The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 20, 1945, Page 1

| INNONSTOP, | i |~ flown in both directions—and often | THE DAILY ALASKA “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” MPIRE . VOL. LXV., NO. 10,070 JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1945 - MEMBE R ASSOCIATED PRLSS PRICE TEN CENTS PART OF FIGHTING FLEET HOMEBOUND 'SUPERSFAIL JAPAN-D.C. | , Bad Weather er Encountered Over Canada - Great Circle Route Best . By JAMES J. STREBIG (Asrociated Press Correspondent) WASHINGTON, Sept. 20—Beaten | by a 50 to 1 shot, Lt. Gen. Barney | M. Giles believes the Japan-to- America non-stop run soon will be . Giles led a flight of three stripped-down B-20's in an un- successful attempt to reach Wash- ington from Sapporo, Japan, with- out a pause. | ! The big Superfortresses had to sn.' down at Chicago late yesterday to | * take on fuel after subborn head- | winds over Canada blew away their | chances some 6,100 miles and 26\ hours after their take-off. | “We hit weather you wouldn’t hit once in 50 times,” Giles said after the planes covered the re- maining 600 miles to Washington in just over two hours. He added that the Great Circle Route over which he led the flight is the shortest one and that the| United States will use it often. | Giles disclosed that the fueling stop was more of a matter ofl caution than necessity. One plane had 1,200 gallons left of the 10,000 with which it started; another had 1,000 and the third 700 gallons. The B-29's use around 400 gallons an hour at fast cruising speed. Uncertain weather made it in- advisable to try to squeeze home, Giles said, adding that the pro- jected non-stop flight was a “prac- . otical test, and not a stunt.” - the drawing board directly # block is on West Van Horn Road, Gen. of the Army H. H. Arnold, | » Commander of the Army Air| Forces, said the object was to see what could be expected from the B-29. Reason: It had gone from into production and combat, without all of the usual tests given a new| plane. | The planes averaged about 231 miles an hour. ‘r | | " When the Supers reached here, hlch military and government dig- “nitaries, plus a brass band, wel- comed the fliers at a gala recep- tion. Commanders of the three Supers (Continued “on Pafi Five) | The Washington | ‘Merry-Go-Round By DRFW PEARSON WASHINGTON — While Mayor | Roger T. Sermon has repeatedly urged the citizenry of Independ- | ence, Mr., to clean up the town now that it is the home of the “President, there remains near the | Summer White House one block of | « pitted dirt road which mars the neighborhood appearance. It is the only dirt street in the entire vicin- ity of the Truman home. This one between North Delaware and North Pleasant Streets, and borders the| Summer White House on the north. Here is the paradoxical reason why it is unpaved: | Several years ago when WPA| labor was plentiful at little cost, i * it was suggested the lone block of | dirt be paved. For a time it looked like a sure thing, But the Wallace families (Truman’s in-laws) inter-| vened. They objected because it would increase taxes. | Opposition to improving the street came from the First Lady’s mother, Mrs. D. W. Wallace, who actually owns the Summer White House, 219 North Delaware Street; o also from George Wallace, a brother of Mrs. Truman, who lives just east of the Summer White| House at 605 West Van Horn Road, | and is a road supervisor for Jack- son County; and from Frank Wal-| lace, 601 Van Horn Road, another brother, who is treasurer of the ‘Waggoner-Gates Milling Company | in Independence. The Wallace families own about one-third of the property on the‘ ® south side of Van Horn Road be-; tween North Delaware and Nnnh‘ Pleasant Streets and figured that | » <r.‘nnrim:rll on Page Four) | Harvester Water gushes from pumps lining the railings of the battleship U. Pacific Fleet, as salvage work commences. torpedo while lying in Buckner Bay at newly-won Okinawa. SalvageU S.S. Pennsylvama | » result of the hit, scored in the (‘loamg days of the war.* I Pays fo Adverllse Seaftle Couple Finds Babyin FOREST FIRE FLAMES RAGE, N. CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 20 Flames of 25 forest fires swept through forest and range lands of northern California today, adding to the estimated $3,000,000 damage done by 6,500 separate blazes in the state this year. All northern California operations were ordered shut down. INDEPENDENCE FOR INDIA IS AGAIN DELAYED BOMBAY, Sept. 20.