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

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. LVIL, NO. 8677. KING . “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME oy JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 1941. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS QUEEN ESCAPE AIR BOMB) Alaska National Guard to Get 14 Planes NEW ITEM OF DEFENSE INNORTHLAND Proposal for Aircraft Con- fained in Appropria- tion Bill Today LARGE SUM 1S GIVEN FOR 2 LANDING FIELDS Harbor at Sitka Is fo Be Dredged-Army Officers Give Testimony WASHINGTON, March 21.— The establishment of two intermediate Army landing fields in Alaska, the dredging of Sitka Harbor and the equipping the Alaska National Guard with 14 planes is included in the fifth Supplemental National Defense Appropriation Bill intro- duced in the House today. The House Appropriations Com- mittee included in the bill $1,867,000 for the Alaska National Guard, of which $1,740,145 is for 14 planes and equipment for the 129th Obser- vation Squadron, Alaska National Guard. The Committee approved funds totaling $4,500,000 - for . the estab- lishment of the now-in-construc- tion intermediate landing fields at Yakutat and Annette Island. Brigadier General Thomas Rob- ins, assistant Chief- of Army En- gineers, told the Committee that the Army is establishing interme- diate flying fields to break the long jump from Seattle to Army bases in Alaska. He said the An- nette Field is 600 miles from Seat- tie, 20 miles from Ketchikan, and that at present, without the inter- mediate landing fields, planes had no place to land between Seattle and Juneau. Robins said the Army planned dredging and filling at the Sitka Naval Base to provide more room for an Army garrison. Gen. Marshall testified that the “purpose of creating and extend- (Continued from Page Six) kGO' v e . W ASHING TON—Despite the Army’s attempted crack-down on plane manufacturers to quit turn- ing out commercial craft, it is now definitely confirmed that the British are still selling a few com- mercial planes to South America. This is viewed with mixed feel- ings in Administration circles: em- barrassment because Roosevelt has urged such speed in production for Britain: approval because of the confidence - in - Britaln reaction which plane sales are bound to create in Latin America. This is what the German boast- ed they could do last year, although they were unable to deliver their planes because of the blockade. At any rate, whether the United States likes it or not, General Air- craft, a British company, recently sent a Cygnet plane to Brazil as a display model to entice orders. The company’s agent reported from Rio de Janeiro, “The prospect for orders for your planes is encourag- ing, and I must say that the Cyg- net is very captivating . . . Ithink you may look to recelving orders for at least four, possibly -more, Cygnets very soon in Rio alone . . . “People are astounded that it has been possible for England to s S (Continued on Page Four) their mother, wife of the Manila | These two American boys, born in Manila, got their first glimpse of | their home land upon their arrival in Los Angeles on the liner Mat- | sonia. They are William Lane, Jr. graphic firm. They lef¢ Manila after American civilians were urged to evacuate the Far East and will live in California temporarily. FirstGlimpse of Home Land (left), 5, and Philip Lane, 4, with manager of an American photo- FORMER FASCIST | OFFICIAL KILLED - INWAR, ALBANIA Robert Farinacci Meets | Death in Reported Fur- ious Close Fighting BELGRADE, March 21.—Reports reaching here from Bitolj, Yugo- slavia, claim Robert Farinacei, for- mer Secretary of the Fascist Party, was killeq while leading his bat- talion of Black Shirts over the top in Albania against the Greeks. The report said Farinacci met death midst a furious hand-to- hand fighting around ~ Tepelini, strategic point, which was yester- day reported captured by the Greek forces with the Itaians routed and in complete demoralization and fleeing. to the Adriatic Sea, e NEW YORK, March 21—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 4%, American Can 85%, Anaconda 24%, Bethlehem Steel '77%, Commonwealth and Southern !, Curtiss Wright 8%, General Motors 43, International Harvester 47, Kennecott K 34, New York Central 12%, United States Steel 56%, Pound $4.03%. DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today’s Dow, Jones averages: industrials 122.47, rails 27.91, utilities 19.81. | here and will be distributed | any major change by Monday night. WASHINGTON, March 2]. — An| agreement which will pass two shiploads of American whe'at through the British blockade for unoccupied France is expected to be announced within the next few days. This announcement follows weeks of involved negotiations between the American, British and French| Governments. The wheat will be shipped in two French vessels now tied up in ports in France by the American Red Cross. The request for the wheat, as well as other food supplies, has| been made by the American Red Cross after a survey of the con- ditions in France extending over months, - et — Brifish Aid Measure fo PasiSenale Subcommitiee Approves Legislation Without Changes_-in Bill WASHINGTON, March 21.