The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 31, 1941, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LVIL, NO. 8635. GRAVE CRISIS NEAR Long 4 VESSELS | SENT DOWN Nazi High Command An- nounces Campaign by New Type Aircraft BERLIN, Jan. 31. — New long- range German warplanes are re- ported by the High Command to have been successful in a campaign far out at sea. The High Command says the warplanes have sunk the 3,600-ton merchant ship Austvard off Done- gal, Ireland, and another vessel near the mouth of the Humber River, English east coast. The German High Command also reports that two other merchant ships were attacked by the long- range bombers and so heavily hit they assume that both finally sank. The two vessels are described as about 5,000 ton each. ——e— - CAA MAN TO ANCHORAGE Mr. and Mrs. B. K. Diller went through Juneau Tast night enroute to Anchorage aboard the steamer Baranof, a Diller is a CAA employee and is being transferred ~to- Anchorage from the Middle West to aid in the construction of beam stations. i, —— WASHINGTON—Recently, in a {est of equipment at an Army air- field, four parachute flares were shot from the ground. They opened beautifully, but only three ignited.| The fourth was a dud. Several soldiers dashed out to salvage the parachute. They are seldom recovered, because being made of paper they usually burn up in the flare when they reach the ground. The failure of the dud flare to ignite saved this one. But on retrieving it, imagine the soldiers’ surprise to find on the 'chute the interesting little stamp: “Made in Japan.” The officers of the field also were surprised, but not those in the Ordnance Bureau of the War Department, which purchased the flares, There they weren’t surprised, although embarrassed at the dis- covery leaking out. One of the firmest tenets of U. 8. foreign policy is a “strong” at- titude toward Japan. As part of this policy, scrap iron and high oc- tane gasoline were embargoed. Yet the Army Air Corps is using flares, vital in night bombing, whose para- chutes are made in Japan. The salvaged flare was one of a lot of 3,000 purchased several months ago from an Ohio com- pany. Ordnance officials admit they knew the 'chutes of the flares were imported from Japan, but assert they were forced to use them be- cause at that time no U. S. firm made the articles; Also, they say these particular flares are being used for training purposes only. That may be true, but the state- ment that no domestic companies made flare parachutes is not. A five-cent telephone call to the near- JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRID —ee— = AY, JANUARY 31, 1941. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS - , SAYD SEC. KNOX Range German Planes Sinking Ships Finandial Stake, Great Brifain, Held in America SENTENCED OFF (0AST M T ENININTR | | NEER UNITED KINGDOM HOLDING'S | BB CANADIAN HOLDING = [—__)OTHER EMPIRE HOLDINGS STOCKS DIRECT AND BONDS INVESTMENTS INVESTMENTS INVESTMENTS f GRAND TOTAL BRITISH INVESTMENTS IN U.S. ( OFFICIAL ESTIMATE US. DEPT OF COMMERCE AUG. 1940) | By MORGAN M. BEATTY | | AP Feature Service Writer | | | | | WASHINGTON, Jan, 31. — The |current discussion of British securi- | | tles to cover war purchases carries | the Administration’s lend-lease plan' |into the strange and little known |labyrinth of “foreign investments in the United States.” It is well known among financial wizards that the British govern- ment itself has no exact figure | showing the value of total property hoidings of British subjects in this | country. British ownership of property in the United States has been built | up slowly through 150 ye § | Guesses of the total British fi- |nancial stake over here range ;rrom the Commerce Departments’ | estimate of about $4,000,000,000 to | outside figures around the $14,000,- 1 000,000 mark. A week or so ago the Commerce Department made known its latest | total—$4,054,000,000, when you throw |in $100,000,000 of British invest- |ments from odd points in the empire, such as Hongkong. This figure was reached by sam- pling banks that wusually hold large portfolios of British invest- | ments in this country. ‘It covers {all sorts of investments, but it's | obviously 2 minimum estimate. The investments run the gamut of property ownership. There are four main .kinds, namely: 1. Stocks and bonds, The British already are selling small blocks of these every day. They disposed of some Montgom- ery Ward & Company stock the other day. Total holdings of Amer~ {ican stocks and bonds by British subjects throughout the empire! | range close to $1,500,000,000. 