees tc survey Alaskan problems this sum- mer. The full committee, expected to leave for Alaska about August 1, will concern itself with govern- mental problems and suggested changes in the organic act under which the Territory is governed, Peterson told a reporter. The subcommittees will tackle in- dividually matters cpncerning trans- portation, lands alsg industries. Peterson said about 20 persons, including Interior Department of- ficials, will be in the party. He estimated the inspection will require about four weeks. STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, June 12. — Closing S "Si Gencral Mark Clark greets his wife at Chicago Airpert, where he and KING WINS ' IN VOTING - INCANADA Prime Minister's Govern- ment Returned But by Slim Majority OTTAWA, June 12—Prime Min-| ister W, L. Mackenzi2 King’s govern- ment was back in office today for vanother term, late returns from yes- ,terday’s general election giving it a slim majority in the new House of Commons with the aid of 45 straight ‘L:bcrals and eight supporting Inde- rpendent-Liberals from the French- speaking province of Quebec. | The results were based entirely on/ civilian votes and may be affected by the ballots of service men and|" wemen at home and abroad which arz not to be counted for another ten days. expected to vote. King and his party, who have governed Canada continuously since. 1935 and for 18 of the years since’ 11921, won easily over their nearest Irivals, the Progressive Congervatives, tbut had their previous o\'erwhelm-; ing majority cut sharply. | _The Liberals won 118 of the new | There are approximately | 1750,000 eligible in the Armed Ser- | 'vices, of whom abcut 500,000 were} Ia | i Two massive fire raids by B & frem 21st Bomber Cemmand) capital and destreyed some buildings on Emperor ommittees To Make Alaska Surv on Tokyo May 24 and 26 burned out 18 square miles of the Japanese alace grounds (arrow, left center). (AP Wirephoto — | ALL-OUT OFFENSIVE STARTED, OKINAWA 3 Subca Gen. Clark in Chicago €)ys 15,000 JAPS ARE PENNED IN, OKINAWA | Cam paign in Final Stages— Aussies Make Big Ad- vance on Borneo By Leonard Milliman (Assoclated Press War Editor) Japan's reluctant parliament has authorized rule by Imperial De- cree and formation of a spear- wielding eclvillan army in answer to the American “all-out offensive” to end the Okinawa campaign on Nippon’s doorstep and almost un- opposed Australian advances in Borneo. Chinese dispatches claimed the capture of the little coastal city of Pingyang but reported a series of unexpected reverses on three south- ern sectors. Tokyo reported «the unbroken American air attack on the home islands as carried into the. sixth consecutive day with 70 Superforts laying mines, Liberators making their debut over the “sacred land,” and 40 fighters sweeping southern air fields. Japs Penned In Only a few days more fighting | against organized resistance remain |Parliament’s 245 seats and were | {leading in two others. i | The Socialistic CCF (Cooperative fifty of his men landed to attend Memorial Day setvices there. Gen- quotation of Alaska Juneau mine ° eral Clark was the American Commander-in-Chicf in Haly. | stock today is 7%, American Can on Okinawa, said Lt. Gen. Simon #Bolivar -Buekner; Jr, “as- three:di- CONFERENCE 977%, Anaconda 34'5, Curtiss-Wright 6%, International Harvester 68!z, Kennecott 38%, New York Central 28, Northern Pacific 32, U. S. Steel 677%. Sales today were 1,320,000 shares. Dow, Jones averages today are as follows: Industrials, 166.39; rails, 58.95; untilities, 32.05. The Washington Merry - Go-Round | By DREW PEARSON Col. Robert S. Allen now on active service with the Army.) Lt. WASHINGTON—The State De- partment is now going to the ex- | treme length of arresting news-| papermen who expose the back- stage bungling of our diplomals.