The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 16, 1941, Page 1

/ | THE DAILY ALAS VOL. LVIIL, NO. 8700. “ALL THE NEWS JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 1941. ALL THE TIME” A EMPIRE MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS BRITISH RESISTING NAZI FORCED [RELAND BOMBED BY GERMAN AIR UNITS DISASTROUS FOUR - HOUR NIGHT RAID Nazi Planes Sweep Over Six Counties in North- ern Irish Section WIDE PATH OF DEATH, DAMAGE IS REPORTED Direct Hits fied on Shel- ters, Hospitals, Church and Homes of Poor BELFAST, April 16, — Nazi Air Forces swept across Northern Ire- | land like a tornada last night; leav- ing a wide path of death and de- molition through Belfast and gmaller towns, even isolated farms. | Si¥ Northern Ireland = counties were attacked by the night raiders. An early morning survey in Bel- fast’s bombed areas shows hundreds of working class homes-ehattered during the four-hour raid and many persons have been killed. Direct hits were scored on a bomb shelter and several hospitals, | churches and one newspaper plant were hit by high explosives. High explosive bombs were also rained on the residential and shop- ping districts. Commenting on the aftermath of | the attack, the authorities said re- cruiting officers are besieged by |, hundreds demanding they be enlist- 1 Iy | "7 (ONSTRUCTION OF AIR WNGZ, | BASESINALASKANOW %60 WASHINGTON ~ You can now write it down as definite that Hitler will wade into- Russia by mid-sum- ! mer, probably before. Furthermore, the Russians know it, which is the sole reason for their all-too-late blessing of Yugoshvla.! and their equally late benediction of Turkey. g Undoubtedly Stalin has had an inkling of what was in store for him for some time, but it came to a head during the Matsuoka conversations | in Berlin, when Hitler and the Jap- , anese Foreign Minister put it on the | of |_|fe and Propefly line to attack Russia this summer. The only “if” in their deeision T T ril 16. ¥ was. in case the Soviet deflnlely ' oo ot tne Stage of Golima, hac would join the Axis in WAgINg War telegraphed the Government In- aflflmsft:::‘m 5}":‘{_ ::';3 'm“:]:; |formation Office here, that the city ve h ulat - gamble. Stalin has been asking the ‘8;0?0‘,112“::(,; E:tguy :;::t:zy:ln w3, M8 GRS AT o Mg | TEers sihusake -40d the S, chukuo as his hush-money. The (* meqe D i early this Axis, however, is not willing to meet ,oming, the message stated, had re- him snywHesstSRgE. BEewey. ! moved 36 bodies from ruins and over tflifi:flafl l:m:n"m;? ::: /100 persons were being treated for ght, \injuries. tle up the Black Sea, simultaneously | The full toll of the death and walk into the rich fields of the ;njyreq in the towns of seven Mexi- Ukraine. In other words, Hitler has cqn tates where the quake was felt, S"gl:: ;‘::;v;?m:flm“ M"“m may not be known for several days terest to the United Statés. On the oo o e el international checker board a move | against Russia would mean that % [Hospitals fo Teach Shock Treafments Japan could not move in the South SAN FRANCISCO, April 16.— Pacific. That should ease the sit- Instructions on diagnosis and treat- IN RUINS BY QUAKE Earth Movement in Mexi- can Section Causes Loss uation around Singapore and the Dutch East Indies—at least for the time being. NOTE: It was Stalin’s agreement with Hitler to diyide Poland that precipitated the war which now seems likely to engulf him. LEE OF OKLAHOMA Senator Josh Lee of Oklahoma £ (Continued o Page Foun) guidesfor' detecting war neuroses orders: of City Health Director Dr. ONECTY (ment . of shell shock as well as| FDR'S SON WEDS James Roosevelt, son of the President, and Romelle Schneider, who nursed him to health after an operation: in Rechester, Minn., several | years ago, were recently married in Los Angeles. divorced a little more fhan a year ago by Betsey Cushing Roosevelt. BEING SPEEDED TOLIMIT ! i Roosevelt was » 2 | WASHINGTON, April 16.