The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 4, 1941, Page 1

| | i i () | ! { ! g | H | THE DAILY “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. LVIL, NO. 8690. JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 1941. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS U.S. TURNSDOWN AXIS DEMANDS STRIKE SITUATION PUT UP TO ROOSEVELT ASKS TIME & FOR ACTION Labor Disputes Pres- ent Bad Condition SAYS SOMETHING MUST BE DONE OVER ISSUES Vinson Has Bill for Gov- ernment fo Take Over All Plants Involved WASHINGTON, April 4.—Presi- dent Roosevelt said today he regards the strike at the Allis Chalmers plant in Milwaukee, Wis..as a very bad situation and added that some- thing has got to be done about it. The President, in falking te the | newsmen, asked for a little time, | not verv much, however, before fak- | ing further action. The President’s comment on the strike situation in various parts of | the United States and especially the strike at the Allis Chalmers plant, came in response to a question to comment on the Vinson bill which would permit the Government to take over strike-bound plants. President Roosevelt said he had | not read the Vinson bill but added there is only one really serious stop- | page of defense industries and that | is the Allis Chalmers plant strike and that has been referred’ to the | Deefnse Mediation Board for action. | 'The President was asked whether | any Ccmmunist activity is prevalent | in the strike and he replied in the | affirmative. ——ee—— CThe WASHINGTON — Uncensored U.l S. reports from both Italy and France reveal the amazing fact that the United States is more popular with the Italians than with the French. Our friendship with France is deep-rooted, extends from Lafay- ette to Pershing, was furthered by a hand-picked friend of Roosevelt’s as Ambassador, plus two cargoes of food. But the United States has néver been more disliked by the French. In fact, France today is more pro-Axis than Italy. There are several reasons for this. The French are, a proud people.| Their army was acclaimed the best { in the world, supposedly unbeat- ¥ able, And when it crumbled over- night, the French expected that the British, with almost no army, could not last a week. But almost one year has passed since the fall of France, and the British are still fighting. Result: French leaders have had to give explanations to justify themselves. Their two chief excuses are (1) the British pulled their airplanes away from the French army; (2) the United States refused to supply the French with airpanes though now. giving them to the British. Real fact was that the United States provided France with far more planes than we did the Brit- ish (some still being at Martin- ique). It is true, of course, that the British did withdraw thejr planes at the end, but only after Church- ill had definite information that French leaders intended to sur- render, Net result: the French are bit- | . Chief Executive Declares | | Adventuce on Honeymoon Tsle [YUGOSLAVIA Grouped around the flag of the Adventurers Club are a bevy of honey- mooners on their first day on Paradise Isle, off Florida. With the flag | are the Thomas Donohoes, “king and queen™ of the newlyweds’ haven. Seated below (left to right) are Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Kerr, of Phila- delphia, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Whitman, of Reading, Pa., and Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth C. Nichols, of Cincinnati. So— AV GETS READY . FOR WARFARE ) Fortificalion;{VardarRiv-: ) © | erValley Being Rush- | ed Forward Today AIR RAID PRECAUTIONS, | | BLACKOUTS BEING HELD IiG_ermany_S—tales What, | Serbs Must Do for Re- | storation Relations | (By Associated Press) | Yugoslavia’s General Staff today 'rushed fortification of the Vardar River Valley, key route to Greece, and also called more men to the | colors as the Cabinet went into ses- sion to consider the nation’s war or peace and declaration of foreign | policy. i Later it was announced the Cab- | |{inet had postponed a decision but; | the country is prepared for the worst | under the fighting slogan “One | i Bk Tells of Red Probe | mountain is worth 10,000 soldiers.” | The verdict of the Cabinet will | probably be announced tomorrow as | another meeting is scheduled for ! tonight. | Military experts in the Balkan' kingdom, which is roughly the size |of the State of Oregon, and criss- }cmssed by lofty ranges, said that only about one-fifth of the country is level enough to permit of Ger- many’s famous blitzkrieg operations : on wheels. ALASKAR.R. TERMINUSTO ~ BE CHANGED g :CO ngress vo'es Sum {0 | that probably Belgrade, Zagreb ana ‘Ljubuam will be proclaimed “open | Build Line fo Passage ‘and undefended cities” in event the kingdom’s war troops are rushed to ‘key points