2. Direct investments, | These investments broadly H direct ownership of property—1 such as a soap plant, a strip of | {land, business 3uildings. ’ United Kingdom subjects own | {about $850,000,000 worth of such | investments in the United States, Canadians another $480,000,000. 3. Miscellaneous. | This kind of investment may ! be most anything that doesn't fall into another slot, It may be part of the fortune of an American 'born heiress now living in the | British Empire. She may have claims as an American citizen. | Her estate may have peculiar in- } | are EACH SYMBOL EQUALS | | $100, 000, 000 MISC. SHORT TERM | $4,054,000,000, ] | e ot ] cashing of all these investments are myriad, almost as unanswer- able ‘as the riddle of the universe. One economist says, “make ’'em cash in their investments before| they ask for help.” Another says,| “Don’t do it, or you'll be depriving the British of interest dollars they use to buy our goods.” | The Administration at this time is leaning heavily toward a policy of having the British cast in at| least some of these investmen's.| So is Congress | .- HOSPITALS A 1 | | IN lONDON | Williams, United States Air Corps | | observer, has been injured seriously | T0 PRISON National l;a‘Jer Kunz, 8 Associafes, Are Also Given Heavy Fines NEWTON, N. J. Jan. 31.—Wil- helm Kunz, national leader of the German-American Bund, and eight Bund associates, have been sen- tenced to serve from one year to 14 months in the state prison on charges of violation of New Jersey’s | “race hatred” law. Two of the men were also fined $2,000 each and the others $7,000 each. ‘The men were indicted on charges of making or permitting anti-sem- itic speeches in the Bund's camp at Nordlund in Andover township. Each man elected to file a demur- rer in challenging the seriousness lof the charges instead of standing trial. Judge John Losey overruled | the demurrers on January 7 and im- | posed the sentences today. An appeal motion was immed- tely filed. e ial U.S.0bserver InLondonls Hurt in Raid ‘Major Robert Williams Is Seriously Injured-May Lose Sight of One Eye LONDON, Jan. 31.—Major Robert in a German air raid. sm—— View of Nazi Naval Base Blasted by RAF Flyers Wilhelmshafen, main base of t | Royal Air Force planes. { said they could see the ruddy g 120 miles. According to the ~ PURPOSE By JACK STINNETT i | 31. — The United Siates soon will have mor AIR E |by a high explosive bomb dropped | WASHINGTON, Jan. e RAID Df Major Williams has been taken ‘°1gns bags than ever before in the Direct Hit Scored on One by Raider-Official | Statement LONDON, Jan. 31.—Three London hospitals are reported to have been | damaged by German bombs this | afternoon. One hospital was hit | squarely by a bomb. | Single German bombers partici- | pated in the raid, perhaps 12 or 15. It is officially reported two of the Nazi planes were shot down. Official account of the raid ac- knowledges damage has been done to other buildings aside from the hospitals. The number of casualties is said to be small. Suez Canal Bombed by Axis Planes | ROME, Jan. 31. — The Italian Command, in an official statement, says German planes are cooperating with the Italian air forces in the Mediterranean and have, bombed the Suez Canal. bt il | b | a hospital but fears are expressed he may lose the sight of one eye. The bomb also wounded the Major in a Jung with glass debris. Major Willlams said the bomb must have been a 100-pound missile. Tatto Figure on Rookif. _Approve LOUISVILLE, Va, Jan, 3l — When Radford Truitt, 19 years old, entered a recruiting office to join the Navy, officials took one look at the tatooed figure of a nude woman on his arm and turned him down. - So Truitt had a bathing suit tatooed over the figure. He returned to the recruiting office and was | accepted. e A modern locomotive has power of 25,000 men, the | naticn's armament history—and I |don't mean the kind that k with |two legs, | 1 mean airships—blimps, the com- paratively small non-rigid ships | that are fabric and rubber envelopes |arcund a lot of cubic feet of he- {llum and have armored cabins | hanging from their middles. For a good many years nNow | lighter-than-air craft have been | bone of contention” wherever mili- tary or naval experts assembile. | Most of the controversy has cen- ;',ered around the big, rigid dirigi- | bles or zeppelins. For the present, |you can forget about these. There isn't an active one in the defense set-up and at the moment there's none on order or even planned. But the Navy does have 2 program for construction . of 48 iblimps. Plans are already under way for establishing airship bases in the Boston area, in the Norfolk tarea, in the San Francisco area. The field at Lakehurst, N. Geffing Home Is Tougher Work tha By WILLIAM McGAFFIN AP Foreign Correspondent (Just returned from England) NEW YORK, Jan. 31.