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

TH VOL. LVIL, NO. 8668. 1 BILLION DOLLARS TO BESOUGHT _ President, algressional; Authorities Agreed on | Amount Requested | BULLETIN—WASHINGTON, March 11.—President Roosevelt signed the tish Aid Bill at 12:51 p.m, ( ) just 15 minutes after the bill arrived from Cap- itol Hill. A battery of cameras set off a flash light glare and a White House official waved to the newsmen, the signal that Roosevelt had signed the bill into a law, BULLETIN—WASHINGTON, March 11.—Congress completed action on the historic British Aid Bill just after President Roosevelt set seven billion dol- for its starting appropria- Thi‘x round figure is the largest peacetime appropriation ever requested in American history. A roll call vote sent the leg- islation to the White House. The vote was 317 to 71 on the accept- ance by the House of the Sen- . ate’s amendments to the meas- ure. The completion of the leg- islation was almost two months to a day after its introduction on January 10, As soon as the (Continued on Page Tww) WASHINGTON—British prospects in the Balkans are anything but rosy. Confidential figures regarding the strength of the Nazi army give some idea of wWhat the British-Greek forces are up against. Most people don’t realize it yet, but Hitler now has 600,000 men in Rumania and Bulgaria, in addition to the Bulgarian army of 150,000 men. The Bulgars probably won't be used against the Greeks, but will guard the southern border against Turkey. Against this, the British have one division—about 20,000 men—in Sal-} onika. More are on the way, but it takes time to transport them. The Greek army has been concentrated in Albania, at the extreme western 2 end of Greece. While more forces have been switched to Macedonia re- cently, it is a tough job for a little country to spread its forces so thin. Another important factor is that Germany has been preparing for this | move during three months. The Ger- | man General Staff is the most thor- ough military organization in the world. Not once in this war—unless | it be the reputed attempt on Eng- | land in September—has Hitler mov- | ed until he was completely pre- pared. | And from the first moment Italy was set back in Greece last Novem- | ber, Hitler has been preparing for his present drive on Greece, MACEDONIA MUD If it took Hitler three months to | prepare, you can get some idea of | how long it will take the British to mass a real army in Salonika. Chief | hope of the British is airplanes, plus | bombing raids on Bulgaria and the | Rumanian oil fields from Gre#k or | Cretan bases. | Another hope, perhaps even more important for the time being, is mud. Macedonia in the spring can be the muddiest place in the world. | One of the authors of this column | once spent days in open trucks stuck | dn the muddy, gumho roads of | (Continued on Page Four) “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE 3 POWERS LINE UP AGAINST U.S. British Aid Bill Now Law; Sum Is Requested KING WEl(OMES WINANT ‘King George VI (right) pumps the hand of John G. Winant, new United Stctes Ambassador to his court, at a way station between Bristol and London. The King. wearing the uniform of a field mar- lha.l, went half WAy ACross Enghnd to welcome Winant. MILLIONS FOR MORALE; HOW ARMY IS BUILDING VITAL MILITARY SPIRIT NAZI BLITZ AT SEA NOW INPROGRESS British Admiraliy Admits Heavy Toll of Shipping | Week Ending Mar. 2 { In the war at sea, the British Admiralty today acknowledged the heaviest toll of shipping since last October, with a loss of 29 British, allied and neutral vessels of 148,000 tons, during the week ending March | (By Associated Press) A‘l'he British spokesman said today the “spring blitz Hitler promised thas begun.” The spokesman. declared, how= |ever, that British counter measures are improving. The Admiralty announced that |Germany and Italy claimed the | British, allied and neutral ship loss- es for the week ending March 2 to- talled 432,000 tons, mearly triple of the British estimate. AlaskaR.R. Loses (ase ‘For $10,000 SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., March 11. —The $10,000 judgment against the Government-owned Alaska Railroad because Minnie C. Deback broke ! her leg when the train lurched while she was riding from Seward to An- chorage, Alaska, has been affirmed _by the United stau.-x Cireuit Court “of Appeals, This is the first of three ar- ticles about the Army’s morale program. | By JACK STINNETT ‘WASHINGTON, March 11.—Mor- |ale is vital in any fighting force. Volumes have been written about it. There’s no military man worth his salt who doesn’t think about it constantly. A great many cxv:hans have a confused idea about morale. Many think it is the Army’s concern with morals. Morals are only phase of it. One definition that I got of morale: That mental quality and firm- ness which, in a body of troops, continues - to function after every- thing else_has broken . . . a qual- ity which presses on to its goal in the face of the most discouraging circumstances and refuses to rec- cenize that anything save success can result from correct efforts. In combat service, it is a quality which will survive disaster and sustain the mass or the individual to “take it” again and again until an opponent of lesser morale yields, ALMOST EVERYTHING So you see, morale is almost cverything and i§ affected by