opposite ‘German con- centartions in Austria, Hungary, | Bay, Cuting Seward S | Rumania and Bulgaria. WASHINGTON, April 4—With Air raid precautions have been | Congressional approval of the Fifth issued, blackout drills have been | Supplemental National Defense AD- nelq ang citizens forbidden to trav- | propriation, Seward, Alaska, l0ses o) 55 as not to clog communications the terminus of the Alaska Rail-\needed for the military. jrond. Germany Worried ! The appropriation .of $5,300,000, In Berlin, it is said, that the price was restored to the meesure and yygoslavia must pay for the re- ; | this sum is to be used for chang- | storation of normal relations is com- : ing the terminus from Seward to plete repudiation by Yugoslavia of Frederick R. Coudert, Jr. ;Pflxssafi Bay. S | American and British influence. | In the measure €, Germany, it is indicated, is wor- State Senator Frederick R. Cou- |youse the sum was . included but' ried over yf,hg ,-gguune:edog Yugo- dert, Jr., of New York, head of the | the ftam. wiis” Eirick ek B the investigating committee for prob- i 2 1slnvin‘. which is the first abrupt ing Communistic activities in New | Senate. | “slap” given Nazi commands. York City schools, reported to the | Following action of the House' Germany is also concerned over legislature that sufficient evidence |and Senate conference committee the “massed” support given Greece had been uncovered to prove “sub- ’ the $5,300,000 was restored. The by Great Britain and the landing of versive activities exist.” | amount is to be used for construc-|British troops at various ports. —— |tion of 14 miles of railroad, con- e necting the present system near H | Anchorage with Passage Bay. The all o r(es | new line will pass through two tun- nels, B Senator Alva B. Adams, head of | the Senate conferees, said he still| B M re repar e believed rehabilitation of .the pres-| ent line is the thing to do but he| | said the Senate was forced to yield | because the Secretary of War in-| A TT or ’us s sisted upon the change as a Na-| | tional Defense need. | e — ROME, Aprll 4.—Dispatches from Berlin, received here tonight, said| Nazi forces in Bulgaria and Ru- { of France Machine mania are ‘“ready for action” in NE'\;V YORK, April 4. — Closing | German thrusts in the Balkans quotation of Alaska Juneau mine | Gunfled TOdaY against Greece or Yugoslavia, or| stock today is 4%, American Can | —_— both. 89%, Anaconda 25, Bethlehem Steel| LONDON, April 4—In a late STOCK QUOTATIONS éAirporIs in Northern Part! LONDON, April 4—Two air rnldI alarms were sounded last night but i algrt defense kept all bombers away. | One town in west England, pre- sumably Bristol, is reported to have had four air raid alarms but only three bombers were noticed in the | ter against both the United States (Continued on Page Four) » sky and few bombs, none destruc- | tive, were dropped. | United States Steel 57%, 184.03%. 178%. Commonwealth and Southern | afternoon attack, the air fields, /16, Curtiss Wright 8%, Genenlib““d‘"gs' runways and grounded Motors 43, International H‘”zfle,‘plancs in Northern France were 48, Kennecott 34%, New York Cen- | machine gunned by British planes tral 13%, Northern Pacific 6%, R an “offensive patrol.” Pound | The Air Ministry announced to- night that one British plane failed to return, ——————— MRS. THOMPSON SOUTH Mrs. Howard Thompson is DOW, JONES AVERAGES | The following are today’s Dow, | Jones averages: Industrials, 124.64; | rails, 29.70; utilities, 10.63. ———————— North Coast for a visit of about Robert Peary resched the |two months. She will stop first for North Pole on Palm Sunday, several weeks in Seattle and then 1909, travel east. a | Lord Halifax, British ambassador to Washington, a | searred “tin der) ,” one of the relics on display in a mobile tea kitchen ! | now touring the United States. The vehicle saw service in some of the | raids on London and is now being displayed to promote the British cause. | SOLDIERS | (This is the second of two | articles on how more than a | million men in Army training | camps are going to get their | mail) | By JACK STINNETT ! WASHINGTON, April 4—Among l'.he lessons learned by the Army ioverseas in World War I was the | Pvt, Johnny Q. Doe got his mail from home with the least possible delay. i But it was 20 years after that ! before the War and Postoffice De- | partments finally got together and 'laid down their “constitution and | Briefly, the Postoffice Department takes the mail through the main 'camp postoffices and the Army 1 takes it from there on. | great importance of seeing that| The tanker W. W. Bruce (background) picked up the captain and four crewmen of the tanker Citles Serv- ice Denver (foreground), which burned and seitled at the bow after an explosion tore through her forward hold 80 miles off the Carolini coast. Nineteen crewmen were rissing. Just Like Old Times T | GETTHER MAILTRAINEESHAVE | 2 DELIVERIES DAILY | southbound passenger aboard the by-laws” in a working ureemem,.commex business. I R SEIZED SHIPS ~ WILL NOT BE " TURNEDBACK Curt Rejedio_nls Made to | Germany and lfaly by Secrefary Hull 'ROOSEVELT DECLARES SABOTAGE IS PROVEN {Places Blame Squarely on | Shoulders of Fascist | Military Atfache | WASHINGTON, April 4.