The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 11, 1941, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” io. LVIL, NO. 8618. GERMAN SUB BAE N MEDITERRANEAN JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, ‘_I/\NUAliY 11, 1941. " MEMBER ASSOCIAT ED PRESS ATTACKED AR RAIDS MADE NAZI FORCES IN ATTACKS, NEW REGION Airplanes Meporfed fo Have Joined Fascist Force Against Brifish SEVERAL DIRECT HITS REPORTED RECORDED Italian High Command: Exults Over Collabor- ation with Germans NAZI FORCES K (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) Germany has actively entered the against Great Britain in the Mediterranean basin by lending It- aly a hand in an apparent attempt te cffset the Italian reverses in North Africa and loosen the sea blockade of the British naval for- mation, ‘The announcement by the Falian High Command said the “German and Italian forces cooperated” yes- terday in the “Sicilian Channel.” Damage To British The High Command claims that formations of Fascist and Nazi dive bembers and torpedo planes shared henors in damaging two British air- craft carriers, one cruiser and one destroy The Italian communique, issued (Continued on Page Four) WASHINGTON—In the momen- tcus struggle over foreign policy that will be fought out in the new Congress, the spearhead of the isclationist side will be an organi- zation about which very little has been disclosed. Its name is the America First Committee. Except for some full-page news- paper ads and radio speechesafter the destroyer-base swap, covertly attacking aid to Britain and the defense program, the organization has operated largely in the back- ground. At present it is concen-| trating on raising money and build- Ma %es 2 White House Debur | POSITION OFRUSSIA | NOT CLEAR « | | | | | | Soviet New_sp_aper, Organ ' of Government, Makes | an 0dd Statement | Joan and Henry Morgenthau, Jr. For only the second time in the last eight years, a White House debut is held for the daughter of a prominent person. The lucky irl is Joan Morgenthau, 18-year-old daughter of the secretary of & the treasury. The president and Mrs. Roosevelt entertained with a cance in honor of Joan, shown above in her white tulle gown. The secretary is pictured with her. that of Eleanor Roosevelt, The other White House debut wa# niece of the U, S. first lady. REVIVAL OF OLD TOWN MEETING STARTED NOW 1S COMMUNITY AFFAIR ToGermany Will Permit Nazi Forces o Go Through Nation fo Other Points (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) In Scofia, a member of the Bul- garian Parliamentary majcrity said today in effect in a newspaper art- icle that Bulgaria must open her doors, if requested by a great power. Presumably, the writer, identified as Deputy Stateff, refers to specu- WASHINGTON, Jan, 11.—Rally ound. folks. Pick you a town crier —a fellow with a foghorn bellow that can rattle the shingles on every House in the neighborhood. Give him a bell and send him cry- ing “oyez, oyez” through the vil- lage. There’'s a move to try to re- vive the old town meeting. | It started with President Roose- velt. The President said he would like to see the old town meetings | revived in every hamiet, villaze and city in the land, with the people individually and collectively studying and acting on problems |that beset them. ' Several Congressmen and Sen- ators of both parties tock up the cry. One Congressman decided to try to do something about it. He i. Jerry Voorhis, the young sage {of San Dimas, Cal. (At 27 and for ten yearss thereafter, he was head- master.of his own school for boys.) Representative Voorhis is a busy ing up a nationwide network ef lo- lation over German troops in transit, man. He's op five committees, onc 0 b cal units, similar to the opposition through Bulgaria at Greece or the Of them the always-active Dies neglecting their farms. Ccmmittee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies. This restraint is not due to mod- esty. America First is merely bid- ing its time. Plenty will be heard from it when the rhetorical guns begin to roar, America First is well fitted for the leadership of its cause. Under its banner are united the spokes- men of the various elements that Dardanelles. ELECTRA NORTH; AIRLINER SOUT The PAA Electra flew to Fair- banks today with no pasxengers. but Commiittee, but he took time out j\o try to get the town meeting Ibn]l rolling. | SEES AID TO DEMOCRACY 1 He dipped into history books to |find out just what the old town ! meetings were like. Then he sat |down and wrote letters to Secre-| tary of Agriculture Wickard, to Commissioner of Education Stude- (baker, to Secretary of Labor Per- 1 |ECONOMIC PACTS © WILL BE EXTENDED. jHostile Atfiifie of Some Sources Resented-Na- tion Is Independent | | | | | | i L MOSCOW, Jan. 11.