—Behind ! a veil of official secrecy, the Army | and Navy is rushing to completion a stem of air bases and other de-| ense projects in Alaska already es- timated to ‘cost in excess of $55,- 000,000. Both services have adopted poli- cies of strict silence corgerning work on bases outside the United States and the garrisons connect- ed with them, but Nayy cfficials re- cently told Congress their major Al- 1 ! have'hsen ‘added t6 San Francisco| emergency ‘hospitals guide books 0q | construction became available - only|and t | askan project, the $20,000,000 air sta- | tion at Kcdiak, will be commissioned n June. With the smaller base in onstruction at Unalaska, the Ko- ifak base is designed to be the north- rn anchor of a chain of Naval out- osts extending as far -south’ as Samoa. Sitka Base The Navy is also building an in- vermediate air station at Sitka. With 1 total of approximately $23,000,000 already appropriated, the Navy's hree Alaska bases are requesting n additional $14,000,000 to be ap- aroved by the House. Responding to word that Russia was establishing |fortifications and Mr bases on Diomede Islarnd, Con- iress last year swiftly approved an appropriation for &bout $13,000,000 ‘or the construction of two big Army alrtbases at Anchorage and at Fair- banks, Army Air Corps units and yround forces were sent to the new bases as rapidly as facilities could %e made available but the War De- partment clamped a tight ban last week on all information concerning the Alaskan stations. Provide For Large Force Last year, however, the Depart- ment disclosed that approximately 3,600 officers and men of various units had been assigned to the An- chorage base. The Fairbanks base is designed primaxily as a, (Continued on page Bix) g { States is !sending a detachment of Marines to guard ! here. ! on regular duty. | | GUARD FOR U. S. OFFICE IN LONDON Marines Will Probably Be| Stationed at Embassy —No Policemen LONDON, April 16—The United reported as considering the American Embassy | The Embassy operates with large| | staffs of military, naval and com= | ! merical shipping experts who dally1 | exchange secrets with the British. London has not even a policeman | - v Maximum Prices fo | Be Fixed ‘Government Adfion Being, Considered on Var- ious Commodities | WASHINGTON, April 16—Don- ald Nelson, Director of Defense purchases, said Government action in fixing a maximum price of a number of commodities may be ' necessary to forestall inflationary price spirals. Nelson mentioned steel, textile fabrics and leather as commodities that may soon require price sched- ules. . Fight on Convoys Is Posiponed Showdown on Proposalr Delayed by Senate Com- | mittee Unfil Kpril 30 WASHINGTON, April 16.—Avoid- ing an immediate showdown on the convoy issue, the Senate Foreign Re- :lntwns committee today agreed un- animotsly to delay until April 30 any consideration of the resolution forbidding use of American Naval vessels to convoy purposes. + The members of the committee re-| ported an anti-convoy resolutlon‘ proposed by Senator Charles W., Tobey, Republican of New Hamp-| shire, has been made the “principal; order of business for April 30 and; in the interim, the State Depart-/ ment has been asked to express views on the proposed ban.” | Senator Tobey told the newsmen he will keep working to line up sup-' port for his proposal, | Northland Is Juneau Bound SEATTLE, April 16.—Motorship | Northland sailed for Southeast Al- aska ports at 10:30 o'clock this fore-; roon with 40 passengers aboard, the following bocked for Juneau: Comer, Orwold Olson, W. J. Castro,! W. J. Markey, 2 'go into the whole matter of Army and radio operators Launch Drive to Aid s Gars et Leaders of the United Service Organizations for National Defense $10.765,000 Lo finunee service clubs for soldiers, sailors and defense wo ters adjacent to urmy camps and defense industries. Pietured . New York «left-to pight) are dobn. M. Schiff, of the Jewish Welfure Board; Franeis P, Matthews, of the National Catholic Communit viee; Waiter Hoving, of the Salvation Army; W. Spenerr -Robertson, of the Y.M,.C.A.; and Miss Hirth, of the ¥.W.C.A. cirst of Army’s New A | First of hundreds of tanks soon to augment the army’s m foresu ‘is this 26-ton war machine, shown at the Aberd:en, l;sh,':::r‘i umnd-. where it was Jemonstrated, Here, John D. Biggers (left) " , and Major C. M. Wesson, chief of army ordnance, inspect the rem monster, which mounws a 76 mm. and a 50 mm. cannon and five 3 machine guns. PAY FOR SOLDIERS INCREASES AS ARMY RANK IS ATTAINED | to master sergeant, who gets $126 a month, By JACK STINNETT WASHINGTON, April 16.— An- b In addition to that, there are swering the maii orders: six specialist ratings, such as elec- P. D, Winston-Salem, N. C.—T0 gricians, clerks, cooks, mechanics (and many pay for privates and non-commis-, other skilled workers) sioned officers would take mfl"e‘laddmonal pay ranging from $3 ispace than this column is allowed,' to $30 a month. There also are but if the idea is general that $21|decorations and.awards for which a month is every private’s lot, it more additional monthly pay Is is a considerable misconception.’ made. Advanced air corps pri- Only privates who have been in vates and non-coms also get up- the Army less than four months or per bracket pay. I never heard of who “have shown themselves in2f-|g rich private, but any lad with weather| Mr. and Mrs, Alfred P. Brandt ficient or unfit get $21 a month. aptitude and application can mjucmi arrived on a northbound reases | were gaiped .in training center, and m‘zz for. its|8nd baby, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Lloyd After that they get $30'a month; g pretty -decent 1living out of it Lodestar last night and will be ‘"izmt. e baby, -Corbett Shipp, John 8. $36 if they are privates, first m;;whm you consider that, clothing, Juneau for several days before fly-l $54 if they are corporals; $60 if they are sergeants and s0 on up American Defense Tank Fleet EDITOR SHOT INVADERS OF GREECE GET - HARD BLOW ' Allies Putfing Up “'Stub- born” Fight Says Ger- man Command 'SLAV CAMPAIGN SEEMS 10 BE GREAT FAILURE Panzer Thrusts Lafe Today Apparently Endanger- ing Northern Lines (By Associated Press) A wide open battle flames along the entire British front in Greece and the German High Command acknowledges Hitler's blitzkrieg in- vasion is meeting with “stubborn’ resistance after previously asserting the British and Greek forces were in headlong retreat. . | with b eneas wiong.the whole Ot _our front in Greece” the British | Middle Bast Command says in a late afternoon statement. It is apparent the struggle which is moving to a climax may decide the fate of Greece. | Hard Fighting The German news agency DNB {claims that hundreds of British ;have been taken prisoners, includ- ing engineers of the English Mid- lands, Australia and New Zealand, captured by Nazi infantrymen in hard fighting in the mountainous Italian Newspaper man s Killed in Chicago Affer ——— The apparent eollapse in Yugo-~ area. 16. — Johr/slavia, coupled with a 65-mile Ger- study planm for a drive to raire rkers. The program culls for 339 Ser- mma British headquarters in Athens sald German Panger spearheads - have executed savage thrusts but declared that no where have they overshot the new Allled defense line, CHICAGO, April Arena, 43, editor of an Italian lan- guage newspaper, which recently; published an editorial accusing| man crack in northern Greece gave a darker turn to events for the Allies however, in the 1l1-day-old | sible clews to the killing, who get! Italians in official circles here of battle in the Balkans. “fifth column” activities, was shot| London circles conceded the sitii- to death on a north side strest|ation in Yugoslavia ls bad. last night. Serbs Surrender Chicago Police Capt. Patrick O'-] The Germans report the capture Connell had nis men obtain copies| Of Sarajevo, Central Yugoslavia, Jf recent issues of Arena's puper,| Where the assassination of Arche | La Tribuna, and assigned bl’tnlll-:dm Franz Ferdinand touchedoff tors to study its articles for pos-| the first World War, The German High Command also declares The Captain said Arena had re-| “thousands of Serbs" are surrenders ceived numerous telephone threats! Ing. because of his articles. The British, like the Greek cir- cles, likewise acknowledge pressure of Nazi Panzer divisions striking | WASHINGTON, April 16—In Lhrllhe Allied right flank and pour- | Nation's capital the House Com-|ing through the lofty Siatista Paa mittee on unAmerican Activitiesan-|to easier terrain to the south and {nounced that Arena had supplied increasing in violence. |the Committee with information| T o about. Fascist activities in this coun- | e - i oy only a few hours before he was| FIS“[‘ME“ S 5 | killed: | 4 Fire Depariment ~~ AGREEMENT ! - NOW SIGNED HAD FASCIST INFORMATION Saves Her Dinner MOBERLY, Mo., April 16.—The }flre department saved Mrs. Willlam -y N A Fredkins’ dinner. | H H s, Predking tet. her anner on Al2Ska Fishermen Rafify - ' the stove while she went to call her H children playing in the meighbor- | co"'rad ca"mg 'or ' hood. On her return she found she | was locked out of her apartment by | 20% 'n“ease % a spring lock. | —— % i Neighbors called the fire depart-| SEATTLE, April 16.—Setting {ment and firemen hoisted a ladder new record for labor accord before ‘lnd opened the apartment door. Not ' the opening of the Alaska salmon j even. a biscuit was scorched. | season, the Alaska ~Fishermen' S e | Union today ratified an agreement | with the Alaska Canned Salmon In= NOME DOCTOR BERE itng north via PAA Electra. They . are at the Baranof,