The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 29, 1945, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE.TIME” VOL. LXV., NO. 10,052 JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDN ESD \Y ANGUbl 29, l‘)45 MLMBl R ASSOCM TED PRI-SS ~ PRICE TEN CLNTS ALLIES GO CLOSER TO MIKADO’S PALACE Arch German Criminals Named for Mass Trial 24 LEADERS MUST FACE BIG COURT Nazi Chlefs, Prussnan Mili-| fary Heads, Including Hess, Are Cited LONDON, Aug. 24. — The four major Western Allies today named 24 Nazi leaders and Prussian mili- | tary chiefs—among them Herman Goering, Rudolf Hess, Wilhelm Keitel and Karl Doenitz—as defend- ants in the first mass trial of Ger- many’s arch criminals early in October. The list furnished the first evi- dence that Hess, Deputy Fuehrer for all Nazi Party affairs until 1941, | when he made his sensational flight | to England, was considered mentally able to stand trial with his one- | time associates. The list included the name of | Martin Bormann, Hitler’s secretary. ‘There has been no evidence prev- | iously of Bormann's whereabouts, despite unconfirmed reports that he | and Hitler had perished together. Others on the list: Joachim von Ribbentrop, many’s Foreign Minister. Robert Ley, Chief of the Nazi Par- ty Organization. Alfred Rosenberg, Reichleader Im- Ideology and Foreign Policy. Hanis Frank, who was Governor General of Poland. ‘Ernst - Kaltenbrunner, Criminal Police. ‘Wilhelm Frick, Minister of Inter- | ior. Julius Streicher notorious anti- semite. Dr. Walter Funk, President of thc Reichsbank. Hjalmar Schacht, Minister of Eco- nomics. Fritz Sauckel, missioner. Ger- Chief of Manpower Com- Albert Speer, Chief of the Todt | ~ From Aleufians Moves Ioday Towards Japan (slave labor organization.) Franz von Papen, former Ambas- sador to Austria and Turkey. Col. Chief of Staff of the Wehrmacht. (Continued on Page Siz) The Washington Merry - Go-Round By DRFW PEARSON (ED. NOTE — While Drew Pearson is on vacation, Secre- tary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson contributes a guest column.) By CLINTON P. ANDERSON (Secretary of Agriculture) WASHINGTON—The first Sun- day after V-J Day, a friend came with an automobile to take my mily and his for a drive into the country: to have dinner with an-| other friend. Nothing like that had happened in years. We were all delighited at the chance to ride through country lanes, to talk about the height of the corn, the possibilities of crops, and the prob- ability that we would enjoy meat for dinner. But as we started ba.ck into Washington, we could not help but notice that the roads were filling up. There was a long line of) traffic and many folks drove by at speeds which seemed reckless to us. They were perhaps driving 40 or 45 miles an hour and we had be-| dome accustomed to the 34-mile| an hour leisurely gait. When one speeding car swirled past us, I heard my wife murmur, “My, what I wouldn't give to have gasoline rationing back.” I began to wonder how many of the things that war had brought to us as sacrifices or privations we would soon come to appreciate as blessings in disguise. I began to wonder how long it would be before people would sometimes sigh for some ‘of the real advantages of the days during the war when we all lived a little closer together, a little more simply, and perhnss (Continued on Page Four) Gen. Alfred Gustav Jodl, | | | ! 2 | Calif. phcul cn sale. (AP Vhrcplu.w) :Norlh Pauhc | HURRICANE Crops, Property, Esti- mated at 15 Million | HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 20 — A | tropical hurricane that blew itself lout in East Texas after ravaging the Central Texas coast, wrought may reach $15,000,000, the Houston Post. estimated today. Meanwhile, work of aiding the homeless went on in stricken areas down . the coast from here. The Salvation Army at Houston issued an appeal for clothing for storm sufferers, and the Red Cross put | & network of aid facilities in action. Three persons were dead and at least 13 ln]uled | | STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Aug. 29 — Closing | | quotation of Alaska-Juneau Mine | Istock today is 7, American Can 1101, Anaconda 33!z, Curtiss-Wright '6, International Harvester 90, | Kennecott 382, New York Central 25, Northernr Pacific 26%, U. | Steel 70, Pound $4.03. | Sales today totaled 920,000 