—Covering the war is a cinch compared to n Covering War together you travel roughly 1500 miles more than on the old direct northern route, A British Overseas Airways plane to Lisbon is the only means open to Americans for seu fleet, has been bombed severely by British Homeward-bound airmen BLIMPS (OME SAILING INTO DEFENSE PROGRAM; J.,|sub clues that fast flying mrplmes‘ View of Wilhelmshaten, Germany centered its attack on Bauhafen, & harbor where lie some of Germany’s most vital docks and fac. tories. In the picture above, taken some time ago, a German ship is being launched at the Wilhelm- ~in wards. he German North for lare in the Britiah 1 LEGISLATURE INTRODUCES 9 MEASURES ' Appropriafidfi;of $69,400 Asked-Eagle Bounty 15 EXPLAINED ‘pmbuhly will be enlarged as a main overhaul base for the east coast, Maybe later, there will be another base down around the tip of Florida and possibly others o the West Coast. That phase of it| is. in the future. At present, the| rirst six of the 48 ships are a- building and a naval commission,| Bills, resolutions and memorials | headed by Capt. Charles E. Ro-:en-} began to shower in upon Senate and | dahl, the Navy's ]Kh'&l‘-lhfl"-(ll(‘”()IIM' toaay. Nine measures were | ace, is selecting sites for the threc|intreduced, four of them calling for | first-mentioned bases. | appropriations totaling $62499. ! il In a ten-minute session this morn- WORLD WAR PRECEDENT ing, the Senate received Senate Bill What would the blimps do? TheiNo. 1, by Senator O. D. Cochran of men who give the ordes and ]L.»JNOIHP, calling for,repeal of the eagle the contracts have that all figured |bounty and carrying an emergency out. To pass it along (o you, Iil|clause which would put it into ef- step back a minute to the Wnrkl‘““"L ‘mmediately upon passage. War. Welfare Investigation Remember these zonclusions are' Only other business before the those of the lighter-than-air ex-!Senate was reading of a letter from | perts, not mine and not those o:|the Grand Igloo, Pioneers of Alas- | the men who argue againet alrshlps_‘km asking a Legislative investiga- { In the World War, the Allicd|tion of the work of the Welfare blimps - played a big role in the | Board in view of alleged “complaints spotter-subchaser ‘teara that fin-|a¢ainst what have been called arbi- ally beat the submarine menace.|lrary and unreasonable rulings” and The blimps, flying low, could spot'©°n€ Arom Igloo No. 16 at Ketchikan asking amendment of the Jones Act couldn’t see. Having located a sus- to except Alaska. The Jones Act, | picious spot of ofl on the waters| Passed by Congress, prohibits the { transportation of passengers and |or a suspicious streak that mighv/ { mean sub below, they could . hover | fréight between two U. 8. ports on anything but U: 8. vessels. | i P | | g r n e :;;es::lcle avlv‘:;igdz‘;:nkk;;:ris:al:;tgk:e]i! Th-kt s}onute then adjourned until Then, a depth bomb or two s,nd'" o'clock tomorrow morning. | another sub was out of commis-/ 'tion, 3 They are not so effective no because the submarine areas are troduced in the House a bill to ap- b ‘pmprluu- $5,000 for bank examina- ‘itiens and to allow the Banking < i . o/ Board, if it desires, to appoint one |close to Axis air bases and the of s members to make such exam- air is almost constantly full ; °f inations, | eremy aircraft, against which, u" is admitted, airship have no stay-| |ing power. | Dcficiency Bill Otheér bills introduced today and |carrying appropriations include one Rep. Leo Rogge of Fairbanks in- | NAVY HEAD FORECASTS. BIG DANGER Climax Is E_xp_eded fo Be Reached Within Sixty fo Nin_etl Days NEGOTIATED PEACE IS OUT OF QUESTION Statements Made as Brit- ish Aid Bill Goes fo House for Debate WASHINGTON, Jan, 31. — The Administration's British Aid Bill was sent to the House floor today for the momentous debate starting Monday while Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox testified the Naais are awaiting “good weather and a long enough time” to invade England. After a brief hearing today the House Rules Committee gave the British Aid Bill the right-of-way on the floor of the House. Under the procedure, there will be three days of debate, permitting bal- loting an unlimited e, oftering of Chairman Sol Bloom, of the House | Forelgn Affairs Committee, stated that the United States “is not neu- tral but just as