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Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-06-16
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4 three-JlT German assault
in an attempt to cross an i'm
portant river in the kharkov
secto" has been baked by Rus
sian nil top dafenSe> and the
nazi> new Havc been forced back
to the defensive, front line dis
patches declared today.
The Germans claimed TO-DAY
they had expanded a bridge
head which they Won across the
DOn@tS river in the Kharkoy
area Yesterday.
around >tvastopoi. the ether
HajG" scene Of current fighting
GU the eastern front. the Ger
E1ans have maSsed We artil-
lery regiments or Their main line
Of assault III an effort to batter
down TIE Russian Notifications
Of t3at hesieged Crimean city.
the Russians said.
The German cannon include one
of the Big Berthas like those with
which the kaiser's troops shelled
Paris during the last World War.
he dispatches said, but despite this
weight Of artillery the Red army
forces are holding firmly to their
~rocibound positions.
TuSs, official Soviet news agency,
said the Germans were using at
least seven infantry divisions ana
more than $50 tanks against SeVes-
orol in addition to the maSSed an
.il!csy.
on the NharkoV frost, Wher"
a Soviet cCmmuIiquc said 1880
German tanks were DESTROYED or
damaged Yesterday. TasS report
cd Tx Invaders Struggled all day
to gain GrC-!hird of a mile. only
t. be hu,iri lack in the end.
German wa! planes again raided
lacked airdromcs near the Russian
Arctic port OF Mmmansk.
Tie Germans announced that d
Hazi submarine sank a British cruiser
with three torpedo hits and DAM
aged a merchantman in an attack
lp0n a cOnVoV in the Mediterranean.
On other Worldwide fronts:
iuetralia- General Douglas
NacArthur's headquarters re-
ported 4 rev triumph by allied
airmeH over Japanese raiders,
announcin" that six enemy
PLANES Wcrc shot down out of ali
attacking force of p heavy bonn
hers and fiVc Zero fighters owe
Darwin, in northern Australia.
Two allied planes were missing.
China-The Chinese high COM
mand announced tonight a further
Japanese advance in east kianss.
province, but indicated that the Chr
G were eXactIng a heavy toll from
the japanese columns striving 10
close a pincerS on the C~hehiang-
Kiangsi railway.
\. communicate said the Chinese
abandoned kWangieng, p miles
within kiangSi, ON Sunday, after AN
all-night battle in which the Japan
ese. thrusting westward along the
railway, suffered more than 1000
casualties.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-06-16
A PEANUT VENDER
MAY SEE A KING

Washington, June l6.-America is
Ike this
Steve Nasilakos, Greek peanut
vendor who has been doing business
at the White House corner for years,
asked and received an audience with
a king-George II Of his native land.
Steve, an American citizen told
all about it later at a press confer
enCe' at his peanut stand:
SO. da king he say, You speak
Creek
Il say, Sure, sure so we spik in
erik
'Da king be say 'HoW's business
Il tell him I'm a maxim living"
ATS a good boy he says.
SO | Say to da king-'You good
10y, too"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-06-16
Plans for Huge Bat
tleships Delayed as
Cruisers are Convert
ed to Aircraft Car
riers; Recent Battles
Show Needs.
C. r. ~Phouephoto

Washington, June 16.-(AP)
Two members Of the Senate
naval affairs committee said TO-
day that Navy officials had de-
cided to defer all plans for huge
new DattleshipS in order 20 con-
ctntrate upon expanding fight
4ng I.oWer IN the air.
Senators Ellender, Democrat,
Louisiana, and Brewster. Re
publican, Maine. in separate M
tervicWs said that top ranking
admirals had informed them that
TO new battleShipS would be
started and that plans for cruis-
crs now underway were beng
converted so that these would
be completed as aircraft carriers.
THE Navy finally has decided 1t
must have morc air power 10 pro-
test oar present fleet Ellender SAID.
Some Of the cruisers Dcns con-
Ncrted were pretty well along.
Senator Brewster said hal the new
decision would mean abandonment
for the present OF Navy plans lol
constructing five huge super battle
ships of 10000 tons each "that were
to have been the largest things
Brewster said that naval authorI-
ties had been working on the plans
for the huge battleships-larger than
any previously built-for more than
a year and probably had learned
that some of u enemies have
abandoned plans for similar huge
battleships."
The Maine senator said that the
new decision would not interfere
with completion and commissioning
of several ba~ttleships that would be
launched within the next few
months.
Ellender said he believed that loss
of the huge British WarShips Re
pulse and "Prince OF Wales,' VIC
TINS OF aircraft, was the turning
point in the old argument about re-
lative power Of air and surface YES
sells in sea battles. He said recent
results at Midway and the Coral Is
lands had confirmed this.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-06-16
Navy Concentrates
On Aerial Strength
TWO L. & N. A
INVOLVED IN WRECK

