The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 7, 1941, Page 1

TH “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. LVIL, NO. 8665. JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1941. PR'(‘E TEN CENTS NAZIS READY FOR B LMN DASH LABOR BOARD Time ut from Army Traiing MAY BE SET ' UP, SAYS FDR Agency to Be_Designed fo Deal with Problems Behind Dispufes. INFORMATION GIVEN OUT AT CONFERENCE Several Measures Being | Planned fo Prevent Strikes, Walkouts | & WASHINGTON, March 7.—Presi- | | dent Roosevelt said-he is consider- | ; formation of a Labor Agency to| deal with problems behind the La- | bor Disputes Act, also Mediator. | T resident made this disclos- | at a conference with the The Chief Executive en-| 1 the thought expressed in a question “if it is desirable to do| away with strikes called because | of disputes between unions which | have jul iction over various jobs.”| The President intimated scxongly‘ that several measures are bemg‘ planned to prevent strikes and also! siding for a “cooling off period” | re any walkouts are made. The President said there is a mea- re now before the House Judiciary Committee pertaining to strikes. He further stated no legislation 18 need- | ed however to set up his type of u\ Board he has in mind. WASHINGTON—Not pleasant to contemplate is the fact that almost every war disabilities from venereal disease rival those from actual bat- tle. And although this country is not | at war, has only begun to mobilize its new army, already this ugly prob- | Jem is worrying Army chiefs. Alre , also, there are serious dif- ferences as to how to deal with the problem. The Public Health Ser- vice—not part of the Army—is vig- orously opposed to segregated dis- tricts around army camps, contends that if disease is to be suppressed, prostitution must be suppressed. But some hard-boiled Army com- manders incline to tfe opposite view. Officially and formally, the Army, Navy and Public Health Ser- vice have signed a declaration of policy pledging cooperation with lo- cal police in preventing prostitution. But many camp commanders have treated this as a scrap of paper. Partial solution to this problem in the last war was entertainment. But in the present emergency, the Army decided to rule out the diver- sified system of camp entertain- | ment by the frequently bickering| YMCA Salvation Army Knights of Columbus and Young Men's He- brew Asscciation which prevailed in the last war. So much friction and rivalry de-| veloped among these organizations over camp entertainment in 1917-18| that camp commanders spent & lot of | their time ironng out disputes. So eventually their entertainment fea- tures were merged under one direc- tor Harry Harrison then head °f1 the Redpath Lyceum Bureau and | the man who later put-across the 3,000,000 advance ticket sale for the Chicago World's Fair. It was Harrison, together with Paul M. Pearson of the Swarthmore Chautauqua, who organized the Smileage Books, which for about ten cents each admitted soldiers to cdn-‘ certs, lectures, light opera, and Broadway productions. Secretary of War Stimson is con- | vinced that similar organized en-| tertainment is the best solution for the new army’s recreation. Purther- more, he considers it all-important from the viewpoint of the nation (Continued on Page Foun) Claire Shepard does a rhumba down the center aisle for the entertain- ment of trainee soldiers at Camp Edwards, Mass. The men are of the y from Boston. 