— The| Senate Appropriations Subcommit- tee has approved without any change the Administration’s Seven Billion Dollar British Aid Bill, The legislation, which has al- ready passed the House, will be| taken up Monday in the Senate. | Administration leaders forecast passage of the measure without | ignations, | next Sunday. American Wheat fo Be | Sent Unoccupied France; Agreement Is Expecied {Lodestar, DC_-3—Arrive from YUGOSLAVIA DECIDES 10 Signature fo Pact Expected | 1o Be Placed on Alli- ance Next Sunday INTERNAL CRISIS IS " REPORTED DEVELOPING Three Ministers of Cabinet Angrily Resign-Prince Refuses fo Accept | (By Associated Press) :' Yugoslavia’s Crown Council has; | decided to join the Rome-Berlin- | Tokyo Alliance. ) The decision gives Hitler the “go” signa]l for his expected invasion 0‘? Greece. i At the same time the decision of | ‘the Crown Council has precipitat-| ed a Government crisis and three, Yugoslavia Cabinet Ministers have angrily proferred their xesignauons“ Belgrade dispatches said the Ministers predict that a serious in-} ternal strife will develop in Yugo-| slavia. ¢ Regent Prince Paul, acting for! boy King Peter, has subsequently refused to accept any Cabinet res- declaring that no onej will be allowed to quit their o(-‘i ficial posts until the Alliance pact, |is actually signed. | German quarters declare thesig-: nature of Yugoslavia will be placed| on the Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Amancelf Yugoslavian officials, Premier| and Foreign Ministers, are slated' to leave tonight or tomorrow for Vi-| enna. 1 Serbian feelings against the Gov- ernment’s decision is reported; mounting feverishly. Pictures of| President Roosevelt, of the United States, and British Prime Minister | Churchill are displayed publicly in many towns, according to reports. | PAA Planes Refuel Here OnWay North Seatle on Flight fo Fairbanks ‘ Bound for Fairbanks from Seattle with a refueling stop at Juneau, two PAA planes landed at the airport| here this afternoon less than six| hours out of Seattle, The two ships, | one carrying the first passenger load since the Juneau-Seattle clipper | run, left for Fairbanks immediately. | tomorrow, stopping at Juneau for fuel, airmail and passengers. Eight passengers were aboard the nonh-‘ bound DC-3 this afternoon, only one | bound for Juneau. Passengers for| Fairbanks were R. K. Savery, Emil Eisenberg, Eugene Uotilla, Alfred’ Ghezzi, Irene Olson, and Beverly| One Lockheed Lodestar accom- penied the passenger ship. The Lodestar is carrying no passengers. A PAA Electra is expected from Fairbanks this afternoon. ——eee- — FRESH MEAT In certain areas of Texas farm- ers organize beef clubs which re- quire one member to slaughter an to share. Thus fresh meat is avail- able each week without the necessity of refrigeration for long periods. JOI!—AXIS' animal each week for all members‘ | | | | i ! | i | | | RNepartment of sanitation workers are s Avenue, New York, under the heaviest fall of the year. n wiled heavy drifts throughout the city, disrupting transporiation. United as Bill 1776 Passes | New York Digs Out of 11-Inch Snowfall The Forgetting their differences as the Senate passed the Lend-Lease Bill, friends :lfii foes of the legislation shake hands in a ceremony lymbolh' of national unity. Left to right are Senators Alben W, Barkley, o P . leader of the opposition; and Walter ¥, Wheeler, Meader; Burton K. L George, foreign mnjorn; affairs chairman. National Defense Hifing Two Ways; Boom Towns Made While Others Suffer By JACK STINNETT WASHINGTON, March 21, The planes will return to Beattle| v op hag been written of the boom | towns of ‘national defense — the cities of workers and families that spring up overnight as thousands | of men pour in to build the bar- racks, houses, sheds and shops that go to make up the cantonments. But there is another side of the icture, DePriest. i e senger. 0 the gob.dunesil. penters, tinsmiths and the other skilled and semj-skilled workers who keep a city shipshape. Scores of small-town business land civic leaders have descended on Washington, trying to rush and widen the Government’s decen- Itrallzallon program, and, with de- fense contracts, trying to stop the drain on their communities. I have talked to so many of these and I have heard again and again the same story. The workers are = attracted by wages which, © because of steady work, overtime, and a higher scale (than in small cities, result in a monthly wage higher than most ever dreamed of. They are pack- ing their tools and moving as fast | as they can. THE SILVER LINING has taken cognizance of the situa- tion. At Social Security they al- ready know what is happening and 50 do many congressmen. But other than continued efforts on the part of some congressmen to speed de- centralization, no action is planned. “There’'s nothing we ean do about it,” said one Social Security official. “The situation is too lo- hown clearing away some of ‘vhe snowstorm, At least one government agency| | 1 the snow which blanketed Park swirling up the Atlantic Coast, fall reached a depth of 11 inchet, TERMINUS IS UP, HEARING Delegate Dimond Opposes Project-Ohlson, Army Officers Testify BULLET I N—WASHING- TON, March 21.