—Disappoint- ment was reflected today in Indian press comment on Viceroy Lord Wa- vell's announcement of British plans for early realization of self-| government in India. “The announcement is one which will not enthuse the people of In- dia,” said the Bombay Chronicle. “In fact, it will sorely disappoint them.” The newspaper, commenting on Wavell's statement that he had been authorized to hold preliminary consultation with Provincial Assem- bly representatives, said the picture he presented “only confirms the fear that the old policies largely laid down and controlled by the re- acticnary group of permanent ser-; vice in India will still be pursued, land that the attainment of Indian |freedom will continue to be ob- [ stry ucled if not delayed too long - STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Sept. 20 — Closing quotation of Alaska-Juneau Mine stock today was 7'%, Anaconda 36, Curtiss - Wright 7, International 92%, Kennecott 41%, New York Central 27':, Northern Pacific 28%, U. S. Steel 75. Pound, $4.02%. Total sales today were 1,500,000 shares. Dow, Jones averages today were as follows: Industrials, 180.22; rails, 58.26; utilities, 34.11. BLACK IN JUNEAU A. C. Black, of Portland, has |arrived in Juneau and is a guest at the Baranof, logging | Porch Woodbox SEATTLE, Sept. 20—A Seattle woman, who said she never could have a baby of her own and asked aid in adopting one, found the answer to her prayers in a wood- box cu: the back porch of her l'ural home. Mrs. Fred Kuhn told the Post- Intelligencer of her wish for a baby after two cases of abandoned infants had been reported here. Returning from a day of visits to possible baby donors, she and her husband found a 12-day-old| baby girl sleeping quietly in the! family woodbox. To the child’s blanket was pinned a note pencilled in a school-girlish hand: “I read your story in the P-I, and I can see that you will give the baby a good home. At-| tached to the baby is its formula. It was born Sept. 7, 1945.” That, at the moment at least, is all the Kuhns want to know about the child. | “We don’t know anything about her, of course,” Mrs. Kuhn said. “But that doesn't make any dif- ference to us. “My husband says he'd rather have this little, unwanted baby than any other.” 'Exemption of Hatch Ad Sought for Vels | | |lation exempting veterans of all wars from the Hatch Act has been introduced by Senator Elmer Thomas (D-Okla.) {a strict, interpretation of the Act veterans drawing any income from the government, including disability i compensation, would be prohibited {from taking any part in politics or jeven talking about government policies. The Act is directed primarily at government employees. | 'Slapsy So Cruel, Wife (Can't Live With Him; ''She's Seeking Divorce LOS ANGELES, Sept. 20—Slapsy Maxie Rosenbloom, one-time prize fighter, and later a screen actor and night club operator, is still doing all right financially, says his wife. But she doesn't like his disposi- tion and has sued for divorce. Mrs. Rosenbloom, a child psy- chology expert, says her mate was so cruel it was impossible to live with him. They were married in 1939, S. S. Pennsylvania, once flagship of the The great battlcwagon was the target for a Japanese aeriel Twenty men were killed or are missing as a WASHINGTON, Sept. 20—Legis- Thomas told reporters that under FOLKS AT HOME ARE GIVEN DOPE - ONPLANS, JAPAN Army’s Concern AbouiL | Food, Shelter and Jobs [ Given Explanation | TOKYO, Sept. 20.—For the bene-| Ifit of the folks back home who wonder why the Army is so concern- | ed about food, shelter and jobs for| Ithe Japanese, the man who does this kind of worrying for General Mac- riots which would make occupation !a rough job. “What causes a revolution?” ask- ed Col. Raymond C. Kramer of Mac- Arthur's economic and scientific ,section, and answered himself: “It !comes when the people have a gnaw- ing hunger, no place to live and no job. will just be making a tough situation for ourselves, “We want a peaceful population. 'We aren’t going to feed them but lits up to us to see that they get the ‘most out of their own food factories. Bluntly, we must snap| *them out of their daze and get them to do a normal day’s work.” “Japanese militarists want us to| be so tough that suffering and mis- ery will spread thoughout the coun- | try. That would give them a ter- rific appeal to the people in the| future,” he said.’ WAR WORKERS T0 GET FARES PAID T0 RETURN HOME Administrafion Finally Wins Senate Round on Unemployment Bill WASHINGTON, Sept. 20. — The | Senate voted today to pay the way back home for wWorkers who lose Jjobs they moved to during the war. In the first administration vic- tory after two major defeats on the unemployment compensation bill, a | bases ['F. J. Horne, | Guam-Saipan area, | Leyte-Samar, If we let that happen we; NAVY ASKS T0 KEEP PACIFIC ISLAND BASES ' Admiral Lists Points Ten- tatively Chosen for Use by Fleets WASHINGTON, pt. 20 — The Navy disclosed today its intention not“tg give up any Pacific island ntil a final decision on their disposition is made. Te! disclosure was made to the Huuse Naval Committee by Admiral Vice-Chief of Naval Operations. ‘The bases tentatively | retention in the Pacific: Major Bases Pearl Harbor, the Philippines, Manus in the Admiralties. Secondary Bases—Kodiak, Adak, Balboa, Bonins-Volcano group, Ryukyus, Tuto - Tawitawi, Subic, JPalau, Puerto