neutral as any other ;nation.” | Grave Crisis Secretary Knox testified befare the Senate Foreign Relations Com- mittee and renewed his forecast of a ‘“very grave crisis” within 60 to 190 days. Secretary Knox made his assertion | in the course of his testimony that |also included the statement that notwithstanding the talk that Col. Charles A. Lindbergh gives, there |15 no chance for a negotiated peace in Europe. Both Germany and Great Britain are alike, “desperately seek- ing to be master of the skies.” Tactics Changed Secretary Knox sald the German Air Force has somewhat changed |tactics from the indiscriminate bombings of Londen, in a fruitless i‘ef!ort to break the British morale \w a “far more effective” bombing | of industrial centers.- The Secretary also declared the British, have'yet been unable to find lany way for a successful convoy | method in combatting the increased | German submarine activity. | Plane Production | The Secretary of Navy also de~ | clared there has been a lull in Ger- !man plane production during the ! past month or 50 during which time 1Amerunn and British plants have produced more planes than German | plants. This is due, Knox declared, to the desperate German search for a “new type of ship to make all gir~ planes now in the eir, obsolete.” . - WILLKIE ~ ONFRONT ~ ATDOVER | i | | | Is Mud-Splashed, Weary, | But Pleased with Defense . Against Water Invasion by Commerce Department would have supplied the names of several U. S. concerns eager for the busi- ness. Army Ordnance officers say they! have stopped the use of Japanese! I by Rep. Allen Shattuck to provide Britain’s war front, Wendell L. Will- U. S. DEFENSE DIFFERENT 11000 on an emergency basis 10 kie, American observer of war con- Along the coasts of the United| trancport indigent persons to the ditions, declared the British defense States, where there is little, if any.| picneers' Home and one by the 8gainst the invasion appeared “very possibility of enemy air bases cluse ways and Means Committee allow- impressive and I would not like to h to “fill the air” with epemy | ing $61500 in deficiency appropria- |be the German attacking them.” heritance strings, such as a ban' jm;- job of getting home from it. against sale imposed by a long FAS('S'S ADMII | To reach New York from Engand | dead American capitalist. | —once a five-day trip on a crack| DERNA CAPTURE; U getting out of England. The state department forbids them to ride British ships and has | not felt it possible to send over i the steamship Manhattan, or | originally intended, to repatri- | €HOUg 4. Short term investments. | | Atlantic liner—you have to fly & Such investments include the thousand miles out of your way gold holdings of British subjects first, to get to Lisbon. ‘chutes in new flares. It would be interesting to see what the next duds, if any, would show. NO BULLS There was one occasion during; e President Henry Wallace's re- (Continued on Page Four) dnd of the government. It also IRoopS S(A"ER includes deposits in American banks to British accounts. And it, ROME, Jan. 31. — The Italian includes British money in Amer- command today officially announc- icn loaned out for short periods eq that Fascist forces havl¥ aband- at low interest rates, and subject gned Derna and withdrawn west to immediate recall by the lender. snq south to avoid beingssurround- The questions involved in the eq by the “enemy forces.” Then, if you're lucky, you get a clipper. If not, you come on a slow ship of the American Export line which makes no pretense of meas- uring up to the luxury liners that used to fight for your business. out of your way to stop at Ber- ate the at least 1,799 Americans who are marooned there. | planes, the value of the blimp jumps | tions, Of this total, $1,500 would go right back to its World War ceil-|{o the Registrar of Vital Statistics Uncle: Samuel okays the plane. ing. Working in conjunction with| (o pay fees to U. S. Commissioners It costs $140 one wa, together the necessary cash is th " (Continued on Page Seven) least important item. Up to the Either way, you go still farther| o g e ers and planes from coastal air-|cates, $20,000 to the Treasurer to pay (Continued on Page Seven) (Continued on Page Eight) fields, the blimps would patrol the hair seal bounties and $40,000 to the | : l | Willkie will visit Coventry and Birmingham, heavily-bombed cities, on Sunday durigg a trip through y. But getting Sub-chasers, destroyers, mine sweep-| for recording birth and death certifi- | the industrial Midlands. — e —— The Philippine Islands spread over an area of 1,152 by 638 miles,