The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 21, 1941, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” Sy VOL. LVIL, NO. 8653. JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1941. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENIS U.S., BRITAIN THREATENED BY JAPAN Nazi Motorized Forces Move Toward Danube MARINES TRY HANDS WITH PARACHUTES UNITS ROLL SOUTHWARD | BY COLUMNS Mass Movements Accom plished by Change o | Gen. Headquarters AERIAL UNITS ARE ! RUSHED TO GREECE New Action Is Indicated in | South African Campaign | ~Eden in Cairo | (By ASSOCIATED PRESS) Columns of German motorized | troops, many miles long. are reported rolling south through Rumania to- | Senators Green, le Unable to agree on the proper de The Dictionary, Please! MILITARY | AIR ROUTE T0 ALASKA Proposal Made by Repre-‘; sentative, West Virginia | —Informally Approved | ' SUGGESTION MADE TO GREAT BRITAIN Line Would_a from Min- neapolis Across Can- ada to Fairbanks WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.—A mili- tary airline from Minneapolis, Min- nescta, through Canada to Fair- banks, Alaska, is proposed by Rep- resentative Edward Edmiston ef | | ft, and Connally finition of the word “aggressor” ward the Danube river frontier of Bulgaria as Great Britain speeds aerial reinforcements to Greece against the expected German in- vasion of that Kingdom. Bulgaria would provide a natural pateway for a flanking attack on G ¢, probably striking at the port of Salonika. Military dispatches reaching Bel- grade said the mass movement of man troops has been accompan- | ied by a shifting of the General Staff Headquarters of the German Balkan ‘ontinned an Page Bight) WASHINGTON—John L. Lewis is keeping his own counsel, but pri- vately he is cooking up a batch of demands that are going to give the mine operators convulsions when they meet with him early next month to negotiate a new union contract. Chief proposals the United Mine Workers boss has up his sleeve are (1) a basic $8-a-day wage, (2) a 6- hour day. Present average union wage scale is 0 for a T7-hour day, 5-day week. Highest miner pay was $7.50 for an 8-hour day, 6-day week dur- ing the World War, and again in 1928 under the so-called Jackson- ville agreement. which later was re- pudiated by the operators during the Hoover depression. Both the coal industry and UMW sank to a low state in the ensuing years and it wasn’t until the NRA, followed by the Bituminous Coal Act, put an end to cutthroat com- petition and gave the union legal recognition that both operators and miners got back on their feet. Now, with the UMW contract ex- piring March 31, Lewis is out to capitalize on the defense program and the tremendous demand for coal. Jduring a hearing on the lend-leas | relations committee in Washingto: | | Connally's Shake - Up Occurs in (om.Party \Cenfral Committeemen in Moscow Being Remov- ed-Others Slated MOSCOW, Feb. 21.—The Com- munist Party has removed former Foreign Commissar Litvinoff and threé others of the party’s Central Committee for “failing in their duties.” | Heads of seven other Commis- sariats have also been notifed that unless their work “improves” they will also be removed from their posi- tions and that pronto. SHELL FUIES FOREST MEN T0 KILLISNOO Carrying Harold Smith and Ver- non Joyer of the Forest Service, Shell Rhode Island, left, and Tom Connally of T | call for a dictionary. Note the “No Smoking” sign and the cigar in e bill before the senate foreign n, Senators Theodore Green of s sent out an urgent mouth. % |from Seattle to Kel + |neau and then Whitehors i SKI JAUNT _ski meet Ed Borders, 24, University of Alaska student, who’s making & 1,300-mile solo ski jaunt from Fairbanks, Alaska, to Hazelton, British Columbia. Carrying food, camera and sleeping bag, he hopes #» do it in 80 days. West Vireinia as a means by which | Great Britain could compensate the United States for materials of war. Edmisten, top ranking member of | the Aviation Sub-Committee of the | |House Military Affairs Committee, |said the group has informally ap- |proved of the suggestion of several of the Air Corps officials and inter- est is expressed in the tie-in for Na- tional Defense. Edmiston said his suggestion is that Greal Britain grant the United | Etates right-of-way for a highway {frem Seattle to Pairbanks-and air {right-of-way: for the proposed mili- /tary route. | Edmiston also said the military airline has been informally approved | by many members of the Military | Affairs Committee. The Representatives said the air-| line would follow the route sQught | by the Northwest Airlines, Inc., but he emphasized however the route | will be sought “primarily for military purposes.” Edmiston said the route proposed | | would lead frem Minneapolis to Far- 1gc, North Dakota, then leave the | | United States about 175 miles north- | | west of Pargo and from the Canadian | |berder in a straight line to Regina, | | Edmonton, Grand Prairie, to White- horse, thence to Fairbanks. Edmiston stated that as far as he | knew now, the only present military iairlive to Alaska is up the coast chikan, to Ju- over | mountains and bays, and “no place |to set a plane down except on the ! water.” - STUDENT IN JO =g BRITISH PROBEIS GIVE AID GIVEN TIP; NEWSMEN IN WASHINGTON MUGGED Marines taking parachute lessons at the Naval Air Station at Lakehurst, N. J., come down to earth as other 'chutists watch from the ground. URNALISM By JACK STINNETT | WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.