Prin- cessa, Galapagos, Attu, Johnston Island, Midway, Wake, Samoa, Eni- wetok Kwajalein, ,Truk. Caretaker-Emergency Bases Dutch Harbor, Canton Island, Pal- myra, Majuro, Uilithi, chosen for, In the Atlantic, Navy plans call for a major base in the Puerto Rico-Virgin Island area, ,and for these secondary bases: Argentina, Bermuda, mo, Trinidad, Coco Solo, Caretaker-Emergency the Atlantic would be St. Thomas, Antigua, Georgetown, Great Exuma, Jamaica, and Santa Lucia. | In the Continental United States, | | the admirals disclosed, these fa- ‘cilmes are planned for the post- war Navy: Fleet Operations Areas: Norfolk- Hampton Roads-Chesapeake Bay area; New York-Long Island, Nar- ragansett . Bay-Casco area; San | Pedro-San Diego area; Puget Sound | area. Guantana- Bases in |at New London, Conn.; amphibious school and mine warfare test sta- |tion in the Chesapeake Bay area; ‘advance base depot and training schools at Davisville, R. I, and Hueneme, Calif.; repair base at | San Diego, ,and net school at Ti- | buron, Calif. Most of the Pacific bases named by the admirals coincide with those recently recommended for retention 1) RES(UED AFTER THREE, HALF YEARS IN PRISON EXIL SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 20—Am- erican Marines rescued an {of the world’s events for three and a half years. He is J. A. Gibson, Arts in Melbourne Master of University’s | in February, 1942. Rescued from a Japanese prison camp, Gibson has been taken to Australia, where an Australian broadcast recorded by NBC, ,quoted him: “Poseibly because of my knowl- edge of languages, the Japanese did | everything to make me broadcast. | T refused. Then began the period of torture. At times I wished I could have died. “I was bashed often. T was not vote of 65 to 14 turned back a move by Senator McClellan (D.-Ark.) to‘ block the travel allowances. The majority heeded arguments, | that, since the government induced | these people to take war work away | from home, it ought to get them‘ back. A 1 The section McClellan wanted to strip from the bill would grant up to $200 for travel home, or to a new job. The Government would pay the cost of moving the worker and his family, but not his house- hold goods. Before ths vote came, McClellan chided Congress for “proceeding tc encourage and promote unemploy- ment.” That, he said, is the course | proposed by the pending unemploy- ment comnpensation bill and the so- called full employment measure, allowed to write and I did not re- ceive a sing]e letter for the whole | three years Man102 Years 0ld Gels License fo Wed NORFOLK, Va. Sept. 20—Wil- liam Henry McPhailen, Negro, who gave his age as 102, obtained a license yesterday from Corporation Court to marry 63-year-old Cor- nelia Williams Vance. McPhailen, who said he was a clergyman, told court attaches that both he and his prospective bride had been married twice before and that all four previous spouses died. located at | Arthur says the idea is to prevent| Secondary Bases: Submarine base | bases at San Diego and Little Creek, Va.; sound schools at Key | | West, Fla., and San Diego; mine | George sC modern languages, ,who was cap-' tured by the Japanese at Kavieng bat and dependency |ered to 70 by Oc Liberafed-in Shanghal ’ Upper photo, taken at St. Luke's Hospital in- Shanghai, shows emaciated and diseased Yanks who were taken prisoners at Wake Island. Wake. Sedro Weceley, Wash.; Marine In bed is Amos J. White, New York, a civilian worker on Standing left to right: Ma ville, Tll.; $2/c¢ Carl Mcore, Bell, Calif.; Platoon Sgt. ine Cpl. Robert E. Lee, Taylor- Marine Pfc. Leroy G. Morite, William D. Beck, Los Angeles; Edward L. Cook, San Francisco, a worker at the Wake Navy Base. Lower photo: American civilian Mr. and Mrs. Charles Boynton, Mrs. V. A. Roper, standing be- ; Lottie Mahler; Mr. and Mrs, right: hind her daughter Elizabe C. Condon. 'ARMY PLANS T0 T0SS AWAY IT§ POINTS SYSTEM Tells Congress Two- Year Men fo Get Out WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 — Gen. Marshall told Congress teday the Army will abandon its point system for discharges by late Aus-flmmer and all men with two years’ tralian who knew nothing at all |service will be released ¥hen At the same time, the Army |Chief of Staff advised a joint Senate-House session _ that the present discharge score Of 80 points —based on credit for service, com- -will be low- 1, and another cut to 60 points will be made Nov. 1. LIEGLER PORTRAIT OF TRUMAN IS TO HANG AT OLYPMIA OLYMPIA, Sept, 20~As soon as Governor Wallgren ‘returns from San Prancisco this weekend tifere will be another - picture-hanging session in the executive office. A life-sized portrait’ of President Truman arrived here this week straight from the brush of an Alaskan artist, Eustice P. Ziegler, of Anchorage. Ziegler made ‘the painting from a photograph and placed it in a 4 by 5-foot gilded frame, - WESTFALL HERE Wallace Westfall, of Sitka, is a guest at the