The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 18, 1945, Page 1

v - THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXV., NO. 10,016 JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 1945 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS EXPLOSIVES SHOWERED, HONSHU COAST an Presides At Truman and "lke” Meet in lelglum - Trum PRESIDENT | TAKES LEAD AT POTSDAM Takes Swift Sieps fo Get‘ Down to Business—Per- sonal Sessuons Held BULLETIN — POTSDAM, July 18—The Big Three con- | ference swung into stride to- day with the second formal meeting of President Truman, the Chairman, Prime Minister Churchill and Premier Stalin. A speedy victory over Japan | and settlement of long-stand- ing disputes to help preserve | the peace in Europe were chief among the American President’s aims as the three settled down to study pressing international problems. Mr. Truman went calling to talk things over separately with the British and Russian ex- ecutives before the meeting. By ERNEST B. VACCARO and KENNETH L. DIXON (Associated Press Correspondent) POTSDAM, July 18.—President Truman, grasping the reins as pre- siding officer of “his first Big Three conference,—went --ealling today - to talk things over separately with Prime Minister Churchill and Pre- mier Stalin. Potsdam skies were cloudy, but the parley atmosphere appeared con- siderably cleared. The President first conferred and ate luncheon with the Prime Minister and then visited the Soviet General- issimo for a similar personal session later in the afternoon. Mr. Truman was selected yester- day as conference chairman. Down to Cases With him on at least the latter visit was Secretary of State James F. Byrnes. the President’s erstwhile Capitol Hill partner in many a com- promise mission to smooth the con- gressional pathway for wartime com- mitments which the late President Roosevelt made at just such inter- national sessions as this. It was a new and far more spec- tacular setting to an old story for both of them—on an international basis now. Truman's swift step to get down to cases individually with hoth Churchill and Stalin indicated the Missourian ‘was taking the Pots- dam program right in his stride. There was no definite information |Conllnued on Pave Six) | The Washington Merry - Go-Round By DREW PEARSON | War Department for the first time, ] Gengral Dwight D, isenhower (1 eft) and President Truman (center ) chat, as they meet again at an aiificld in Brysccls, Belgium, just before the President took off for Berlin and the Petsdam conference. Sceretary of State Jamcs F. Byrnes is at right, and behind General Eisenhower is Adm. William D. Leahy. (AP “’lrephcm from Signal Cc:ps Radiophoto frem Paris). NEWESTBIGGUNS.- ] clees Wanfs- WIN HIGH PRAISE BY COMBAT USERS New Fealures Make 57s| and 75s Superior for Mountfain Fighting | | | By James Hutcheson } (Associated Press War Correspondent) SIXTH ARMY HEADQUARTERS, Luzon, July 18.—The troops who gave. revclutionary new non-recoil 57 and; 75 millimeter guns their combat bap- tism on Luzen declared today that they are ‘“‘colossal.” “They can dc anyurning 2 bazooka can and do it a lot better from three times the range,” said Sgt. Thomas Kriner of St. Louis, Mo. Others of the 43rd Division's 103d Regiment echoed his 2xpression. The guns, recently disclosed by t.he carry artillery firepower without the cumbersome weight. Infantrymen can pack them into { combat for point-blank firing. Bazookas backfire, but the prin- ciple of the new gun eliminates re- cml The 57 actually can be fired from the shoulder, but both the 57 and 75 are more effective from a | machine gun tripod. The 75 weighs 105 pounds and can ! iginal cabinet, Lt. Col. Robert S. Allen now on active |fire a 14-pound projectile 2,000 yards saies with (92 Ayor.) | with accuracy. The guns are espec- {ially effective in the cave and moun- |tain fighting that abounded on Lu- [zon and which is anticipated in {Japan. i Sgt. Jobn Latham, New York, for-; WASHINGTON—The recent an- nouncement that there will be more beef this summer than in the spring was intended to bolster pub-! lic confidence in the War Food mer Columbia Broadcasting System Chief, ' Secretary ‘‘of ' Agriculture/ ¢ th Clinton Anderson. However, it's writerfivhio wap: a chasge o 2 first combat use of the weapons, kel Nokboemigrang: i be 1 | geserited the inaugural vividly. Inside fact is there will ess | W had only two days training meat of all