The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 13, 1941, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. LVIL, NO. 8670. HUGE NAVY IS PLANNED B GERMAN AREAS SMASHED, | arade RAF MAKES BIG ATTACK, NAZI LAND British For;s-Erupt with Peak of Violence Dur- ing Moonlight POWERFUL BOMBERS ARE USED IN ASSAULT | Reich Craft Refaliate with Dropping Explosives on Liverpool - (By Associated Press) British Royal Air Force bombers, during the night and up to early this morning, smashed at Berlin, Hamburg and Bremen “in the heav- iest raid yet launched on Germany,” it is officially announced in London. During the British raid on Ger-:| many, it is admitted several hundred Nazi planes struck at Liverpool with both high explosives.and fire bombs. Berlin, according to cepsored re- ports, lists 16 persons killed and 37 persons injured as the British Royal Air Force bombers shattered an 82-day period of immunity from aerial attacks enjoyed by the Ger- man capital city. The last raids on “ALL THE NEWS ALL | ' Hull Sets State Office Mark THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1941. { PASSENGER PERMIT IS GRANTED PAA Seaftle-Alaska Run Now| Authorized for New Airways Service Immediate airplane passenger service on the Seattle-Juneau-Fair- banks route has been authorized Pacific Alaska Airways, the FAA office announced today. First passengers under the au-: thorization may leave Juneau for Seattle aboard the Douglas DC-3 tomorrow morning. To facilitate the new passenger service the Douglas, which has (Continued “on Pege, Six) ‘WASHING' —How closely the] America First’ Gommittee worked | behind the scenes with the Senate jsolationists in opposing the lend- Jease bill is indicated by some of the committee’s recent correspond- ence. For instance, Mrs. Burton K. ‘Wheeler, wife of the Senator and a leading member of the’America First Committee, received a telegram last mionth from Robert L. Bliss, one of the committee’s staff, in which he said: “Please have Senator Wheeler send congratulatory wire to Tudor Gardi- ner, Jr., Chairman America First Committee meeting Symphony Hall Boston 8 p.m. General Hugh Johnson speaking. (signed) Robert L. Bliss.” One of the most interesting eflof:: to influence public oqunon 8, regard to The March’of Thythe newsreel produced by Henry R. Luce, publisher of Time, Life, & tune. Apparently’the America Pirst Committee planned to' crack down on The March of Time through Will Hays, czar of the motion picture in- dustry; for on February 5 a memo signed “R. L. B.” (presumably Rob- ert L. Bliss) was adressed to ‘Dr. Dwyer and R. Douglas Stuart of the America First staff, as follows: “My idea on the Marth of Time letter for Will Hays would:be some- thing along the lin tha} the March of Time is presented & a feature news editorial service to moviegoers. Many people, depending on the au- lco‘xnmvnm.s of HITLER'S MOVING INTO BULGARIA, FOR PURPOSE OF DECOYING BRITISH Fiery Labor Leader Dies, Brifish Home Tom Mann,glf-Proclaim- ed Communist, Passes Away-Lively Career LONDON, March 13 —Tom Mann, veteran British labor leader, espec- ially of the Communist movemen' in Great Britain died today at hi home in Grassington, Yorkshire. In his tempetuous career he was deported from Germany, France from the United States. He was jail- éd in Australia and Germany in hic younger years and, at the age of 76 when * most ' leaders are content tc musé’ on Ssocial and political strife, he went to a London jail. He was g Welcome guest of several trips fo the Boviet Union and in 1927 visited China to advise and encourage the Far East. Agitator Right to the last Mann rem#ined @ fiery open-air speaker and agi- tator. Almost every May Day saw him in London addressing Commun- thenticity of what they seée and the deductions drawn in the editorial- izing by the commentator, can be misled, and The March of Time is being used at present as a dangerous propaganda machine to get us into the war. . . . “I'd let loose on this thing and lambast the hell out of it, indicating ist demonstrators, his arms waving above the crowd, the red flag of re- volution billowing behind him. “I am a Communist,” he would boast. “I am not a Socialist or a Syndicalist. None of those fancy names for me. Just a plain Com- munist—that’s me!” For Revolution Belgium and Ireland and barred} that it is a profit-making propa- Mann also was fond of saying: ganda machine for Luce, who evi- | “Revolution is the only way." Yet dently saw that the margin of profit | With his snow-white hair, his rosy and enterprise in publishing right clwehs‘»"tirfi_flllnl eyes and heavy | | Cordell Hull Becretary of State Cordell Hull is pictured at his desk in Washing- ton on the day he set a new service record for his office. Hull has held the state office portfolio for more than eight years, longer than William H. Seward, who served in the Lincoln and Johnson admin- istrations seven years, 363 days, the previous record. i By MORGAN M. BEATTY AP Feature Service Writer WASHINGTON, March 13.