Evansville. Ind, June 10
(AP)-Four ambulances were
sent from Evansville to the
suburb of Howell today after
county officers received word
that a Louisville aud Nashville
railroad train bound for this city
from Louisville had collided
with a freight train.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-06-16
MADE
IN LOTTERY RING

Detroit, June l6-(AP)-U. S. DIS
ulct Atty. j. c. Lehr disclosed TO-DAY
mat 63 residents Of the United
states, Cuba and Panama had been
Inolcted as conspirators in an m
lernatlonal lottery operation descrlo-
ca by postal authorities as one 81
me most extensive in the Unlt7o
S.ates. -
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-06-16
Eight Jap
Ships Sunk
Or Damaged
Navy A n n O u n c G S
Score in Battle off
Aieutians; North Afri-
can Desert Battle Ap-
pears Near Finale;
Nax;s Claim Victory.

[. :. Army and Navy filters
pressed nome 4 third great VIC
tory over Japanese invasion
force, in the Aleutian islands
off Alaska today while in north
Africa the flaming desert bat
tlv between British and axis
armies appeared to reaching a
finale.
Adolf Hitler's high COM
mand asserted broadly hat axis
troop, had already won the lat
est battle of Libya which started
May 26.
The battle in Libya to the
west of Tobruk has ended in
favor of German and Italian
troops" a nazi communicate said.
After destroying Enemy de
fcnsive forces near Acroma in a
pursuit to the north, our troops
crossed the Via Balbo and reach
cd the coast.
British and south African
troops at Ain ell Gazala coastal
anchor of the British defense
linrl were cut off from TObruk.
The extent of the victory can
not yet be estimated"
Imperial British headquarters ack-
n0ulydgcd that British troops had
withdrawn from positions below Ain
el GuluIa. 40 miles west of Tobruk,
as Marshal Erwin Rommels armor-
ed columns attempted to cut of the
key British stronghold.
y British communique said tn
withdrawal was executed success
fully by the 5Oth division and the
So,tH African first dix sion under
cuHyr OF a magnificent il9nt oy
)r'Yp~ holding positions around
Acuoma and the first armored dlVl-
Slo. who beat off determined enemy
ATTACKS throughout the whole o.
June H."
Aeroma lies ten miles west OF
TolruN.
In the I'll Adcm sector, due south
OF IuDruk, the British reported that
three strong axis attacks yesterday
were ropulscd with heavy loss to
the cncny.'
Military observers in Cairo,
headquarters of General Sir
Claude Auchinlcck's British
forces, said both sides appeared
near the exhaustion point alter
three weeks of furious scasa"
lighting and that fifth Libyan
UtIppSiun prAhnh1Xy N1'nIII6 tIIZlc
out in a stalematc.
A~CanWhlle, the Italian high COM
mand claimed victory IN "a 2feat
an and naval battle which
III tHc Mediterranean last night, as
Serllug that three British WarshlpS
were sunk and II ships sunk, set
allIe or damaged.
An Italian heavy cruiser was ach-
hoN]edged sunk and a destroyer s.
fI"u>Iy damaged.
In the nothern Pacific theatre,
American filters battering at Japan
csc invaders of the Aleutlan ISLANDS
were credited with having sunk OF
damaged eight enemy ships.
The core:
Japanese losses-sunk, n cruls-
err damaged, one aircraft carrier, at
Iedst three cruisers, one destroyer,
one 8unboat, one transport.
American losses-none reported.
a Navy communique, breaking a
thrce-day silence on the japanese
landing in the bleak, fog-bound Is
a chain, said both U. S. Army ana
Navy tliers were continuing the at
TACK IN a smashing sequel to the
earlier American victories IN the
battles Of Midway and the Coral
sea.
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meriedn Graft Engage
Superior Force Of Nip
pons in Air Battle
ARTILLERY DUElS
RAGE AT SINGAPORE
British Guns Reported 10
Have SiIeneed Main
land Batteries
tBY ASSOCIATED PRESS