shares. Dow, Jones averages today are as | follows: Industrials, 172.09; rails, | ‘5472 utilities, 32.63. D INLET VISITORS EXCURSION Charles S. Hofstatter, Barton E. a|Buck and Larry Howland, of Ex-| cursion Jnlet, Baranof Hotel, ~ BLOWSOUT Damage in East iexas fo| ‘crop and property damage which | Revealing shapely limbs, Miss Elaine Jorgensen (left), and Mrs. Elis- abeth Warkentien try on their nylon hose bought at San Leandro, They were in the crowd of thousands of women that stormed a hesiery mill when 12,000 pairs of pre-war nylon stockings were Fleel By Olen Clcmentr. (Assoclated Press Cofrespondent) ADAK, Aleutians, Aug. 29 — The escort carriers, cruisers and de- stroyers of Vice Adm. Frank Jack | | Fletcher's North Pacific naval force Its destination has not been an- nounced, but observers i sumed it would participate in tak- ing over parts of northern Japan. (Admiral Nimitz previously an- nounced it would be among the oc- cupational fleets but did not spe- cify its mission.) Admiral Fletcher’s force was used largely in the war against the Japanese Kuriles, since occupied by the Russians as far south as Mnt-: suwa. Ready to accompany Fletcher are Rear Admirals John H. Brown, Ernest W. Litch and H. M. Martin. Admiral Martin was the first Am- erican naval commanding officer attacked by the Japanese. Martin was at Kaneohe Air Sta- tion on Oahu Island which was bombed five minutes before the Japanese struck Pearl Harbor. - — Trousseau of Alaska Bride-fo-Be Stolen in South VANCOUVER, Aug. 29.—A com- plete trousseau worth $1,200 has | been stolen from an automobile parked in downtown Vancouver, H.| E. Geis of Los Angeles reported to ‘pohce He said that he, his wife |and daughter stopped off in Van- | couver en route to Alaska where | | his daughter.is to be married. The | trousseau was stolen from the car | while it was parked on the street overnight. Mr. - MR, 8. PRATT HERE and Mrs. Frank Pratt, lanof Hotel | prepared today to start for Japan.| here as-| BOYINGTON ALIVE, SAFE IS REPORT Marine Fler, Holder of Medals, Missing 17 Months, Aboard Ship ABOARD USS ANCON, Tokyo' Bay, Aug. 29.—American land, sea and air forces thrilied today to the| news that Maj. Greg Boyington, 32- | year-old-holder of the Congression- | 1 Medal of Honor and Navy Cross’ for his daring exploits as a Marine flyer, is alive. He had been missing| mera than 17 months 1 The electrifying report of his safe- |ty was flashed from the American cruiser San Juan. Although details are lacking, it is belitved the infor- maticn came from @ Japanese pilot | guiding the ship into Tokyo Bay, or from Yankee units outside the Imperial City. Officially credited with sending 26 enemy planes to their destruction in Pacific actions, Boyington neverthe- | les: believed by his Black Sheep Squadren of Corsair pilots to have shot down at least 40. He was last seen January 3, 1944, | tailing a Japanese plane into a cloud near Rabaul. He is a resident of | seattle, Washington. R e g 'YAMASHITA HOLDS OUT SURRENDER Jap Commander in Luzon Bluntly Told What Is What-No Fooling MANILA, Aug. 29.—Lowered by ropes into a precipitious mountain valley to meet Japanese surrender |envoys, American officersstoday re- layed to the disabled enemy com- mander a demand for surrender of | his southern Luzon forces. Negotia- tions also continued with Lt. Gen. | Tomoyuki Yamashita, for surrender {of his 10,000 Northern Luzon troops. The conference in rugged moun- |tains 22 miles east of Manila, lasted several hours. Maj. Gen. Sumi, chief of staff to Lt. Gen. Yokoyama, com- mander of Southern Luzon forc {insisted he could not surrender with- out higher authority. He was tald bluntly that unless Yokoyama's southern forces capitul- ated within six to nine days after {the’ final surrender signing in Tokyo they would be treated as outlaws. ————— PROGRAM IN GERMANY IS WORKED OUT FRANKFURT-ON-MAIN, Aug. 29 |—A “minimum economy” for Ger- |mans began to take form today as U. S. officials administering the American Zone of Occupation met for the third time in the final sessions of a conference dealing | with occupational problems. i A program for the decentraliza- ‘lion of German industry, unofficial but believed to represent high-level | Allied views on immediate steps | necessary, would earmark for trans- |fel or destruction any purely war Imdustnes would limit production of finished steel to 50 per cent ] normal pre-war usage, and) uould place other restrictions on! steel and allied industries. Farm| | equipment would remain and LX-’ | { | | { !agricultural needs | Houston | after Victim of Jap Sumde Plane The batile-scarred escort carrier Sangamon is laid up for repairs at the Portsmouth, Va, aftel of a Japanese suicide plane. (AP “’in‘phnlu from U, S, Navy) Rep Bennefi Suggesls i AlaskansBe Allowedfo Vofeon Slalehoodfi‘rsl‘ CITY COUNCIL MYSTERY OF SEA BATTLE CLEARING UP Survivors of Torpedoed : Heavy Cruiser Houston Found, Prison Camps BULLETIN—KANDY, Ceylon, Aug. 29.