—Ger- many’s march into Bulgaria con- vinces military observers here that Hitler has decided to discount Mus- solini about 100 percent, and him- | self take up the task of decoying | Britain’s forces in the Near East. It has been more or less an open secret here that German re- | spect for Italian arms has never been toor high. There was laughing up sleeves when FPield Marshal Goering spent much time in Italy a couple of years ago, before the war started. It was assumea the marshal was trying to figure out whether ithe Italian military forces could perform their appointed. task of| lecoying large British forces into; the Mediterranean zope and hold- ing them there, while Germany attacked the British Isles, The Italians themselves have long assumed that the first task of their navy was decoy work.! During the. demonstration of| Italian destroyers a few years ago for military attaches, the Italian commanders put on a burst of speed, and exclaimed: “You see, nothing will ever be able to catch us.” : Up until this winter, the Italians had been highly successful as de- coys. They had lured heavy British forces of from a quarter to a half- million troops, fully -equipped, down into the African deserts. They had kept nearly one-third of the Brit- |ish fleet in the Mediterranean —| | including four battleships, possibly | six, several airplane carriers, cruis- ,ers—and many destroyers badly lneeded to convoy merchant ships| {off Ireland. | So long as Mussolini served as a decoy, he served well thc: by Hitler. Since long before the war, this strategy has, consisted “vacation”| | been on the Juneau-Fairbanks run | since the first of the month, will { be transferred to the Seattle run. The passenger load on the Doug- | las for the Seattle route has not \been announced. The ship has been | carrying up to 18 passengers be- tween Juneau and Fairbanks. Authorization for passenger ser- vice was first granted Pacific Al- aska Airways last summer for its clipper ship over the coastal routk. The new grant is over the inland route, through British Columbia, that has been used by the com- pany for its mail run since last November. | The schedule for the new pas-j | senger service has not been an- ~ nounced. Scheduled service for pas- sengers last summer and mail dur- i ing the winter was Seattle-Juneau, | Mondays and Thursdays and Ju- | neau-Seattle, Tuesdays and Fri- days. One of PAA’s three Lodestars is |enroute to Juneau from Seattle to- {day with Capt. S. E. Robbins, PAA | chief pilot, in command. 1 Lmnmnamns o s oo e i MUSSOLINI * ON FRONT INALBANIA ‘Gives Generals Unfil Sal- | urday fo ‘Do Something’ —Attacks jpulsed (By ' Associated Press) On the Albanian war front, the Greek Military Command reports that Italian prisoners say Premier Mussolini is now in the field and has given his Generals until Sat- urday to “do something.” The Greek spokesman said Il Duce personally ordered the re- cent fierce Italian attacks on the Central front in the Telepini sec- tor which the spokesman declared the Greeks repulsed after four days of bloody fighting. Losses on the two fighting sides are not given, but many Italians have been taken prisoners. RAID ALARMS| ARE SOUNDED, LONDON AREA LONDON, March 13.—With the aerial struggle between Great Brit- ain and Germany at a new peak, ah-\ raid alarms were sounded early this grand axis strategy as ‘conceived evening in all of the London area. | of e i o s Guests in the House of- Represen- tatives gallery are required to leave (cameras at the door. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS Marks " Marshal Cakmak v Marshal Feuzi Cakmak, above, is the chief of staff of the Turkish army which is ready for action in event Turkey is forced into the European :war as a result of the new Balkan development. Turkey has & well-trained, modersnized army of 1,000,000 men, backed by @ potential reserve of 7,000,000. Appropriation Bill For Aid fo British fo Be Reporlfll Tuesday WASHINGTON, March 13— Speaker Sam Rayburn of the House said the seven-billion-dollar - Brit- ish aid appropriation bill will be ready for the House next Tuesday and an effort will be made to pass it the same day. Hungarian Funds Are ho_zen by FDR WASHINGTON, March 13.