Japan's siege armies still hesitat-
cd today to gamble on a direct as
sault against Singapore mid
flaming artillery duels across the
mile wide Johore Strait. Japanese
warplanes again attacked the big
Dutch Naval base at Soerabaja, On
the Island of Java. also Port
Moresby, New Guinea.
The War Department in Wash
ington today issued bulletin that
U. S. Army P-40 pursuit planes are
aiding in the defense of the vital
Dutch Indies and attacked great
ly superior force of Japanese bomb
|eis and fighting planes, a Nippon
aa'r1zada m the Vicinity Of Java
Island.
The. War Department said one
American plane is missing in the
reported attack on the Japanese
armada.
The Java headquarters of Gen.
Archibald Wavell also reports the
arrival of American planes and
That they have Immediately gone
into action.
Jap Batteries Silenced
The British headquarters said
the Singapore defense guns have
silenced the Japanese shore bat
teries and raked Japanese trans
ports in the Johore and Bahru
areas directly across from the be-
leaguered island fortress.
Overhead, Raj fighters battled
Japanese warplanes which inflicted
nearly 300 casualties in two days
Of fighting in which So have been
killed and 228 wounded.
Siege Guns Thunder Out
A Tokyo broadcast said Japanese
siege guns have been numbering
across Johore Strait since o.
clock last night, pouring steady
stream of fire into the Imperial
troops in a grove OF rubber trees
near the head OF the dynamited
causeway from the Malay MAIN
land to the island.
Raj scout planes said a heavy
movement of troops southwark
through Johore Strait is still pro-
crossing.
The Dutch Commander in the
Dutch Indies reports that despite
violent bombing attacks. the spirits
of his troops remains like red
peppers and will be indomitable.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-05
REPEAL OF
JONES ACT
IS WANTED
Kefehikan Chamber Of
Commerce Sends Appeal
TO Sely. Of Commerce

KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Feb. -
A radiogram seeking speedy ac-
ton" in suspending the provisions
of the Jones Act SO that Canadian
vessels, now reaching Alaska emp
ty, be allowed to carry American
merchandise, has been sent to the
Secretary of Commerce Jesse Jones
by the Ketchikan Chamber o.
Commerce.
The plea pointed out the increas-
ing demands on existing facilities
and the needs Of the Canned Sal
mon Industry.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-05
CueYilIas
Spreading
Panic Now
Russian Detaehmenfs Bat
Ter Nazi Conienfra-
.tions-Cut Lines

MOSCOW, Feb. 5-Soviet guer-
lila detachmentS are reported Great
ing wholesale panic behind the
German lines as the Nazi armies
sought to throw up Notifications in
an attempt at counter attacks in
many sectors.
Dispatches from the front to-
night tell of wide ranging damaging
Soviet attacks on railway lines
essential to the Nazi effort to
bring up reserves.
In one sector on the southwest
,rn front, guerilla bands are said
10 be marching 35 miles nightly in
q systematic plan aimed at des-
truction of German communication.
On the main battle front, the
Soviet Communique tonight an
nounces the recapture of five local
tiles in The Kalinin area and cap
tlIre Of many Germans while others
were killed or wounded
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-05
RED VICTORY
pR0MI5EDBY
SOVIET HEAD
Reoecupaiion Of Republics
Lost TO Germany Is
Seen by KdIinin

MOSCOW, Feb. 5-President Ka-
linin in a message to the Soviet
people today, proclaimed the hour
IS near when all the occupied re-
publics of Russia will return to
the family"
The Soviet Union is growing
closer and closer each day, he
said, as the Red Army is approach
ing the borders OF White Russia
Latvia, Esthonia and Lithuania.
Kalinin's message was spread
across the main pages of all news
papers. 1t said that although the
Germans are fighting for every
inch OF ground. in some places the
Russians have driven the invaders
back as far as ITS miles.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-05
REPORT LULL
IN FIGHTING,
BATANAREA5
Brief LEI up in Savage
Fighting Which Has Been
Going on Two Weeks