—The evacuation of 300 Allied prisoners from Thailand has begun. Some of the men are survivors of the U. S. cruiser Houston. The men are being flown from four prison camps to Bangkok, Burma. VANISHED MEN LOCATED WASHINGTON, Aug. 29. — An- other group of World War II's van- ished fighting men — possibl, survivors of the old heavy has been accounted for three and a half years of ystery. Two emaciated enlisted men of the Houston's crew carried the word to a guerrilla training station in Thailand that several hundred of their mates were held by the Japa- n>se in jungle prison camps. ‘The news was breught to the United States by Lt. Col. Nicol Smith, an underground operator for the Office of Strategic Services The Houston was hit by two eight- inch shells in the battle of the Java Sea on February 27, 1942, night she started out from Tanjong | Prick to try to run Soenda With her was the Australian cruiser Perth and trailing them was the I; itch destroyer Evertsen. Last word from any of the three came from the Evertsen, which reported she had been caught by two enemy cruisers and was beaching in sink- ing condition. e MRS. RUOFF, CHILD HERE Mrs. Bert Ruoff and daughter, of | isting hydro-electric plants would of Anchorage, arrived yesterday on are guests at the Petersburg, are guests at the Bar-\be retained because of Germany's a Woodley Airways plane and are guests at the Baranof Hotel, ! aid The next | Strait. ‘ By CHARLES HASLET (Associated Press Correspon X | WASHINGTON, Aug. 20.—A voto by the citizens of Alaska on whether they want tehocd was prepos2d teday by Rep. Bennett (R-Mo), just back m the Territory with other House Territories” Committeemsn, | Some members of the House In- terior Appropriations Subcommittee who recently were in Alaska, declar- w-d the Territory is not ready ‘for 1 statehood. “The people should decide the u:sllon for themselves at an elec- tion,” Bennett said in an interview. | “But before the election they should |be told the facts as to just what it | would cost them in taxes in view of ! their limited population.” | There are 40,000 white and 40,000 Tndians and Eskimos in Alaska, he and no tax is levied excepting al income and business life. ehcod would mean a heavier to meintain state government. Jinnett declared that “Greatest ‘odscnd that could come to the eopls of Alaska would be for. the ecident to fire Serretary of Inter- /r Harold L. Iic Ickes, he declared, has set aside nuch of Alaska as reservation ‘ndians, parks and other purposes and “thus nnp ded development of that countr, Asgerting that it is difficult to ob- ain clear title to real estate pur- *hased in Alaska, Bennett said legis- lation would be introduced when ongress reconvenes to provide such title, Other suggestions mads by Ben- (Continuea on P’r"fi Five) D SIX APPOINTMENTS MADE BY GOVERNOR Ernest (uusnlny tods 1% Gov. an to Territorial boards: Sheldon Simmons, of Juneau William L. Lavery, were reappointed | Aeronautics and Communicatior Commission for two-year terms | All three members of the Board of Optometry have been reappointed for thre r terms. They Authur S. own, of Fairbanks; 1 Lillian Carlson, present Secretary of the Board, of Ketchikan Robert Simpson, of Juneau Mrs. Mary Keith Neill, of Juneau, has been appointed to the Nur Examining Board for a three-y term, and of Anchors to the for! | nounced the following A])[)Hln!,nl!nl.:w Alaska | and | ., Navy Yard a 12,000-mile veyage from Okinawa with her flight and hangar decks buckled by the crash attack RATE SET BY 1" ! Maximum Llevy Decided Necessary to Provide for Protested Taxes Juneau city taxes caa cnly one wav—down! Last evening the City Council voted the maximum tax rate—20 mills—for the 1945-46 tax year. Coming out of the Board