types for the civillan|gin, the new guns near the end of population this .month, August and September than in the previous three months. *War Food Admin- istration estimates show 235 million — «4 pifje company got into a tough pounds -more beef, 107 million ¢pot created by heavy machine gun pounds more veal and 13 million | fire The terrain was so bad it was pounds mare lamb.. But counter-|jmnossible to move artillery piecesi balancing this, the pork supply for|tnere. Bazookas didn't have enough the civilian market is expected to' \range. be 403 million pounds less thxs “We had to climb a muddy, slip- summer than in the spring. | pery hill to reach the company. It Thus, though there should be 355! tgok us two hours to make less than million additional pounds of beef, a mile. The Nips had the spot under veal, and lamb, the over-all meatartillery and machine gun fire. supply will be 48 millions pounds lp:;p' 1 assembled a 75 in a few min- Part of this is due to the fact, ‘utes and got our targets—several that War Food Administration, in|grass huts 1400 yards away. We got a perfect example of blundexmg'mre" direct hits in our first three bare-shelf policy, last year asked shots. W2z fired five more rounds for a reduction in the hog crop. Jahd v’1h1n we’wem done all we could But in addition, pork Is customar-(S¢¢ Was a lot of grass, When the ily searce during the summer. The | cCMpany moved forward there were fall hog crép is slaughtered in the d”g dDy Bl ovex [the p;ace.b spring, and the spring crop in the The gun crew was awarded bronze stars for the destruction of !he‘ (Continued on Page Four)' |needed them badly. J:Apnnese guns and men. Showdown On {abinet Job WASHINGTON, July 18—Harold Ickes wants a showdown with dent Truman on atus. ar-old Secretary of the intends to ask Mr. Truman to clarify his status. If a satisfactory jreply is not forthcoming there is \little chance that Ickes will re- imain in the cabinet. The last remaining member of the late President Roosevelt’s or- Ickes would be the seventh cabinet officer to leave under Mr. Truman if the Chief | Executive accepts his resignation. . |Buckner Leaves His Estate fo His Wite 18.—Lt. SAN FANCISCO. July Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner, Pacific war hero killed on;Okinawa, left the bulk of his estate to his wife, who, he wrote, “has brought ncthing but happiness into my life.” The will, written in the General’s handwriting on Feb, 18, 1937, was filed for probate today. The estate was described only as ‘“valued in excess.of $10,000." —-t—— 10 Coast Guardsmen | Given Promotions WASHINGTON July 18.—Ten Coast Guardsmen were recommend- | ed for promotions in nominations ke commodore. Born in England, his last known address was Ketch- ikan, Alaska. Groutho Marx fo Wed Second Time' SANTA MONICA, Calif,, July 18.— Groucho Marx, 54-year-old film, ccmic, and Catherine Marie Gorcey, ! 24, auburn-haired actress, have ob- tained a marriage license but the date for the wedding has not been announced. of me of actor Leo Gorcey, one his cabinet | It was learned that the 71- Interior | Jr.,' Lflussuwms TRADE OUTLETS 10 CPEN OCEAN Age-Oid Quest May Be De- | cided at Present Con- | ference of Big Three l | By.dohn M. Hightower (Associated Press Diplomatie News Editor) WASHINGTON, July 18.—Russia’s | age-old quest for her own trade out- lets to the open ocean may come close to fulfillment at the Berlin Big | Three cenference. Diplcmatic authorities here believe the question of ocean traffic bottle- nzcks which allow other countries to centrol all the best passages to the Ecviet Unicn may occupy a promin- ’em pesition at the Potsdam discus- or 'Hcs" bottlenecks include the Yel- |low Sea approaches to Russia's Sib- lerian back door. The prospect is {that regardless of talk or lack of talk about Soviet participation in the war aganist Japan, there will be a fairly iull exploration of Russia’s political lintentions in Eastern Asia. | Port Arthur Involved These intentions are believed to be deminated to a considerable extent by Russia’s commercial aspirations in the Pacific. Involved directly is tke question of Port Arthur. Russia once teck a 99-year lease on that North China port, and Premier Sta- lin generally is expected to demand yits use again. 