al- most everything. If a dier feels that the Army is dishing out slum instead of a satisfying and appe- tizing meal; if his uniform doesn't fit and isn’t something he can take pride in; if he feels the rifle he carries, the machine gun he mans, the plane he flies isn’t just as good as the other fellow's, then he may not be worth a hoot when the at-|three German war planes flew over tack comes. These contributing factors are basic, so much so that we don’t need to consider them here. What we can consider is that, the lessons, particularly of the first ‘World War, the military powers | that be now have ‘launched on a morale program the like of which the American Army and Navy never dreamed of. In the first place, Congress ap- propriated about $3700,000 for tnat alone. In the second, the Army set up, under Maj. Gen. |7 (Continued on Page Seven) - sifting! JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 1941, MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICF TEN CbNT 3 EXCHANGE OF FLEETS Reports Circulafed Great Brifain, United States May Sway Sea Craft 'BRITISH AMBASSADOR DISCOUNTS ALL RUMORS | Japanese Intimate Ex-| change Proposed to Aid Far Eastern Situafion (By Associated Press) TAKEN UP, POWERFUL NEW N NAVY BOMBER MA A high British naval source de- !clared today that Great Britain al- ready has enough trained personnel to man the whole United States Fleet if it were turned over to Great Britain in the current “Battle of the Atlantic.” | So far, however, the British have not officially suggested that United States naval assistance is needed \m combatting Hitler's sea raiders. { In Washington, British Ambas- | sador Halifax discounted reports. the - two countries will- exehange naval |vessels as part of the British aid program. He also said he did not consider such an exchange likely now or in the future. { | Several Japanese newspapers as- | isert the United States plans to send detroyers overseas in exchapge ,Im British capital filups to use in the Far Eastern waters against Japan, IYugosIawa Must Sign With Axis Hitler Makes_Demand—lil- { fle Nation Has No Al- fernative But fo Act (By Associated Press) H In the Balkan crisis, Yugoslavia's Regent Prince Paul has summoned | the Crown Council to meet wmor-'i row to decide whether Yugoslavia will join the Axis under the reported demand of Hitler she must sign as a full-fledged member. Belgrade sources declare Hitler has refused to accept a mere non-ag- gression pact with Yugoslavia. It is predicted the Crown Council will have no alternative but to yield | to Germany. ————— TURKS FIRE ONGERMAN WAR (RAFT ISTANBUL, Turkey, March 11.— Foreign diplomatic sources said Turkish fortifications on the Bul- garian frontier and were immedi- ately fired upon by the Turkish anti-aircraft batteries. i A JUDGE KEHOE THROUGH Judge J. W. Kehoe, former resi- dent of Jungau, now U. 8. Attorney for the Third Division, enroute to Anchorage on the Steamer Yukon, visited friends while the boat was in port. ———————— Signs and markers on the Pan- American highway are virtually| | .|the same as thosé geneérally in use in the United States. A new long-range, Aireraft Corporation in San Diego for the U engineé pairal bombers known service. & H GERMANY'S BATTLE FOR _FOOD FREEDOM HAS NOT. . BEEN WON, REPORTS SHOW | NAZIS EAT MORE POTATOES, LESS MEAT Week's Basic Diet For Average German Normal POTATOES =81 Oz, BREAD —— 50 Oz. MEATS—235 Oz. FATS ——12 Oz. Based On Offficial German Statistics, U. 5. By MORGAN M. BEATTY AP Feature Service Writer WASHINGTON, March 11.—After months of war, the Germans battle for food: 18 haven’t won their freedom. And that despite the windfall of foods from conguered, occupied, or dominated countries. official German diet tables show- ing what the average German eats, published first in 1927, again 10 years later, and extended by Unit- ed States Department of Agricul- ture experts to date on the basis| of the official rationing, show these facts: 1. The average German's baslc‘ diet in 1927 was about 2866 cal-/ ories per day per person, or al-| most the same as the high aver- ages of British and American diets. 2. The “consumption planning” campaign of the Nazis was high- ly successful in conserving essen- tial foods, but by 1937 it had re- duced the basic diet level to the point where it was estimated by American nutrition experts to be 15 percent below the American standard, 3. The present basic diet has been reduced further since 1937, to the point where it averages 13 percent higher than normal in to- tal bulk, but is about 40 percent below normal in energy-giving meat and fat. The exact loss in calories cannot be estimated be- cause the complete diet of today Is not available, United - States. Department of Agriculture experts have made two| appraisals of the German bayle Deficient KES BOW —r— Sl s four-motored patrol bomber, known as the PB2Y2, is being manufactured by the Con- Navy, and this is the first picture released on the plane a “big sister” (o the hundreds of Consolidated twin- aid the PY2Y2 is the largest and most powerful airplane in Navy TERRIFIC _AIRRAIDS. AREMADE ' British Bomb French Coast- al Ports-Nazis Aftack Portsmouth 6 Hours (By Associated Press) British Royal Alr Forces and Nazi war planes carried out tempestuous |attacks last night. The British air forces report they set large fires in Cologne, and bomb- ed