‘ Woodrow Wilson, who championed | open covenants openly grrived at,! once said: “We do not need less cFiticism,, but more. It is hoped that crincism} will be constructive, but better un- | fair criticism than awtocratic re-)| pression. Honesty and competency require no shield of secrecy.” This columnist, who believes that the people who fought this war have a right to know what our| government is doing to prevent an- | other war, will continue to turn the spotlight on the mistakes and the successes, the connivings and the conniptions of American dip- lomacy—despite State Department threats of jail. And because it was the most im- portant diplomatic convention since President Truman took office, in fact one of the most important of the year, this column publishes today a factual summary of the talks between . President Truman,| Foreign Minister Molotov, Foreign Secretary Eden and Secretary of State Stettinius when the Soviet envoy arrived in this country en route to San Francisco. Their talks, though in no way sensational, are important to the American public's understanding of our complicated relations with Russia. And if this be something for which the State Department wants to impose a jail sentence, this columnist is ready to test the case in any court. P . TRUMAN WAS BRIEF President Truman opened his first talk with Molotov on Sunday, April 22, at Blair House by telling the Russian Foreign Minister -that the United States Government was (Continued on Page Four) — —aa—— SKAGWAY VISITORS Accompanied by her two children, Mrs. Harry Ask, wife of the leading Skagway merchant, arrived in Ju- neau this' morning' for a short visit pefore proceeding south. WALT DISNEY | | BOND STUNT ON POLAND UNDERWAY Big Weekfio End with Parade-Merchants Offer Awards for Youngsters Warning signals are up for mom and dad as Juneau boys and girls this week cencentrate on prepar: tions toward winning the $50 W: Bond grand prize or one cf the many otker big prizes in the Walt Disney Bond Parade to be held Saturday, June 16. Here's this week’s schedule. Junior and Sis are busy running errands, washing dishes, cleaning the car and fill up their stamp books, which they are going to turn in during one of the afternoons this week at the Bond Booth in front of the First Nation- al Bank. When they turn in their bocks for their bonds, each boy or girl under 12 years or age will receive a Walt Disney gift certificate, which will entitle them to enter the parade on Saturday. Costumes Ready The beoth is open every afternoon | ketween 3 and 6 p. m. Meanwhile, mom is busy basting {and stitching together odds and ends for the making of the prize winning | costume for the parade. It may be! a representation of a Walt Disney |character, a patriotic costume, a for- |eign costume, or just plain original |idea. | When all these things are done,! ithen comes the big day. On Satur-| |day, at 12:45 p. m., the kids will| igather at the rear of the Federal! ;Building, The parade, led by a band,| iwill start promptly at 1 p. m. The | whole town will be out to see the costumes as the kids progress past the front of the Federal Building,| |down Seward to Front Street, across| |to Franklin and then to the Capitol | | Theatre, where the prizes will be‘\ |awarded and the kids will enjoy a |specially sclected show. | | Prizes Listed | | Homer Garvin will announce the| | prize winners at the theatre. Assist~ 4ing him in judging the winners will | {be Mrs. Katherine Nordale and A. B.! |Hayes. 5 | rizes include: | | | Bond, | 1 $50 War (Continuea on _Prz;:e Five) rjof AGREEMENT IS NEARING iUniled Sfa!;—and Brifain i Swinging Around to Proposals of Stalin (By Associated Press) There were indications today that |the Big Three had achisved a basis understanding on the Polish preblem and that the situation gen- erally was improving. | One sign that the atmosphere was |clearing came in a Moscow dis- patch which said that a mission as- Isignad the task of reorganizing the Polish Provisional Government at |ciling up the lawn mower in order to! Warsaw would mecet soon in the \scrape up the few extra dimes m"Russiun capital with representatives of the Warsaw regime and Poles frem outside the country. | A broadening along democratic |lines of the Polish Provisional Gov- lernment was envisaged by the Big | Three at Yalta earlier in the year ‘but little concrete progress has been l,m'dde toward the goal. An inform- ‘ant in Moscow said the United States |and Britain had swung around to |and enjoy the free matinee at the Premier Stalin’s point of view that | Capitol Theatre following the parade |the Soviet-sponsored Warsaw re- gime shouid be the nucleus of any 11'eol'gflnized Polish administration. Members of the Pelish government {in exile did not share the general optimism. Hewever, a member of the Polish mederate group in London express- ed the belief that Stanislaw Mikola- | jezyk, former Premier of the London Polish government, would be invited ' |to discuss the reorganization. Mik- clajezyk is known to favor concilia- tion with Russia. Vaican Attempled To Induce Mussolini To Stay Out of War VATICAN CITY, June 12—The Vatican in an 18-page pamphlet out- lining the Holy See’s efforts to keep ¥taly out of war, disclosed today that Pope Pius XII personally ap- pealed to Benito Mussolini in a let- ter April 24, 1940, to “spare our and i your beloved country such a great' calamity.” The letter was written less than two months before Italy entered the conflict, Commonwealth Federation) elected | 26 members, the third largest group | in the new Parliament, increasing its | !strength as expected from the West | Mud Bofhers Dogs cn Okinawa but electing only one candidate frem | | ——————— BULLETINS | { ! WASHINGTON — Harry Hopkins { has returned from Moescow and is conferring with the President. The | results of the mission will be made | public tomorrow morning at a con- | ference with the newsmen | | WASHINGTON—President Tru- man today signed Ilegislation re- ducing the required gold reserve of Federal Reserve Banks to 25 ver cent of deposits and Federal Reserve notes in circulation. i + NEW YORK — Nine troopshins have arrived here, bringing 16,000 of Eisenhower’s men home, WASHINGTON — The House Rules Committee has stymied action on the bill to create a Fair Employ- ment Practices Commission. | | WASHINGTON — Democratic leaders reported to President Tru- man today that Congr;ss probably will be ready to take a two-month recess, beginning early in July. “We're not going to recess, however,” said Majority Senate Leader Alben Barkley, “until we finish all neces- sary legislation.” SEATTLE-Federal agencies have accepted a tract of land in South Seattle as a site for a two and one- !half million dollar Veterans' Ad- ministration Hospital. The city is preparing a special ordinance io ! deed the property to the city with- |out charge. ViASHINGTON—The House pass- | |ed today and sent to the Senate legislation to outlaw the poll tax. ‘The vote was 251 to 104 on roll call. LOS ANGRLES — The National Association of Manufacturers today called for 10 per cent overall re- tax rates. WASHINGTON — The White House armounced the resignation of Edward D. McKim, President Tru- man’s Chief Administrative Assist- ant, to become a Deputy Federal ! Loan Administrator. | o oo MRS. WILLIAMSON LEAVES Mrs. Marian Williamson, teacher in the Juneau Public Schools, is a passenger on the southbound trip of the Princess Louise. She was accompanied by her daughter, Joan and expects to remain in the south for several weeks, 2 K)esiroyers | 4 The mud is so thick cn Okinawa that-it bothers even the dogs. Pfc. Joseph Tepf, Hoskins, Neb,, 7th AAF Ordnance man, cleans mud and briars frem the feet of Butch, mascot of the Okinawa based air units ‘'while Brownie, Butch’s twin brother seems te be cautioning him to take it ea (AP Wirephoto from Army Air Forces) Are Lost Off Okinawalsle Hitler Youtfi;azen in At-| duction in 1945 individual income ’ WASHINGTON, June 12—The of two destroyers, an auxiliary transport and a landing ship off Okinawa cost th.2 Navy 469 men kill- ed, missing or wounded. Annocuncing the losses last night the Navy listed the vessels as: The destroyers Longshaw, with 179 (casualties, and Drexler, ‘with 209 casualties, 5 The auxiliary high speed transport Bates with 60 casualties, The LSM-135, a medium landing hip, with 21 casualties. Loss of the four craft raised to 314 the total number of ships lost ,during the war, ; NAZISM ALIVE, VIRULENT YET IN ALL BERLIN temps to Sow Seed of Distrust Among Allies By Eddie Gilmore (Associated Press War Correspondent) BERLIN. June 9 (Delayed)—The spirit of Nazism still ltves in Berlin, virulent and brazen and with te- merity enough to come out on the street and spredd = propaganda aimed at playing one of the Allies off against another. Houses have been and are being set afire by Hitler Youths and at least two Russian officers have (Continued on Page Thice) IS T0 VOTE VETO ISSUE [ Delegates Decide Time for Talking Over-To Get Down fo Action By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER | (Associated Press Diplomatic News Editor) . SAN FRANCISCO, June 12.