—The House Appropiations Committee has appreved of . allocation of $5,- 300,000 in funds for changing the terminus of the Alaska Railroad from Seward to Pas- sage Bay. WASHINGTON, March 41.—The Army’s plan to change the terminus of the Alaska Railroad from Seward to Passage Bay was today described {by Alaska Delegate Anthony J. Di- | mond as a plan to economically “plow under” the people of Seward. | Army officers and Col. Otto F. Ohlson, General Manager of the Alaska Railroad urged the change s a military necessity during the hearing on the Fifth Supplemental Defense Appropriation bill, introue- ed today. | Under the plan, 14 new miles of |track must be constructed to join |the present railroad line at Mile 166, above Seward, thus savirg 52 | miles of haul from tidewater. Estimated Cost The work is estimated to cost $3,500,000 with two tunnels neces- sary, one 13,7000 feet and the other 4900 feet long. Col. Ohlson and the Army Of- ficers testified that 'the present line | between Seward and Mile 66 is in a dangercus condition, subject to | washouts and landslides and pre- | sented ideal conditions for sabotage. Delegate Dimond urged thati the present dangerous trestles and bridg- les be replaced with steel structures and fills made. Gen. George Marshall advocated that a change in the terminus is necessary to get supplies and rein- |forcements to the Army Bases at | Anchorage and Fairbanks. Ccl Ohlson also said the construc- tion of the line with the new ter- minus would mean a saving in freight and other costs the Govern- ment would pay. He also stated the calized now to merit consideration|business at Seward is dependent ROYALTY IN CLOSE CALL, NAZI RAID Couple Leave Plymouth Only Few Hours Before Port Is Atfacked CONCERTED ASSAULT MADE, ENGLISH PORT Great Fires -Reported fo Have Been Sei-Extra- ordinary Damage (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) In an aerial siege on England last night, Great Britain’s King and Queen escaped by only a few hours a most violent raid on Plymouth. German warplanes made a con- certed attack on the English port and showered quantities of fire bomps and high explosives not Iong after the British Sovereigns visited the Plymouth shipyards and inspected several former United States destroyers. - Great fires are reported to have been set in the heart of Flymowth: ‘heavy damage inflicted sccord- ing to both British and German official reports, Half Million Men fo Sell Securifies \Campaign Starfed fo Sell Billions Worth of De- _ fense Savings Bonds WASHINGTON, March 21. — The Treasury began today to enroll an army of a half a million to assist in the campaign to sell billions of dellars worth of the new Defense Saving Securities to the American | Public. | Gale Johnston, St. Louis insurapce man and supervisor of the drive, said the campaign workers will be sent out to ask employers to use the Se- curities in employees' Savings Plans, to canvass the schools, to urge labor union cooperation, to arrange with banks so that de itors can have bonds bought for them regularly, and to organjze. other promotional activities,. A ‘The new sceurities are graded into denominations all the way from ten cents to $10,000 in order to make such regular purchase programs fit almost any size purse. 4 MILLION * MAN ARMY " ISPLANNED New Outlay, with Huge Sum, Is Proposed fo | House by&mmiflee 3 WASHINGTON, March 21. — An additional outlay of $4,073,000,000 b upon about 400 persons, railroad em- | ployees and their families, The later| he said could be transferred to Passage Bay and new homes could | of action. Besides, to try to slow up the flow of labor to these de-| fense construction centers would | be to slow up the whole program.” In addition, it was pointed out,|be constructed under supervision of what now appears to be a serious|the General Land Office, matter ta merchants and otherl Col. Ohlson admitted the railroau | residents of some of taese commu- |employees are opposed to the change| nities may prove, in the end, n{and suggested the Government could st e ealinboiiibe e b dlas al finance the new homes or cowld| (Continued on Page Seven) jerect the homes and charge rent. for the Army and Navy, including funds for a ‘“new plant” with a capacity sufficient to supply at 4, 000,000-man Army was today rece ommended to the House by its ap= propriation committee. Half of the sum.is a direct cash appropriation and the balance con- tract authorizations that Conhgress lmust, provide funds for later.