— Open letter to a student in Journalism I: Well, they got me, Butch. I mean |the Secret Service. I'm not com-i| | plaining—but since you seem de-| DANGEROUS SITUATION PRODUCED Nippon Fo@n Minister Objects to Defense Preparations SOUTH PACIFIC AREA IS TROUBLE SECTION British Embassy Admits Planes Flown fo Singa- pore from Wes Coast TOKYO, Feb. 21 Foreign Min ister Matsuoka today told the Jap- anese newspapermen (hul continued defense preparatifng of CGireat PErit= ain and the Uniled Stace the South Pacific wil prod A siuas tion “attended b nhside Yan- ger." Domei, the Jopane e news quotes Matsucka ing, i a lengthy interview that the | “Anglo-8axons will yefraln from tak- ing any measires to excile the Jap- | anese public opinion able weney as expr hope AIRCRAFT ARE BEING FLOWN, SOUTH PACIVIC WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 The British Embassy announces that alrcraft ave being flown” to the Brit- ish forces in the Par East from the west ccast of the United States. Although Indicating that powerful bomber reinforcements are being cent to the British at 8inzapore, the Embassy declined further details. The statement cf the Embassy fols lowed repogts that Consolidated Lockheed bombers were being flown from San Diego to Singapore via Hi- wali, SOMEBODY TALKED OUT 100 MUCH President Chides Senators for Giving Out Testimony Supposed fo Be Secret WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.—Presi- 2 Senalors Opposed o Brifish Aid Brooks anmllene Con-4 finue Debate Against | Proposed Legislation | termined to embark on a sea of | WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.—Carry- printer’s ink, I thought you ougmimg on the fight against the Brit- dent Roosevelt sald he considered the disclosure of what was intend- Simmens roared out of Gastineau Channel this afternoon bcund for Killisnoo where the flying Forest Service men will meet the motorship Forester Smith and Joyer will dispose of the arrangements and estates of the three Angoon. CCC- enrollees who days ago. They will return on the Forester Sunday In a flight early this morning, Pilot Alec Holden landed Jesse Mc- Crary and Mrs. Milnes Corbett at Sitka and Joe Boletto at Hirst. He is expected to return this afterncorr with three passengers from Sitka and two from Tenakee. - REQUESTED ~ TO GREEKS to know what Journalism with af., aid bill, Senator C. Wayland capital J is coming to. Just in| case you think that reporters blow! ed to be secret testimony before Brooks of Illinois declared today|the Senate Military Affairs Com< that it represented a “leap toward mittee by Gen. George C. Marshall, drowned in Chatham Straits several | He is in a strategic position and intends to make the most of it. Privately, government labor cliefs are fearful that Lewis is bent on a | coal tie-up. He is bitterly against the | President’s foreign policies and de- fense program, and could almost | - MARSHAL T0 LEAVE WITH Kayhiloses To Institute Bv SENATE=large Forces Held in South sl Africa Ready fo Acton Investigation Is Demanded Two Purposes Info Confracts Awarded | ,.ana e 21 an ofticiml for Na"onal Defense | Turkish radio broadcast reports that School cagers, defeated the Kayhis | e i | Great Britain is holding large forces |in Morth Africa for urgent dispatch by a score of 34 to 28. { | WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. — The |to Greece. Johnny Ross lead the Institute |Senate Military Committee today| The radio broadcaster added: “If attack, scoring 18 of the points 191” recommended a sweeping investiga- | this is true it means the British his team, while Newell was again | tion into contracts let for the multi-}exuwr want to establish a Balkan high man for Kayhi with nine pjllion dollar National Defense pro- | front against Germany, or prevent points. 3 gram. iGreece from being rushed by Ger- The Ketchikan players have !ef!; The committee sent to the Senate |man threats and am untimely ar- here for Juneau to. play for ihe g resolution calling for the appoint- | mistice.” Southeast Alaska High School cham- | ment of a special committee of seven WRANGELL, Alaska, Feb. 21— The Wrangell Institute quintet, sub- stituting for the Wrangell High | School in the last of the three-game | series with the Ketchikan High | - ’I:.rtl:i (;h::t Se‘;lvat](; and “y;ll a; Vlc“{dicmzorshlp that will involve the| wt::,t'v(l "”n ace.b I t‘”‘ .| United Etates into active and per- 5 hews?'—or breeze into the| n.) fighting and participation in White House and say, “Look, F.D.| .. 