Baranof Hotel - - SEATTLE MAN HERE R. A. Sperry, Seattle, is a guest at the Barzaof Hotel, All are frem Los Angeles. liberated in Shanghai. Left to Thomas (AP Wirephota) HORRORCAMP DETAILS ARE RIS Cnge‘(hlef of - Staff Marshall GIVEN IRIAI- American Oflmal Says| Kramer, Staff of 44, In- diiferent to Prisoners LUENEBERG, Geynany, Sept. 20 Josef Kramer and his staff of 44 men and women at the Belsen herror camp were “perfectly indif- ferent” to the welfare and health of internees, Brig. Hugh Llewellyn Glyn Hughes declared today during re-examination by the prosecutor as the first mass trial of used war criminals entered its third day Hughes, the British medical of- ficer who first inspected the no- torious Nazi concentration camp, said there was a large number of medical personnel among the in- ternees, but that Kramer and his staff made no effort to organize them “They made efforts Lo organize themselves but they were unfit,” Hughes testified. Under questioning he also reiterated there were large stocks of unused medical supplies and a Wehrmacht food depot, well- stocked, only two miles from the camp. > Greaf Boon Seen In U. S. Aviation WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 — The Civil Aeronautics Administration estimates that 441,000 Army Air Force offi and enlisted men will seek civilian aviation jobs. This is about one out of every four in the AAF. About 87,000 plan to buy their own planes, and fly 17 WARSHIPS START TODAY ACROSS OCEAN Aboard Are Vet Gunners, Airmen Who Brought Japan to Knees OCCUPATION FORCES STILL BEING ARGUED 'War Crime'Squ;peds Being Arrested-One Woman Taken in Custody TOKYO, Sept. 20 Seventeen ships of Admiral Halsey's Fighting Third Fleet steamed for home to- day carrying several thousand Navy men due for discharge while Gen, MacArthur's headquarters dis- closed that Army occupation forces ‘will increase to 400,000 before the | predicted slash to 200,000 takes | place. | There are approximately 150,000 | American soldiers in Japan. The seventeen ships of Admiral Halsey's victorious armada weighed anchor in Tokyo Bay to begin the | long voyage home. Aboard are several thousand Navy personnel— men who manned the guns and | carrier planes which helped bring the enemy to his knees. Preceding the fleet is the Battleship Missouri, |on whose decks the Mikado's mes- | sengers acknowledged Japan's de- feat. The fleet is headed first for Okinawa, to be joined by the battleships Texas, Arkansas and Nevada for the homeward journey. Rear Admiral John Shafroth is in | command, aboard the Alabama. Others in the triumphant proces- sion are such history-making men- | of-war as the Iowa, Alabama, Wis» | consin, South Dakota, Colorado and West Virginia; the Aircraft Car- | rier Ticonderoga, and the Cruisérs Amsterdam, Vicksburg and Tucson. At Pearl Harbor, Admiral Halsey and perhaps Fleet Chief Admiral Chester W. Nimitz are expected to board the warships. From there, | the fleet will continue to the | coastal cities of the United States to be accorded well-deserved honor on Navy Day, Oct. 27. The Mis- | souri has steamed out ahead of Shafroth's force to take part in New York’s Navy Day celebration. State Department expressions of surprise and concern at MacAr- thur's prediction of three days ago ‘u\ the size of the occupation forces |drew another terse “no comment” | from MacArthur himself today. His | staff officers pointed out, however, that his announcement of future reductions had clearly specified a probable force of 200,000 six months hence. It did mot say that this | would be the maximum landed in the meantime, they emphasized. Troops will continue to pour into Japan through September, October, November and December until about 400,000 have arrived by the end of the year, they reported. Japanese demobilization, mean- while, is proceeding so smoothly that approximately three-fourths of the homeland army has been dis- armed and discharged in half the allotted time, MacArthur's he-d- quarters announced. ‘The 400,000 maximum, Army spokesmen said, does not include Marine units in Navy occupation zones, nor fleet personnel. In Washiugton, Acting Secretary ot State Dean Acheson remarked sharply that the United States Government, not the occupation forces under MacArthur, is deter- mining American policy toward Japan. He expressed surprise that anyone could determine now the number of forces necessary for the occupation. MacArthur's staff officers pointed out that thus far the occupation has been without incident and that elimination of what MacArthur called “the unknown quantity of the initial operation” permitted new planning for the future. The General's chief of economic and scientific planning said today that Japan's food and shelter crisis would reach its peak in' three or four months. Staff officers empha- sized that MacArthur's predicted | reduction to 200,000 occupation \troops would follow this period. (Continued om Page Eight)