—The news-' paper Izvesia, organ of the Soviet Government, today announced that Russia intends to conclude other “economic treaties with other states, | both belligerents and non-belliger- lents,” this year. The statement fol- ' lows official announcement of an eonomic pact made with Germany. . The newspaper does not mentjon "the other states but did say that' “altempts made by newspapers hos- tile to the Soviet Union to prove that any agreement concluded be- |tween the USSR and Germany is directed against a third power, can- not. stand. Russia is following its own independent policy.” ;Malan;s.ka | - Colonists | By JACK STINNETT 1 Unless They Make Move fo Pay Their Land Debts ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Jan. 11— Col. Otto F. Ohlson today threat- ened ouster action within 30 days unless Matanuskans seeking to in- vafidate their land purchase con- tracts make a token of payments to show their good intentions. This decision was announced fol- lowing a conference with a com- mittee of Matanuskans which sub- mitted recommendations on land- use problems. Col, Ohlson said “between 40 anc 45 colonists have been working at the Anchorage Air Base and earned about $1,800 each during the past six months yet somq of them re- fuse to pay their debts and are ANCHORAGE IS HEADQUARTERS 3RD DIV. COURT Temporary Assignment Is “Gentlemen, I Give You a Toast of Freedom” A holiduy scene from over there. A Dutch army officer in England lifts up his glass, faces his fel- sgluers in uniform and says solemnly, “Gen- U. 5. GOLD PRODUCTIO | N ‘ IN 1940 HITS RECORD; FIGURES MADE PUBLIC Captured by Greeks Italian war. i NOVA (0 ik, | 4 wounded Italian prisoner marches off with his dinner of bread lqd | meat, while other captives await | their turn at a prison camp some- where behind the lines in the Greek- | of California came a WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.—Domes- tic gold production sei a record in 1640 both in the quantity and value, the Treasury Department. reperted teday. The estimates are revealed by the Bureau of Mint aided by the Bur- eau of Mines. The report places the productics at 5914,109 cunces valued at $206, £93.800 at the value of £35 an ounce California lead year in the gold production with 1,405,120 ounc- es. Following came the Philippines with 1,111,607 ounces. Alaska produced 741,503 ounces of gold. Silver production in Alaska is giv-| MES BACK; WINS 10 ROUNDER tlemen, I give you:the toast of freedom.” Dutch officers and troops are now statfoned in the western command. Batters Pafar;\iskey Until| | Latter Looks as If Cat- | sup Spilled on Him NEW YORK, Jan, 11.—Lou Nova long way| back along the heavyweight glor'_"i road last night by punching Pat| Comiskey all over the Madison| " The Filmland Rbmaiic E Margaret Roach Daughter of Hal Roach, film ‘pro- ducer, Actress Margaret Roach above, has announced her engage- ment in Hollywood to Geoffrey Steele, vice president of an air- plane company and a lieutenant in the British army reserve, Thev | will marry next June. 10 FINISH BASES JOB INLONDON Three High Ranking Offic- ials Will Fly to Parley AIRBLOWS " AREDEALT, 2 FORCES ' British and German Raid- ers Make Various As- saults Past 18 Hours ' PORTSMOUTH, SOUTH COAST, *SMOTHERED" {U-Boat Headquarters at Brest Bombed by RAF During Day Hours (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) Terrific air blows have been exchanged by the British and German air forces during the nast 18 hours. i A south coast English town, the Germans identified as Ports- mouth, “was smothered” todsy by Nazi fire bombs and explo- ummrw. & heayy toll of llves was taken, . ‘The British hit back with in- tense attacks on German-held coast towns in France. An official British commun- ique declares that yesterday's ' daylight assault of six hours’ raid, was Jollowed up today by a daylight raid on the German submarine base at Brest and heavy damage was done. The German communique de- scribes the attack on Portsmouth as made on a “large seale.” The British acknowledge Nazi © raiders during the night and eyrly today caused considerable damage and a number of cas- ualties on English sections, in- cluding Portsmouth. - ERING SAYS RAF IMPOTENT ‘Declares German Air Af- tacks Destroyed Plants While British Didn't BERLIN, Jan. 11.—Field Marshall |Hermann Goering declared today not a single German factory has been “put out of commission by the British.” He contrasted this with what he {said was the destruction of many | plants in Great Britain. | Speaking before 574 miners hon- lored for war service, Goering said | destruction of munitions plants, not |attic fires, is the decisive factor in | war, Joe Penner | Square Garden ring to win an easy 2 1 STOCE QUOTATIONS || ten-round decision ‘ Via Lishon ound Dea More than 12,000 sport fans paid| e : more than $30,000 to look on, .