—Both sides in the United Nations debate over the Big-Power' veto decided | today that the time had arrived to | stop talking and start voting. On this point Foreign Minister | gerbert V. Evatt of Australia and | Senator Tom Connally of the Unit- led States, opposing leaders, agreed. It appeared that .the veto voting formula would be approved, but | with several countries, which do not | like it, not balloting. The formula requires that the | United States, Russia, Britain, China and France, as members of I the proposed World Security Coun- cil. weuld have to cohcur before the ccuncil could take any step toward settling an international dispute— except that any nation party to a dispute would refrain from voting on peaceful settlement measures, Amendment Is Issue | The main issue before the United |Nations Conference Committee i which has the formula in hand is a | amendment by Evatt. It would eliminate the concurrence require- | ment, and therefore the veto, from peaceful settlements. It does not, however, challenge the concurrence requirement on use of force by the | couneil. | The committee scheduled one i meeting for the day (10:30 a. m., |PWT) and another for the night (8:30 p. m.) in its determination to wind up action on the veto as quick- ly as possible. It has been debating since Priday The Big-Five sought first to rally enough votes to defeat Evatt's amendment and, second, enough to {win approval for the formula as it | stands. i Developments | Other conference work moved along in high gear toward possible completion of the United Nations charter a week from tomorrow. ‘There were these main develop- ments: 1. A commission planning the Se- curity Council scheduled a mid- afternoon meeting (3:30 p. m.) to receive the complete report of its | committee on arrangements for us- (Continued on Page Thiee) visions of his Tenth" Army seized strategic heights, penning in the largest force of 15,000 surviving Nipponese. His confident statement was made in an air-borne offer to the Japanese general to negotiate surrender. The offer was ignored. Tokyo described the combined infantry and marine attack as “an all-out offensive,” and 'said it was | accompanied by a “surprise land- (Continued on Page Five) — - SURRENDER OFFER GETS TURNDOWN Buckner Made Proposal fo Japanese Command- . er on Okinawa By Al Dopking (Associated Press War Correspondent) | TENTH ARMY HEADQUARTERS OKINAWA, June 11.—(Delayed)— | The Commanding General of Japa- nese forces on Okinawa ignored to- | day a precedent setting personal of- fer from Lt. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr., to negotiate a surrender |and prevent annihilation. Three | copies of the offer, sealed in official |envelopes and addressed personally |to the Japanese leader were drop- | ped yesterday morning from two air- | planes near a cave believed to be the |enemy General’s headquarters. | It called attention to the hope- \li.‘ss plight of his troops and gave | him 36 hours to reath a decision. | Buckner’s proposal marked the | first time in the Pacific an Ameri- | can Commanding General had given 'an enemy leader a specific oppor- | tunity to surrender. | There are an estimated 15,000 | Japanese troops on Okinawa. | Buckner’s instructions were if the | Japanese Commander wished to | negotiate he should display a tar- iget white . cloth visible from the |ground and air in his lines nearest | the West Coast at 6 o'clock today. General Buckner promised safe conduct through the lines to the enemy Commander’s negotiation delegation if he displayed the white | panel. | His proposal said “Your represen- :tnu\'es will be ‘escorted to my head- | Quarters where I will acquaint them | with the manner in which an orderly |and honorable cessation of hostil- ities may be arranged. Your delega- tion will be returned through the lines at the conclusien of this meet- ing.”