182nd Regiment, mo: and, it seems, a hit. Claire’s ALASKA FiSH DISPUTES T0 BEMEDIATED = | William T. Guertz Named | at Request of Mari- time Confederahon SEATTL M h ’1 In an effort to avoid delays at the start of the | Alaska salmon season (,om'mll\ | caused b» deadlocks and labor nego- | | tiations, United States Maritime Labor Board, has been assigned to act as Mediator in all negotiations. The response was a request from | the Maritime Federation of the Pa- cific with which most of the unions employed by the salmon industry are affiliated. - Prolesllo Regqulations It was their first camp show— sister, Nina. is in backgrolnd. FALLA TAKES TO FAME LIKE DUCK IS FIRS Too Blg for Army i |dent Roosevelt calls him | Jacob Fischer Jaceb Fischer, 27, is physically fit but there’s too much of him. rules the draft board at New Paltz, N. Y., which rejected him. George wexghed 18 pounds at birth, now tips the scales at 470 pounds. He it six feet, four inches tall and has 1 65-inch waistline. DENIES VERDICT OF ACQUITTAL IN MED. ASSN. CASE t, {Four Co-defe—naanis, How- ever, Released by Fed- eral Disirict Judge WASHINGTON, March 7.— Jus-| tice James M. Proctor of the Federal Court of the District of Columbia, | today refused to direct an acquittal verdict for the American Medical -Association now on trial for violat- ing the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. The refusal came when he made a ruling in directing acquitial of four ‘of the Association's co-defendants. So { luxurious living along the White On Herring - {Union Flshermen Operat- . ors Ask Secrefary Ickes for Seattle Hearing 10 WATER; T PET OF LAND jermen and operators have wired Secretary of Interior Harold L. Ickes protesting against the pro-| 'nu\ posed restrictions on the Alaskan | | | y JACK STINNETT WASHINGTON, March 7 is the tale of Falla, the most fam- herring industry. ous dog in America today. | The protest wired asks for \ Falla is a jet black scottie. Mrs. hearing on the question in Seattle. Franklin D. Roosevelt calls him| The union and operators declared the “wigglingest bundle of fur you|that the 1941 regulations are con- ever tried to lay hands on.” Presi-|fiscatory and threaten destruction “Falls.” ‘tl) Alu*kns third l‘ngl‘sl m(luslly was as much of an achievement as being elected President of lhei U. S. for a third term. is obvious. Many persons would| pay fabulous sums and burst with| pride if they could say: “My pur o I . Y y P r’lBlood tests will be given to several thousand members of CIO Unions leaving San Francisco in the spring His formal name is “Falla of| Murray Hill.” It was A]Jp)l)pl‘hllk‘(i\ from one of the President’s old| Blood Ies's Scottish ancestors. Falla of Mur-| ray Hill, so the story goes, was an outlaw in the days when being | [] successful as a Scottish outlaw | Io Be leen | Falla came to live at the White | HShermen House something less than a year, ago. He was a gift from one of| President Roosevelt's Duchess (T county relatives. R The President doesn't say from'several Ihousand Me" En iwhom and he doesn't say any-| 1 5 thing about Falla’s parents, ances-| gaged_ m AIGSka oper try or kennels either. The reason | a"ons A"eded SAN FRANCISCO, March 1. is a sister (brother, cousin, newhew, | niece) of the dog who lives at the White House.” The only thing I o could dig out was that Falla was Toy Sgmen. born in Indianapolis, of pretty royal scottie blood. i ‘ Union Council. Rathbone said the Council has % asked that Wasserman tests be Aside from the squirrels that! ja4e not only a public health lscamper around the White House|meagure but also in the interests of | awn and the pigeons that bum a|ihe men ag well LEAVE STRINGS ON LAND FORCES, OTHERs> vume ANu GO House paths, Falla has in a bid for the only permanent animal resi-| dent in the Roosevelt administra- tion. Jack and Jill, two beautiful brown cocker spaniels that belong to Mrs, John Boettiger, daughter| of the House of Roosevelt, have| been popular guests, but their ten- ure never was long. There was an- other scottie, but he was a snappish sort and had to be packed off to the country before he had got to| first base in Presidential affec-| tions. Senate RejT;(-!s Amend- ment Considering Troops on Western Hemisphere With Falla it's different. There’ hasn’t been a day that he hasn’ L, WASHINGTON, March 7. — The wagged his way a little deeper Senate, this afternoon, rejected an into the President's heart, and if amendment to the British Aid bill there is any one on the White that would