—Presi- dent Roosevelt today froze all funds Hungary in the United States. Secetary of State Cordell Hull ex- plained: that: Hungary is considered by this govérnment to be under Ger- man domination. Pibkets turned to marchers and paraded past the Bethichem Steel plant in Lackawanna, N. Y., in celebra- tioh, 'of the SWOC’s acceptance of a government-drafted formula ending the two-day strike st the plant. Turkey's Army Chict Aymy Now Planning fo Make. Milifary Morale | One Tough Nuf fo Crack = 2t '3 ALASKA "Greafer Germany” Predided Hitler Makes His Forecast at Anniversary Cele- bration Today (By Associated Press) Adolf Hitler today keynoted the { Nazi celebration commemorating } the third anniversary of the union | of his native Austria with the Reich %y making a speech at Linz. Hitler predicted the war will end with a tremendous German victory which will insure development of a “greater Germany.” STRIKE $TOPS WORK ON ARMY AIR CORPS BASE Carpenters on Confruction Project Near Evereft Walk 0ff Jobs EVERETT, Wash, March 13—A strike involving Lumber and Saw- mill Workers Union, AFL., in a Jispute with the Weyerhaeuger Company, today tied up part of the construction work on the Army Air Corps new $5,000,000 base at the Snohomish County airport. Thirty-five members of the Car- penters Union walked off the job in a protes® against the use of Weyerhaeuser lumber, -thus sup- porting the strike against the lum- ber company operations at Sno- qualmie where 800 men have been idie for several months. m Plant Strike [0 i This is the last of three ar- | ticles about the Army’s morale program. By JACK STINNETT WASHINGTON, March 13 — When the borders of a military post or reservation are reached, there—in a measure—military au- thority over army morale ends and the all-important cooperation of civilian authorities and organiza- tions begins. NIGHT RAID HUGE BILL FOR FLEET PRESENTED Conslrud@fi!wo-&ean Navy fo Be Speeded Up Immediately CRITICAL SITUATION IN WORLD IS WARNMG: Appropriati_o; Commitiee States Further Appro- priations Sought ‘WASHINGTON, March 13. — The three billion, forty-six million dol- lar appropiation bill to carry for- ward the two-ocean navy construc- tion program, was presented to the House today. Along with the appropriation bill f'came a warning from the Navy's high command that the critical world situation “may continue to for the year starting July 1, the House Appropriations Committee re- | ported to the House the fleet ex- pansion program called for collat- eral expenses to the staggering pro- portions of five billion, five hundred and fifty-three million dollars ad- ditional and will have'to be appro- priated during the fiscal years of 1943 to 1946 soley to complete the current shipbuilding program. STATIONS GET FUNDS Additional Facilities for I say “in a measure,” because there are certain things a soldier is not permitted to do anywhere, but by and large the theory of} Army morale, according to officers in the new morale division, I8 that a soldier seeking recreation or diversion is entitled to do any-, thing that a civillan can do. The soldier has the added duty of up- holding the dignity and honor of his uniform and the service. A soldier off duty in & commu-, nity where liquor is sold is just, as privileged to take a drink as is a civilian, If he gets drunk, that is another matter and even if he is not violating the civil laws, he - may be violating the Army code. Thus, although the Army has not one whit of authority over civil districts around Army camps, and according to morale division’ officers, doesn't want any—it does' want a great deal of cooperation. SEE COMMON AIM In the camps and on the Army reservations, the morale division is trying to provide good clean fun for the soldier’s off-hours, so there will| be nio temptation to turn to other channels for diversion. What the | morale division hopes for is that the civiian communities near camps will work toward the same lend. Some of them already are doing that. According to reports here, re- | ligious, welfare and civic organi- |zations in many citles already| {have jumped into the middle of the problem. In the first place, they are seeing that authorities enforce the liquor laws and those against gambling and prostitu-| tion. And they are trying to es-, tablish, as an alternative appeal,| the same kind of fun that the' (Continued on Page Six) Sitka, Kodiak, Unalaska Are Included in Bill WASHINGTON, March 13.—The House Appropriations Committee today introduced the Naval Supply bill including $22,787,000 for ex- | pansion of shore facilities in Alasks, North Pacific Coast. The measure appropriates for the year, beginning July 1, in addition to the huge Naval expenditures pro- vided for in the Supplemental De- fense biil recently enacted. The requests for Naval Ald Sta- tions is for Kodiak, the suf of $5,266,- For additional facilities the sum of $715,000 is asked for the Naval Alr Station at Kodiak, $753,000 for Sitka for aviation officers and other fac- ilities, and $155,000 for additional gasoline, storage and seaplane park- ing at Unalaska. FOREST FIRE SITUATION IS State Experiencing Twelfth Rainless Day-Brush Blazes Reported consecutive rainleéss day in ington State. Plercely . raging - brush: reported in many sections state. i