—Presi- |dent Roosevelt today pinned re- sponsibility for the widespread sabo- | tage of German, Italian and Danish | ships in American ports directly on | an Italian Military Attache connect- ‘ed with the Italian Embassy in | Washington ,and incidentally Sec- |retary of State Cordell Hull has jcurtly rejected the Axis protest ‘lagllnn American seizure of 30 Ger- {man and Italian ships and impris- onment of the crews and return of ‘v'the ships and liberation of the of- —— " |ficers and seamen. . Presidént Roosevelt told the news- | !men at a conference today that a | great deal of the sabotage of Italian losI plA |merchantmen has been proved to ;hnve been on orders of Italian Navy lo ( A T EDI 1 6 | Admiral Alberto Lais, whose immed- jate recall was demanded yesterday ' by the United States Government. ment on the recall demand, Presi- . | . Giant Transport Is Brought| In rejecting protests of the Axis dent Roosevelt replied that the newspapers had all of the facts yes- Down Safely-Landed | Right Side Un, Pond terday and then added that sabo- tage of course is illegal and only one course is open, seizure of the VERO BEACH, Florida, April 4— | All sixteen occupants of the giant | Eastern Airlines transport plane ships. | which crashed in a terrific squall | yesterday morning, lived to tell the |demands to return the seized ships, | Secretary of State Hull dismissed |the Axis contention that the seiz- ures were “unthinkable to any civ- ilized nation.” | In rejecting the Axis protests, | Secretary Hull reaffirmed vigorously |the right of the United States in taking possession of the ships into | “protective custody” and refusing to i story of hardship and heoism. | release 875 crew members now in Only one or two aboard the plane | +l escaped without a scratch but the !injuries to the pilot are alone be- | | lieved dangerous. | Pilot Gerald O'Brien of the plane, |which was bound from Miami to | |New York City, guided the 21-pas- tries on & shrapnel- | senger Douglas plane to a right sldeI up landing in a pond about 9 o’clock | | yesterday morning during a terrific | wind squall. | The thirteen ptncers and the | ‘mree crewmen huddled waist deep {in the water until long after dark | |last night when rescuers finally | reached the scene, six miles from | | the nearest highway and one mile | {from the closest dry land. - e.—— | | | | John Kelly A letter, properly addressed, would go this route: (1) From the train to the camp main post- office, where it would be wrtedl for distribution to the division or; corps or other unit postoflice.;i (2) These sort it again for dis-| | tribution to the company mail or-| FAIRBANKS, Alaska, April 4—| Passes Away l In Inferior custody. ‘The Secretary said it has been conclusively learned that at least 26 vessels were seriously damaged in what the Governmnt believes was a concentrated sabotage plot. — e — Brifish Abandon - , B_gngasi Post Is of No Importance Now-lfalians Claim Big Movement (By Associated Press) The only gains made recently by he Italians, and accomplished by | the support of German units, is the }reukmx of Bengasl in Libya. The British statement minimizes vl | the “conquest,” as claimed by the derlies, who (3) twice a day dis-|John Kelly, prominent ploneer of | ibiite 1 Aok B8 Bieh. | Dawson, Nome and Fairbanks, died | Italian command, stating the town It sounds simple enough, but|Nere yesterday afternoon as the re- |was evacuated because no longer sult of an attack of the heart. He |needed. take the problems of frequenl.lyihBd been ailing for some time. | The British withdrawal, accord- changing personnel, transfers of| Kelly had served several terms as | I8 to Italian statements, was made units, duplication of names, ex- L mitber ol ta Board of Regents | After heavy losses. tended field maneyvers, and ‘m'Jor the University of Alaska and | B g BT proper addresses and you see thatly.q long been Secretary-Treasurer | CHIMNEY FIRE assuring Private Doe of mail from|,e yne Mount McKinley Tourist and home without delay is & pretty|rransportation Company. | Juneau Firemen were called out | For many years Kelly was local [8t 2:50 o'clock this afternoon to & | representative of the old Alun}g;‘l'lfl;zx 'x‘:; il “:':. ’“'mz: the small blaze was quickly extin- guished, . DRAWS ON WAR EXPERIENCE Col., W. A. Kenyon, who heads|Commercial Company. In later years - | he has been head of a local account- Wwonunueg on Page Seven' lnncy firm,