forbid American armed House staff who has ever thought, forces or war material being sent ‘Darn that dog!,” it never has|from the Western Hemisphere. The been uttered in a whisper any one|vote was 62 to 28. could hear. The amendment, by Senator Allen | One of the ceremonies of the J- Ellender of Louisiana, stated that | President’s day is giving Falla his|“nothing in this measure shall be evening meal. No one else dares construed to change the existing cut in. Mrs. Roosevelt commented|laws governing land and naval forc- recently that Falla is rapidly be- 5" |coming a one-man dog. There's| M b oo no doubt about it. Who else would The game of mah jong has been played in China for eight cen- "(Continued on Page Seven) turies. | l William T. Geurtz, of uw‘ SEATTLE, March 7.—Union fish- | al fishing and canning| operations in Alaska, according to Secretary Mervyn Rathbone, of the BRITISH AID BILL | | | | | | British U.5. ARMY TRANSPORT Reef-Sinks in Deep Water During Gale VANCOUVER, B. C. March The United States Army transport | Kvichak, which ran aground on a| coastal reef on' sank Columbia January 27, broke free and late yesterday in deep water in Fin- layson Channel during a southeast gale. Officials of the Pacific Salvage Company made this report in a radio message from their salvage tug | Chieftain. The message said there is little hope of recovering the vessel now. PREDICTING PASSAGE OF Looks for Definite Ac- tion, Tomorrow Night BUIJ:I‘;I'INLWMIIINU‘I'UN' 7.—The Benate, with Admi tration lines holding firmly, over- whelmingly rejected three at- tempts today to write into the British Aid Bill restrictions against use of American troops cutside of the Western Hemi- sphere, ‘Yhe rejection caused leader Barkley to forecast passage of the British aid legislation by tomorrow_night. ————— HARRIMAN GOING TO BRITAIN; WILL BE FDR'S ENVOY WASHINTON, March 7. — Presi- dent Roosevelt today sped Averill sentative in regard to all matters relating. to facilitation of material aid to the British Empire.” of the Union Pacific Railway, has| mission. He is leaving for London via Lisbon on the Clipper Monday. T—] BRITISH AID Senate leaTer Barkléy. Harriman on his way to Great Bri-| tain to “act as my personal repre- been serving with the Defense Com- | Preparing to resist any German attack through | Bulgaria on Greece’s Aegean seaport of Salonika or the vital Dardanelles, British troops reported- ly have occupied the strategic Greek island of Harriman, Chairman of the Board [Jones averages: | airlines. | J ki GOESDOWN Kvichak Breaks Free from' {British Aid bill will affect delivery | | the and who requir | Motors 427%, International Harvester | Brmsh Uccupy, rortlfy Thls l\cv Aegean Islc View of the town ot Mudres, on the Isle of Lemnos Lemnos in the upper Aegean sea. Lemnos is & rocky stretch of land, 175 miles square. It is only 40 miles from the entrance to the Dardanelles. A view of the town of Mudres on Lemnos is shown. BIG AIRPORT T0 BE BUILT PRIN. GEORGE .| Canadian Govemmenl fo Construct Link Between United States, Alaska OTTAWA March 7. — Canadian Government sources today confirm- ed reports that plans are being made {for a new airport to be built at Prince George British Columbia. The airport is to be built on re- | commendation of the joint Canadian and American Defense Board. The airport will be equipped with | up-to-date facilities, including safe- ty devices, in fact everything to handle heavy traffic and will form a link between the United States RIDICULES INVASION OF ALASKA jIhe Rev. Hubbard Depre- ciates Possibility of Any Such Move NE WYORK, Mar(h 7.