1 ‘[ But ncither Port Arthur nor any other outlet that far south is likely to have any security unless the Rus- kians control approaches to it. For at reascn, and several others, lPresxdan Truman is anxious to find ‘cub Stalins’ general ideas on the fu- ‘tur'- of East Asia regardless of what 'Russia dces about the war. Island Dispesition Similarly the question of disposi- \fge t’lfi] Dam campawn; he dsl“d :‘ ont to the Senate today. They in- tion of Japanese islands in the North ut then came a pinch and Wel .40 capt. William H. Barton to Facific is likely to come up. Russia is expected to claim Karafuto, the southern half of Russian-held Sak- ihnhn But ships moving to the As- jiatic mainland have to go through i passages in the Japanese chain or in [the Kuriles to the north. As a re- sult there hes been speculation that Stalin might want one, of these pas- Mm"es to have Russian-held flanks. 'WILLIAM BROPHY | ENROUTE, ALASKA| | by NBC, quoted the South NO FEELERS FROM JAPAN ABOUT PEACE| WASHINGTON, July 18. & statement of July 10 that no of- ficial or unofficial peace offers have come from the Japanes: govern- ment, The statement was made by de- partment spokesmen in reply to pewsmens’ questions about reports that Generalissimo Stalin had brought a Japanese mediation re- quest to the Big Three meeting now going on at Potsdam. The questions submitted were: “Is it still true that no peace offers have been reccived from Japan?” Has Marshal Stalin brought any Japanese peace feelers to the Big Three meeting?” ¢ “BIG NEWS” COMING SYDNEY, Australia, Newspapers in Sydney today pub- lished speculative reports ihat “Big News" relating to Japan would be forthcoming soon. “One conjecture was that Japan may be suing for peace, another that Russia may have decided to enter the Pacific war. “The end of the war may com: with dramatic suddenness,” _com- wented the Sydney Sun. “Hirohito is still the God-Emper- r,” the editorial said. ‘By one strcke of a pen he could relieve Japan’s lmxum and make peace.” e HITLER IN ANTARCTIC - IS RUMOR (By The Associated Press) *Adolf Hitler, variously dead or escaped to one place or another. was brought back in the news again today by a report that ¢ he had taken up residcnce on an j island in the Antarctic. Following a statement by Cesar Ameghino, Argentine Foreign Min? ister, that there was no truth in | a published rumor that Hitler and his alleged bride had reached Ar- gentina by the German submarine § U-530 and were living in Pata- gonia, the French Brazzaville radio relayed a report that the pair were in the Antarctic. The broadcast, heard last night Am- erican newspaper, La Critica as saying that Hitler and Eva Braun had taken refuge on Queen Maude Island, a former basc for German Antarctic explorer after being landed by the U-530, which sur- rendered last week to Argentine au- thorities. The Argentine Government an- nounced that the U-530, which sur- rendered July 10 at the Mar Del Plata Naval Base, would be hand- ed over to the United States and Great Britain. Meanwhile, Ameghino said, Ar- gentine officials were investigating reports that one and possibly two submarines had been sighted San Clemente Del Tuyu. The Argentine Navy Ministry said the undersea craft could not pos- sibly be Argentine, since they were all at their bases. The British Admiralty has an- nounced that four German sub- marines have not heen accounted for. & Explosion at Adak During Fire Kills Four Navy Personnel ADAK, Aleuiians, July 18.—Four BROWNING, Mont., July lsv—ln-anvy personnel .were killed, a fifth |dian Commissioney William Brophy,was missing and nine werz injured Mrs. Gorcey is the formed wife toured the Blackfoot reservation in yesterday by a heavy explosion in a nerthwestern Montana vesterday small building where Navy firemen s(reenq original “Dead End Kids.” ‘and reviewed the postwar plans of and hospital corpsmen were battling Marx," whose true name is Julius the tribe. He is enroute to Alaska'a blaze. Firemeén. were trying to Marx, was divorced by his first;to study Indian problems. He plan- force their way into a locked storage wife, years of marriage, belers going to Alaska, Ruth, July 15, 1942, after 22 ned to stop in Spokane and Seattle shed in which thé fire had start- ed when the explosion occurred. — “The | State Department today reaffirmed |} July 18— reported } off | , victed Truman Arrives at Anfwerp President Hatry 8. Truman walks dcwn the gangplank of the USS Augusta, after it arrived at Antwerp, Belgium, followed hy Seeretary of Statc James F. Byrnes. Picture by Associated Press Photographer B. L. Sandcis, (AP