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 = The
War Department today reports a
lull in the Battle on Batan PENN
sula, in the Philippines, and there
has been little action in the saw
age character of the fighting which
has been continuous for the past
two weeks"
The fighting is unofficially re-
ported as a combination of the
positional fighting of the World
War and old-time American Indian
warfare" Infiltration of Japanese
snipers is general, it is said.
The Japanese are especially adept
at sniping. Carrying only hand
full of rice plus their arms, they
sneak through the lines and hide
high in the trees, and remain
motionless for hours awaiting their
chance.
The average Japanese is not an
expert marksman, but their snipers
are especially chosen crack shots.
One American unit flushed six
snipers out of single tree.
Refused to Give Up
Americans, on the other hand,
have successfully staged numerous
night raids across no mans land.
One m a jor, although frequently
wounded. refused to go to the hos
pital and led repeated raids to
gather prisoners and information.
The American commander dis
closed that the first time Ameri-
can troops charged the japanese,
the enemy ran" This was while
the American-Filipino troops were
moving into position on the Batan
Peninsula several weeks ago.
To prevent the isolation of other
units. the commander said the
Americans fixed bayonets and
'shrieked war whoops" and at
tackled the Japanese who fled in
disorder.
In a second engagement, how
ever, the Japanese fought coura-
geously, resisting yard by yard as
the Americans successfully carried
out line Strengthening operations.
Japs Use Crack Troops
American officers consider the
japanese imperial Fourteenth
Army first class body of troops.
This army had been trained for the
past fifteen months in Formosa by
Gen. Masaharu Homma. obviously
for the specific purpose attacking
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-05

TO ALASKA
DISCUSSED
House Roads Committee
Holding Hearing Gov.
Gruening's Views

WASHINGTON, Feb. s. Gov.
Ernest Gruening told the members
of the House Road Committee yes
terday afternoon that he expected
two or more highways from the
United States to Alaska will be
constructed to meet the demand
for land transportation of supplies
and munitions.
Gov. Gruening said Canada has
not yet indicated its stand on the
proposal and immediate action is
necessary as the delay of few
weeks now might mean a delay of
construction for year.
Gov. Gruening said the roads will
enable the rapid movement of sup
plies to the great military and ma
val bases in Alaska.
Route Favored
The Governor said he favored a
route from Seattle to Prince
George, Fort st. James and White
horse into Alaska where it would
connect with the Alaska road net
work leading to military and naval
bases.
Representative U. l.. Burdick,
Republican of North Dakota, and
Representative H. Carl Anderson,
fr,optip,tad m, PAGE Six)
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-05
FBI MAKES
ROUNDUP
ON ISLAND
Fifteen Nippons in Custody
Explosives, Firearms
Are Seized

SEATTLE, Feb. 5-Fifteen Japa-
nese aliens have been arrested and
a quantity of explosives and fire
arms have been seized as the re-
suit of a search of cambridge Is
land homes of the Orientals.
The Federal Bureau of Investi-
cation announced that agents
worked from noon yesterday until
late last night in a search for
contraband articles recently ordered
turned in.
cambridge Island is close to the
Bremerton Navy Yard and it is
estimated has japanese popula-
ton of about 300.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-05

WASHINGTON nation will
always be proud of and grateful
to the five members of the Pearl
Harbor Board of Inquiry for their
blunt and courageous report. 1t
was a great tribute by true patri-
OTIS to the honor and gameness of
their country.
They had faith that the U.S.A.
could take it and come up fight
ing to win.
But there were certain Army and
Navy elements who did not have
such high concepts. They favored
less candor and forthrightness. IT
they could have had their way the
Boards report would not have been
SO damning of Incompetence, neg
ligence and dereliction of duty.
Softer and mealy- mouthed words
would have been used instead.
1t is an inside fact that in very
discreet and circuitous ways these
elements sought to influence the
exertion of social and personal
pressure on certain Board mem
bers to soft-pedal their findings.
These members know nothing
about this, because it was stopped
dead in its tracks.
Secretaries Stimson and Knox
saw to it that. the Board had a
completely free hand to act and
speak as it saw fit. Like the Board,
they too. are patriots who have
faith in their country.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-05
RIGG5URGES
HIGHWAY TO
AID Defense
Former Governor Of Alaska
Gives His Views on
Northern Road

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5-Thomas
Riggs, former Governor of Alaska,
and Acting Chairm3n ,of the Al
aska Highway Commission, testi-
fled today before the House Roads
committee that a $500 100000 high
way in Alaska is Necessary for Ma
tional defense and for economic
development of the territory.
Riggs testified in support OF the
bill to authorize construction OF
1900 miles from the United States,
through Canada, to connect with
the Alaska road system.
Riggs said available shipping
could not handle the freight and
passenger demand now
Riggs also said: Japanese sub
marines have been rumored off the
coast of Alaska and there may be
more losses due to enemy activity.
Loaded trucks cannot be torpedoed.
After the war is over, the highway
will be more than useful in peace
time pursuits"
Proposes Route
Riggs urged approval of the route
from Seattle to Prince George then
to Whitehorse. He said feeder
roads could easily De constructed
to cities and defense establishments
in Southeast Alaska.
Riggs also said a further east
route, known as B route, is also
feasible but not as desirable. He
said the road from Whitehorse to
Fairbanks could be constructed
within a year. The entire road could
be kept open the year around.
Riggs said the road should be at
least rs feet wide with a gravel
surface.
Road Defense Project
The former Governor also testi-
fled that the whole defense OF the
Pacific Coast depended on the sue
cesful defense of Alaska.
Riggs said that Canada has not
agreed yet upon the construction of
the road but Canadian officials said
a speedy agreement, could be reach
ed after the project received con-
gressional approval.
Donald Macdonald, member of
the Alaska Highway Commissloji
Continued ON page Six)
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-05
QUITS BANKING