~The Rev. Bernard R. Hubbard. whose explor- ations in Alaska and the Far North won him the title of “Glacier Priest,” depreciates the possibility of any in~ vasion of the United States by way of Alaska. Lack of gasoline and absence of transportation would make the in- vasion “impossible and ridiculous,” | he says. | “You could send 20,000 airplanes |and perhaps take over Alaska as a whole, and then what,” he asked, pointing to Alaska’'s proximity to |Japan and Russia. NEW YORK, March 7. — Closing | ge declares that poor weather on quotation of Alaska Juneau mine .. aleutian Islands precludes the stock today is 4'z, American b’“\eslablmnmem of air bases which | 84'2, Anaconda e, Bflhlehem\“oum be effective. Eteel 79, Commonwealth and South- | ern %, Curtiss Wright 8', Gel\eml o Julian Eltinge Is DeadinManhattan AVERAGES ) today’s Dow, NEW YORK, March 7.—Juliap El- 12157, | tinge, 57, actor who won interna- |rails 27.88, utilities 1938. | tional note as a female impersonator, A “Fashion Future” A “fashion future” is this beach robe worn by Irene Brown at Miami, Fla. It's a tufted outfit in blue and white and probably will be seen on northern beaches this summer. Delay on Brifish Aid Bill Cause of | Statement by FDR WASHINGTON, March 7.—Presi- dent Roosevelt declared today that evely days' delay for action on the| of war materials to what he termed “democracies now in conflict” | immediate aid. - 48, Kennecott 33, New York Central 12%, Northern Pacific 6%, United States Steel 57 Pound $4.03%. DOW, JONES The following are industrials | | QUICK ATTACK INDICATED IN SOUTH EUROPE Nazi ForcesA AArie Massed on Turkish, Grecian Front- iers-Ready fo Move TWO SITUATIONS ARE IN LIMELIGHT TODAY Yugoslavia May Remain Neutral Nafion-Turkey, Aided by British, fo Fight BULLETIN—SOFIA, March 7. —Neutral Military observers late this afternoon heard that Ger- man troops massed cn both the Greek and Purkish frontiers may launch the attack from Bulgaria on castern Macedonia and Thrace “within 48 hours.” Mere than 150,000 Naxi soldiers hundreds of tanks and arm- cred cars are already in position for a quick attack. With the Axis push expected at any moment, diplomatic ob- servers are watching Yugoslavis and Turkey for mov:: by those two nations and also how they and Greece will behave when Hitler's Army M rolling. (BY Asaocu PRESS) The Balkan sltuation is further muddled today. Diplomatic sources in Belgrade predict that Yugoslavia under prés- sure to choose between the Axis Powers and Great Britain, will re- frain from joining the Rome-Berlin~ Tokyo Alllance, for the time being at least Then there is the Turkish situa- tion In Istanbul, inspired Turkish newspapers warned the Nation very strongly against accepting assurance from Germany that Turkey is not to be involved in the Balkan crisis and further declared that the spread of the war in the Balkans seems in- evitable Rush Aid To Turkey Unofficial reports are also given out that Great Britain is rushing equipment to Turkey and this seems to indicate Turkey has resolved to fight if Germany moves on the Dar- danelles, Balkan observers have spotted 50 German tanks poised and almost within sight of the Turkish frontier. The initial German onslaught however, if it comes, Is expected to strike at Greece's Struma River Val- Jey in Macedonia, & 60-mile corridor leading to the Sea of Salonika. Abandon Thrace Dispatches from Sofia said Gen. Papagos, Commander of the Greek Army, apparently intends to aban- don Thrace. Dispatches indicate that the Greek command is already clear- ing civilians out of Thrace, the northeast Province along the Turk- ish Border which Pulgaria has long coveted as an outlet to the Aegean Sea. If the Greeks elect to fight in the Struma River Valley, abandoning (Continued on Page Six) ENGLAND PREPARED, INVASION Mock Resigt?me Demon- strations Have Been Staged for Week (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) It is officially disclosed that Great Britain, for the past week, has been engaged in resisting a “mock inva- sion.” The resistance was staged in pre- paration for any kind of an invasion to be attempted by Germany. - |died today in his Manhattan apart- The United States has 17 major ment after a brief illness as the re- |sult of a kidney ailment. i The resistance to the “sham at- jtack” featured landings by & most “surprising and efficient sugcess™