the docks at Boulogne, Cherbourg and Brest. Deficient ‘ —IOO Oz. --+23 The German raiders pounded the AXIS WILL CONFER ON NEW ACTION | Japanese FB—rggn Minister Leaving Tokyo for Talks with Hitler, Mussolini MILITARY EXPERTS " CALLED T0 CONFAB {Both Berlin,—Rt;me Sources Declare Meeting of Utmost Significance | (By Associated Press) The propaganda guns of the Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Alliance today bombed in concert against the Unit- ed States as Japan’s Foreign Min- ister Matsuoka prepared to leave Tokyo fo rimportant talks with Hitler and Mussolini as the result of 'the British aid legislation. In Berlin, Nazis sources declare |that Matsuoka's visit is one of a ‘xerlu of counter actigns resulting | from the United States British ald bill. The visit is regarded as signi- Hticaht as Matsuoka ‘will ‘be secom- panied by Japanese milltary ex- perts. In Rome, reliable Italian sources declare Matsuoka will discuss Jap- ‘nn's role under the three-power pact in the event of troukle in the Pa- cific with the United States over the British aid legislation. 1 The Stefani, official Italian news |agency, declared that the “approach of spring and the expected offenstves gives Matsuoka’s visit one of ex- ceptional importance.” ! Matsuoka is scheduled to leave the Far East tomorrow night, trav- eling via Moscow. | TFascist pources in Rome also hinted that the impending Japan- ese move under the triple alliance is in reaction to the approval of the | United States of British aid. 5 The Iiallan newspaper Le Tribuna | the organization charged with get-| — 59 0z. = +18 . | =13 Oz, == =45 | —8 Oz - =33 % » Chmn From Normal for food freedom within the last year, the latest of which has just reached the desk of President Roo- sevelt. They conclude that a crisis fats, probably leading to even more drastic reduction in this im- portant food element, will come by July 1. But they figure grains and potato reserves will be mc than sufficient to last well into mid-1942. That means to the ex- perts that German workers prob- ably won't show serious signs of malnutrition for some time to come, although their production| per worker might begin rullinl" off drastically by mid-summer ‘The American experts also con- clude that the Reich food estale- ; D. A. Estimates big Portsmouth naval base in a six- 'declares bluntly that Matsuoka’s trip hour assault, bulldings were dam- is an “immediate answer to Wash- aged and fires started at several ington's threatening move, that Am- points. The London communique admitted there were many casual- ties. " Four bombless alarms were sound- ed in London during the night but the raiders were unable to penetrate the air de[eme 'BRITISH GIVEN ASSURANCE OF U. 5. PLANES LONDON, March 11.—Air Min-| ister Sir Archibald Sinclair, today| assured the British that American planes will “get here in time" for| the “battle of the Atlantic.” He told the House of Commons that the RAF is now on the declared that un- “more effective expansion. He less Hitler has a ting the most out of the available foods—has done a remarkably ef ficient job of comserving food sup-| plies, First, those in charge lowered| fat and meat contents of German| diets as early as 1934, so that the| German citizen felt hardly a jolt| when the deficient war rations! went into effect. | They juggled the ration allow-| ances so that manual workers re-| ceived almost twice as much food as the average German, and the soldiers received fully twice the ration of the folks back home. | But they still left the manual work- | er with only half enough fat, . They fertilized German farms 1u the limit in the three years just before war began and achieved ex- tra production. And finally l.hey gave themselves a breazmng sp(l” (Continued ¢ on Plge “Seven) cret weapon than he yet managed to produce,” the Brit- ish planes now going into batfle are better than any Nazi craft in the past ten months. He said that the British air force has- destroyed 4,250 German| and 1,100 Italian planes, and has lost fewer than 18 British air- craft. e Manager of German News Agency Indicted | By N. Y. Grand Jury, WASHINGTON, March 11.—The| Mernl Grand Jury has indicted| Ithe Transocean, German news agency, and its manager, Manfred Zapp Guenther, in violation of the Foreign Agent Registry law. has | erica has spoken and Japan must soon act and that is the reason ihe Japanese Foreign Minister is coming to Berlin and Rome." HOTEL IS ROCKED BY - EXPLOSION ISTANBUL, Turkey, March 11— | A heavy evplosion rocked the Pal- ace Hotel tonight just a few min- | utes after George Rendell, former | British Minister to Bulgaria, and his legation staff, had taken up Ithrs;hold of its period of “’e“wst‘rcsldence there. ————————— | NEW YORK, March 11.—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 4%, American Can 84%, Anaconda 25%, Bethlehem Steel 80, Commonwealth and Southern %, Curtiss Wright 8%, General Motors 43%, Internation- |al Harvester 48'%, Kennecott 33%, tNew York Central 127%, Northern | Pacific 6%, United States Steel 58%, Pound $4.03%. DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today’s Dow, Jones averages: industrials 123.27, rails- 28, utilities 19.50. - e, HERE FROM SOUTH Stoppihg at the Baranof Hotel, | A. B. Elerath, representative of the Montgomery Ward and Company, arrived in Juneau today on the northbound steamer Yukon.