| WASHINGTON, Jan. 11. — The| PHILADELPHIA, Pa. Jan. 11— NEW YORK, Jan. 11.—Closing Nova won, going away as hr;Slulc Department announced today| joe Penner Whou'clov;;m.g ‘-m l:.‘ pleased. |2 delegation of American offiglals| g4io ang screen have made millions Nova floored Comiskey twice,cut|Will leave for London January 17|iaugh quring his career the past {him over both eyes with slashing| {0 work out formal leases of Ameri-|15 years died yesterday in "h"‘h straight lefts and drew blood from |can maval and air bases acquired|peq apparently from an attack 50 many gashes that it looked atfrom Great Britain. |of the heart. He was found dead times as if a bottle of catsup had| On the delegation Charles| when an attempt was made to call been poured on Comiskey. (Pahy, Assistant Solicitor General,| pyy gor work Nova weighed 200 3/4 pounds,|Col. Harry Malouy, Field Artille | sy Comiskey weighed 204 pounds. mmander Harold Biesemeler, U.| wEll . 9 LIVES - Navy. They will go to L),\an.bV{ ! etipper. NI CITIZENS b ' CLEVELAND, Jan. 11—Soldiers at Citizenship was granted in Dist-| the National Guard cavalry armory, riet Court here yestreday afternoon | vracticing with two machine guns 'to Kay Sillars (Catherine) Mac-| fired into several bales of hay. Then, Kinnon, a native of Great Britain, MILAN, Italy—Public dancing has during a lull in the shooting a kit- and Margaret Ingeborg Griffiths, a | been forbidden in Ttaly as a war| ten sauntered out of the hay, paused lp.n»mr.mn. lho wash itsell and calmly constitute the chief opposition to mail. ” the Government’s foreign policy— The Douglas airliner got away to- |Kins and to the director. of the Made bv Judge He"en_ isolationists, big business appeas-|day from Whitehorse and should be American Youth Commission. | A i ers, pacifists, fellow-travelers, and in Seattle this afternoon, returning | Among other things, he said:| 'haI-Fufu[e n Dark | sub rosa Fascists. north Monday, weather permlning.‘;'fught rll:w. it seems to me, noth- | quotation of American Can at to- The origin of the committee is PR i TS PR ng could be done for all of our 'day s shert session is 94':, Anacon- as inwres'iing as its membership. MARTIN TRIAL SET {people and by all of our people ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Jan. 11— 45 g5 Bethichem Stecl 88, Com- America First is the product of it {which would be of greater ad- Judse Simon Hellenthal has desig- 1, eqlih and Southern 13-16, Cur- Yale University, the brain-child of Trial of Arthur J. Martin on a vantage to our government than DAted Anchorage as the temporary yic, wiight 9%, General Motors 48, R. Douglas Stuart Jr., 24-year-old charge of disorderly conduct and to recreate and re-establish an act headquarters of the Third ""dicm‘l International Harvester 53, Kenne- luw school senior and son of the disturbing the peace has been set tive agency of democracy as was Division of the Federal Court which coi 36, New York Contral 14%, first vice-president of the Quaker by U. S. Commissioner Felix Gray the old town meeting. ;has been homeless since the receni nop(nern Pacific 7. United States | Oats Company: | for Tuesday afternoon at 2 oclock.| “This could not and would noi fWe at Valdez ISteel 68%, Pound $1.04 | R IMartin has been released on $500 be a partison project in any way, Judse Hellenthal said whether DOW, JONES AVERAGES THE CONCEPTION ! bail. It couldn't even be a government Anchorage becomes the permanent . following are today Stuart got his fledgling PR project, else it would defeat itself headquarters will depend on action jcyes averages: Industrials ment off to a rousing start by stag- | RANGER 1X HERE {before it started. No effort shoyid ©f the Department of Justice. a5 20.65, utilities 20.53. ing a meeting for Colonel Lind-| Capt. George Sarvela brought his be made by any ageney to at- AV 55 Ay TR £ | - bergh, with the aid of a group of Forest Service launch Ranger IX to ' tempt to tell these meetings what The famous Smithsonian Insti-| : classmates and the faculty elc-!port last night from Ketchikan with their problems are or haw to tution of Washington was en- lvh:-n‘ are ten o !n load of eguipment.’ He will return dowed by an Englishman, James United States bearing ! H (Continued on Page Four) ' tomorrow. ESmilhson who died in 1826. “St, Mary” or “St. Mary's. are |8 Dow | 133.49, | oo ITALY DROPS DANCING colleges in the, the name |native of Denmark. (Conunued on Page Seven'