Winfield Erwin, ST.. who has been
in the banking business from the
beginning OF Anchorage. has re-
signed as cashier and director of
the First National Bank of Anchor
age, and left for the states. Harry
M Hamill has succeeded Erwin as
cashier
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-05
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK. Feb. 5 Closing
quotation Of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today is 2ss, American Can
631a, Anaconda 27A, Bethlehem
Steel CAS-, Commonwealth and
Southern u, Clirtiss Wright 8, In
ternational Harvester SLY, Kenne-
colt 34la, New York Central ga,
United States Steel 53A, pound
$4.04.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-05
BY JACK sTINNETT

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 The
potential crisis in motor transpor-
tation in civilian life is giving rise
to a lot of balderdash.
The idea that we are going to
return really to the horse and
buggy days, for example, is some
CT it. Naturally, with shortage OF
tires, trucks and cars, some truck
ing and delivery companies who
can adopt Old Dobbin to their
needs are going to do so. The use
of horses for getting about and
for hauling in farm and small
communities also will increase.
But if just that went to anything
like the limits of its possibilities
all over the country, the horse
market would be as empty as the
barn with the open door.
One government expert told me
recently that it would take about
ten years to breed the nations
horse population back to what it
was in the blackboard era. Even
if a sufficient increase could be
developed in time to do any good,
there still would be the problem
of reviving the manufacture OF
carriages and harness.
Any demand for these in great
quantities would necessitate viz
tually new industries, with a de-
mand for new machine tools and
new craftsmanship. There still
would be the problem of priorities.
Another bit of fallacious reason
ing is, that the nation is going TO
take to bicycle wheels overnight.
Here again IL goes without saving
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-05
All BaIderdash About US.
Going Back 10 Horse and
Buggy Days; Wont Do II

that in some instances where dis
tances are short, a bicycle might
help a lot. AS an auxiliary vehicle
for short runs, 1t could be made
to go far towards saving the fam
lily jaloppy.
But to consider the facts
puts another face on it. Accord
ing to the National Safety
Council, there now are about
100000 bicycles in the coun-
try. The production from the
IL manufacturers in the United
States, has averaged something
over 100000 year for the
last four years. when the
manufacturers met here recent
Iy with OPM officials to design
the new standard victory
bike" they estimated their l94l
output at 2,000,000.)
With the victory bicycle, OF
standard design, lighter frame
smaller tires, and a maximum OF
only Is pounds of steel, this pro-
duction might be stepped up con-
siderably if the industry were
given priorities on all of its needs
One report here recently had it
that priorities didn't want to allot
more steel to the bicycles than
enough to produce 100000.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-05
FUND FOR
CHINA IS
ADVANCED

WASHINGTON, Feb. The
Senate has passed and sent to The
White House the measure making
half a billion dollars available for
financial aid to China.
The fund will be administered by
the Secretary of Treasury under
direction of the President.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-05
STAYS ON OLD TINE

Sitka will not advance clocks
when the states goes on daylight
saving time on February 8. Sitka
went on Pacific Coast time in May,
1910.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-05
FDR AXES LEWIS

The inside reason why John l..
Lewis was not named a member of
the three-man CLIO peace commit
tee was because President Roose-
welt personally blocked it.
When he and CLIO president Phil
Murray discussed the counter plan
that scuttled Lewis blitz scheme,
Roosevelt advised that the new
AFL and CLIO peace committees be
limited to three members each.
That would avoid turning the
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-05
GAFFNEY PROMOTED

Dale v Caffney, commanding Of
iicer at Laid Field, Fairbanks has
been promoted to Colonel.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-05

But to return to the 100000 a
year or even twice that, it would
take from five to ten years to put
bike beside every car in the
land--or an average of one to every
family. And OF course. where one
car will do for many families, one
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Continued on Page Three
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Another bit of fallacious reason
ing is that the nation is going TO
take to bicycle wheels overnight.
Here again, it goes without saying