Equalization hearings with assessment roll totaling $10,094,595 whittled down from the nearly $12,000,000 grand total compiled by Evaluator Howard S. Henretta—the ccuncil decided on the maximum tax levy in order to make ends meet—with a little to spare. At first censidering a 19%-mill levy, which would have returned a maximum of $3844 more the $258,000 budget already passed, councilmen, decided that excess ht not be enough to care for tax discounts and anticipated pro- test reservations of tax payments by disgruntled property owners. Unanimous Vote Generally feeling that, since the rate would have to be upped con- | siderably from last year's 17 mills anyw well “go the whole hog” and make sure that all emergencies could be met, the four councilmen present voiced ayes to the 20-mill motion | proposed by Councilman Edward Nielsen and seconded by Council- man Don Skuse. Absent from last night’s special meeting were Coun- cilmen John. Young and Harry Lea Councilman now go of Skuse declared he “could not see not leaving a bit” in the city’s general fund to help cut down the yearly deficit if pos- sible. Mayor Ernest Parsons onded that thought, declaring: “I hope we can leave somg money over to cut the deficit.” Returns Expected The 20-mill rate applied to the | slightly mcre than $10,000,000 tax i roll, should return to the ecity $201,891.90, to which the council added an estimated figure of $65 {000 in other revenues, to make a | total of $266,891.90; $8,891.90 in ex- ss of the approved budget. The { 000 is approximately the amount | received last y | liquor, and other tmu- dock and (Continued on Pm/e Tu‘o/ from | and licenses; float rents an' y, they might just as| from mercantile,! [GREATEST OF PAGEANTSTO TAKE PLACE | Stage Set for D_rama of De- feat, Surrender of Japanese Empire MacARTHUR READY FOR HIS FINAL VICTORY ACT llandlngs of Yanks Ar- ' ranged as All Forces | Ready for Stra'egy By I.I-OVARD MILLIMAN | (Asscciated Press Staff Writer) | . America’s on-to-Tokyo com- | manders moved more than 1,000 | miles closer to the Mikado’s palace teday to supervise the initial mass | occupation of Japan, where the | U. S. flag has already been planted by advance echelons. Admiral Nimitz flew from Guam /to Tokyo Bay, joining an Allied | fleet headed by four modern battle- ships which rode at anchor off | Yokosuka Naval Base where 10,000 | Aerican and British Marines and | Sailors land Thursday. | Gen. MacArthur moved his head | quarters from Manila to Okinawa,. !ready for another 1,000-mile aerial, | jump tomorrow to Japan with 7,500 airborne troops. Their arrival marked what Tokyo described as the ‘“very darkest period” in Japan's history. Greatest Of Pageants | The greatest pageant of all time |is ahout to take place. Rome and Tyre never witnessed anything the like of this, Great steel battleships riding at anchor; many other war- |ships of different sizes and firiny | power; and great fleets of air- craft flying overhead in every di- |recticn; that is the stage setting for the great drama of defeat and surrender. | Japan will bow low to the Allles on Sunday, Sept. 2. The historic surrender document will be signed |cn board the Battleship Missouri. MacArthur On Okinawa Gen, MacArthur is on Okinawa - personally directing the last de- tails of the preparations for the first mass occupation of Japan. And only 20 miles from Tokyo it- self, Admiral Halsey’s mighty Third Fleet flagship, the Battleship Mis- sourl, is riding at anchor off Yoko- ‘Ctmunucd Lm Page Five) Reporl Made Public About Pearl Harbor High Officials Crificized Along with Army and Navy Commanders than | WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 — High officials in Washington were criti- cized along with the Pearl Harbor commanders in reports made public by President Truman today of Army and Navy investigations of the disaster that plunged the U, S. into World War II. ‘The President reserved decision on whether court martials will be asked. He said in releasing the re- ports that if the convening of courts martial is indicated, prompt and fair trials will be held. But the Army and Navy reports clearly indicated - that the service investigators do not feel that any court martial proceedings are war- ranted. Proceedings Not Warranted Secretary of War Stimson reaf- firmed a statement made last year " con mued on Page Five)