1 gotta have the lowdown ] S " $ Senator Brooks said the Senators Butch, you'd better start think-| g4 not shirk responsibilities by ing along different lines. The other| . giving Roosevelt 5 con day word went around that all® yiod PO Demers -ohig g iin the legislation. acoreditod " newsmen and . women| Scnaw:g(]uv M. Gillette of Towa, in Washington were to present » 150 opposing the bill, told the Sen- themselves at the White Housn’:w th‘;‘ UmZed States derenmsse-r« pronfo. To get fingerprinted and]now “so inadequate, that only by mugged and fill out questionnaires.| y. utmost exertion and use of all| Army Chlef of Staff, was hurtful to national defense. President Roosevelt told the news- men at g conicrence he consld- ered the revealing of the testimony as raising the question of ethics, morals and patriotism on the part of the commitee members, and also editors and publishers who printed and the radio broadcasters who reported it on the afr. The President sald it was pure- ly a voluntary matter, that he was paralyze both if the mines shut down. Already there is a shortage of coke. Many beehive ovens, which made coke for smail steel plants anc which have been shut down for years, have been reopened in recent months. But still they are insuf- ficient to meet the steadily rising demand. In 1929 there were 10,028 beehive ovens; now there are less than 1500 in operation, mostly locat- ed around Uniontown, Pa. SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS 12 PRISONERS Escorting 12 Federal prisoners to the States, United States Marshal William T. Mahoney will sail on the southbound Alaska for a several weeks trip. Marshal Mahoney will deliver one | prisoner, Jesse Geohagen to authori- ties in Tennessee and will continue | to Washington, D. C., on a business | trip. | Deputy U. S. Marshal Kris Chris- | pionship. The first game will be in Juneau Saturay night, played with the Ju- neau High School Crimson Bears. e Legislators fo Be Enferfained Dr. G. A. Doelker will entertain | members of the Territorial Legis- | Senators to make the investig and asking for for the probe. | AR AR CHINA, BRITAIN ation | $25,000 appropriation | | TOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Feb. 21. — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 4%, American Can 84%, Anaconda 23% Bethlehem | Steel 77, Commonwealth and South~ |ern 11/16, Curtiss Wright 7%, Gen- | | DEFE"SE plA"S ‘ eral Motors 41%, International Har- vester 48, Kennecott 32%, New York. SHANGHAL Feb. 21. — Japan.se | Central 12%, Northern Pacific 6%, I reparation for putting up a ‘,mlf‘ ffon?‘n[lewis is coll::tlng a s:cc- tiansen will board the vessel at Pe- | ial $2 assessment from every work- | €rSburg with several prisoners, two ing member of the United Mine '©f Whom he will deliver to Texas. ——— Mrs. Christiansen will accompany (Continued on Page Four) her husband on the, trip. { meéans “mountain,” lature Sunday evening with a Cali- | newspapers here report the Chinese | United States Steel 57, Pound $4.03. fornia dinner. The affair will be| government at Chungking has ob- | held at the Baranof Hotel. tained “approval in principle” for DOW, JONES AVERAGES - a joint Chinese-British defense plan The following are toady’s Dow, “Balkan,” an old Turkish word, extending from southwestern China Jones averages: Industrials, 120.24; Jto India I raiis, 27.15; utilities, 19, CAREFUL, BOYS! Well, that's the reason I lined up with the rest of the boys the other day in the east wing of the White House. There were a lot of White House cops around who kept say- |7 (Continued on Page Pive) No, Butch, it wasn't any law. You . " didn't HAVE to do it. But in re of our resources and ingenuity can not thinking about censorship but turn for the finger prints and photo! and properly-answered question- naire, you got a White House cor- respondent’s card with your pass' port picture on it. \ Without one of those cards, you: couldn't earn your pay here for the Perkins Puddle Gazette. I'll bet you couldn't get in to see Har-, old L. Ickes' fourth assistant jani-| tor without one. ! And if you are going to buy groceries for the little woman,| Butch, you are going to have to| do your reporting a lot closer Lc! the Big Guns than that. See what| I mean? we prepare for the future.” R 3 Eledras - Inand Ouf == FCaks !and describing the One Electra flew north this fore- Pacific as “serious ' noon with seven passengers for in-| The committee member. terior cities: Dan Haverstock, Ralph Gen. Marshall refused ic Furuness, Southall Pfund, J. J. Hil- 0 the Administration’s lard, Hazel O'Leary, M. E. Kelly .m;relluon to the Far Easte D. E. Light. Two Electras came in|ton but assured them there Is m0 from Fairbanks early this afternoon |Intent on the part of the Army with one bringing four passengers, o Navy chiefs to “strip” American Mr. and Mrs. Jack Herman, Miss defense in an effor: to speed Up Miriam Herman and Miss J. Hazel| WAr equipment deliveries to Great Zimmerman. | Britain, Both planes will return to Fair- banks tomorrow with full loads ———————— Texas has 41 commercial crops. “he merely was putting it up to the | people as a nice question ‘o thing | about The members of revealed that Go: | given testimony tli intended to reinforce 1 | Fleet immediately - witl [xmcmrd n committee 1all had ‘Lates Pacitie uso sdld omment policy tua=- ————— | The Roman Catholic archdiocess |of New York has more than 1,000,000 imambeu.