Wirephcto via radio from London). fruman ArrivesinBerlin President Truman leaves his plane at Gatow airport in Berlin as he arrives for the Pctsdam cenfercnce with Churchill and Jeseph Stalin. In the doorway is Admiral William D. Leahy. (This is the first picture ¢f Tiuman in Berlin). (AP Wirephote from Signal Corps Radivphoto). Whole Iovm Seeks Release of Private Senfenced for Rape !smle that the court martial's ver- dict must be unanimous. [ Records, Warren added, show | that the court martial favored con- ‘vicunn wy a three-fourths vote and | hence Hicks recelved the lesser sentence. | SCRANTON, Fa, July 18—A| Federal Judge Jcan Biggs, Jr., move secking release"of Pvt. ald Hicks of Kingston, N.J., serv-|usual for' a whole town to come to ing a 25-year sentence on a charge one man’s defense. The petition of rape, was supported by '1625|of the British citizens maintained residents of Corby, England, where | that Hicks was convicted unjustly.! the attack allegedly took place. — e — - Edward W, Warren, Hicks' coun-| FRED MOORE RETURNS sel, ed in U.8. Circuit Court| Fred Moore of the Empire's me- that Hicks was convicted illegally | chanical staff, has returned to Ju-| by an Army court martial in D(-}nenu after an abscnce in Seattle cember, 1943, | of several weeks. The Articles of War, Warren said, |~ | BT provide the death penalty or life| MISS DOBSON IN TOWN imprisonment for servicemen con-| Miss Patricia Dobson, of Seuttls, of rape charges and also'is a guest at the Hotcl Juneau. Don- | said he considered it extrémely un-| Big Three Conference HIRD' FLEET IN ATTACKS ATMIDNIGHT Blg Guns of A Amencan Warships Demolish | HugeV!arPlams JAPANESE DECLARE POSITIONS HELPLESS Tokyo Radio Sa Says Assaults Resumed by Big Air Fleet, Noon Today By LEIF ERICKSON (Associated Press War Correspende GUAM, July 18~The au U. S, Third Fleet and + British warships. stalked the. ) of Japan unmolested today 89y Radlo Tokyo admitted their | | guns had demolished their | larget—hnge war .plants north 9!,. | Pokyo. i { | The fleet had concealed its mfi' behind radio silence since it Ifl*l off shelling at mu i m., Jo UBug, . l.‘n;u,' ‘m | tered ‘of e~ | ported hearing a bmm‘n g“ “ { Allied warships bombarded Hon- I shu's east comst again for an hour | at noon today.) ‘ (Tokyo said American and Brit- sh carriers sent 500 planes back wer Tokyo' area today, following up yesterday's raid by 1,500 carrier | aircraft.) | (The enemy admitted Japanese { helplessness by stating “that ‘the Allied fleet 1s “liable to attack s lat any chosen timé and place.”) More ui:an 2,000 tons of !xplollm | were showgred on targets for 20 nulcb along, the Honshu 'coast in |the midnight bombardment. The lleet went about the job leisurely and keep its radio working as it | hovered omly sl miles offshore, ! Targets were picked care | frem Mito, 55 miles northeast ‘of rokvo and 10 miles from the ;ccnst to 'Hitachi and Sukegswe, [about 80 ‘miles northeast of ¥the | Capita). - With no oppoalunn,.un | results were devastating. - ; Assoclated Press correspongent ! James Lindley, with the U. 8. r | Fleet, reported that an eng! '3 | works, a steel plant, a coppensmre- !finery and an arms factory along ‘Lhe coast were destroyed. He sald ! the fleet was within range of enemy \flghur planes for many hours but - | that they failed to appear. i ° | 'Adm. Chester W. Nimitz in |nouncing the British - bat | King George V and the 450005%n U.S.S. Iowa were among the at- | tackers, had mentioned only | Hitachi area, which contains vital | copper smelters as well as afreraft, ‘[clrutrlml and engine “plants. ' 'DEPUTY DOOLIN | BRINGS 2 um | Chiet Deputy U.'S. unr-mfin- !sie Doolin made a round trip to Sitka yesterday, returning with two \Jemale prisoners who are to serve "out terms in the Pederal Jail herd. | Returning in Deputy Doolin's cus- tody were: 1 Julia Katherine Bilodeau, seéh- tenced to 60 days. on a disorderly conduct charge and Ollie Brook- man, who was given 90 days in jail by the U. 8, Commissioner at Sitka on a similar charge. e STOCK ONIATIONS NEW YORx July 18. — Clgsing quotation of Alaska Juveau mine stock today s 7, American |95%, Anaccnda 33, Curtiss Wright rr | 6%, International Harvester 82%, ' Kennecott 37%, %%, New York Central 26%, Northern Pacific 29%;, U, 8. Steel 67'4, Pound $4.03%. | Sales today totalled | shares. ®7 Dow, Jones averages today are as follows: industrials 161.73, q‘b 167.60, utilities 32.67. . ¥ cashing