The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 18, 1941, Page 1

[ - ” - THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE ~ VOL. LVIL, NO. 8702. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 1941. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS BRITISH BOMB BERLIN IN RAID 50,000 GERMANS KILLED IN ONE ADVANCE Good-Will Envoys From Brazil ROOSEVELT NAZIS PUSH. SOUTHWARD, HEAVY LOSS Costly Toll Estimated fo Have Been Taken on March Into Greece ALLIES WITHDRAWING, SHORTER DEFENSE LINE Greek Spokesman Sadly Admits Situation Get- ting Unfflorable i (By ASSOCIATED PRESS) | German troops, swarming down from the north, presumably through fallen Yugoslavia, have driven the | Allied Armies to execute a “grad- ! ual withdrawal to a shorter line of defense” in northern Greece. It ap- pears that the thirteen day battle in the Balkans is fast approaching a| critical stage. | The British Middle East Headquar- ters, acknowledging the--Allied re- treat into deeper Greece, declared, however, that the German advance was made at a “costly toll.” Some estimates put the Nazi dead at 50,000, | Meanwhile, Mussolini’s command | said the Greek left wing is crumb- | 2 & Alzira Vargas do Amaral Peixoto, daughter of the President of Brazil, and her husband, Ernani do Amaral Peixoto, governor of the Brazilian state of Rio, arrive in Miami by clipper plane from South America. They made the trip to attend launching in Chester, Pa., of the liner Rio de Janeiro for the Brazilian Maritime Commission, (Continued on p;n slxl’ & WASHINGTON.—Today, as the foremost editors of the nation gath- er in Washington for their annual; conference, the foremost question | before them is government news cen- | sorship, So far the authors of this column have not been among those who thought the New Deal wds attempt- ing to throttle the press. In fact, we| have contended that press relations | under the Roosevelt Administration have been the freest in history, com- pletely devoid of attempts to high pressure publishers into firing inde- pendent newsmen—a policy of the previous Administration. Even today—and this column ig not written without rubbing shoul- | ders daily “with many government officials—we find most of official Washington completely devoid of censorship. However, there are cer- tain notable exceptions. These exceptions are: the Navy; certain sections of the Office of Pro- duction Management and other De- fense agencies; and the Reconstruc- tion Finance Corporation. It should be noted that when we use the word “censorship” we refer only to information to which the; public is entitled, not to confidential matters or military secrets. WHO WORKS FOR U. 8.7 Waming Is Given Axis By British Government today warned the Ax- is Powers it will commence a “svs- tematic bombing of Rome” ifeither Athens or Cairo‘are attacked. ‘The British Government charges that the Italians are prepared to drop “captured British bombs upon Vatican City” should Rome be raid- ed by the British. This announce- ment came from Prime Minister Churchill's residence tonight. BOMB CRASHES THROUGH DOME, BIG CATHEDRAL LONDON, April 18—A bomb whistled through the great dome of St. Paul's Cathedral onto the floor of the main auditorium and exploded in the crypt during a re- For instance, there is no reason why the public should not know who| are the dollar-a-year- men workl.ngl for the Government. There never haat been any secrecy before this about the identity of government employ-l ees or government voluntary ndvu;-l ers. However, when we asked for this list several months ago it was at first refused. Later it was stated that the information would be given only | if e written request was made—a! highly unusual procedure in Wash- ington, where a mere list of govern, ment servants is considered aulo- matically public property. Last week the OPM finally, on its (Continued on Page Foar) cent air raid. The announcement was permitted published today. e Willkie Has Joined law Fi_ml inN.Y. NEW YORK, April 18—Wendell L. Willkie announces that he has becomé a ‘member of the firm of Miller, - Owen, Otis and Bailly|disclosed but the officers and men Automobile which will continue the general sailed today practice of law under the name of Willkie, Owen, Otis and Bailly, ——o——— ‘The London passenger transport system employs 78,000 persons. Americans Not Aware - 0f Acufeness of War Degares President WASHINGTON, April 18—Pres-| ident Roosevelt today expressed the belief the American public opinion is not adequately aware of the acuteness of the war situation Europe, but it is becoming creasingly aware. y The President made the state- ment in response to a query at a conference with newsmen, and went on by saying he thought Am- ericans could be made increasingly in- ralert through exercise of their gen- th i # LONDON, April 18—The Britisheral intelligence through what he|yentien by the el o e called “cracker barrel, press and club conversations.” e Further interrogation brought from the President additional state- ments bearing on the defense pro-| gram and aid to countries battling the Axis. The Administration has authorized specific shipments of material to China, but the Presi-| dent doesn't know whether any have started on their way across the Pacific. TROOPS OF U.S. GOING TOBERMUDA First.Contingent Sails To-| day Aboard Transport | for New Base WASHINGTON, April 18. — The/ War ' Department announces the| first . contingent of troops has safled to garrison the new base in| the Bermudas. The size of thé contingent is not, J. Thomas, President of the United pated demands. In other areas, it aboard ‘the transport| American Legion base at Brooklyn. It is understood that artillery ns}lil.ed a five-day notice of inten-'nections with systems in adjacent well as.infantry units are included tion to strike against the General areas. “In nine important war mate- in the contingent. .{Five-day Nofice Is Given OPPOSEDTO ~ SALES TAX President, filever, Has No Idea How Huge Rev- enue Is fo Be Raised WASHINGTON, April 18.—Presi- dent Roosevelt asserted today that he did not have the faintest idea how the three billion and one-half dollars in new taxes ought to be raised but he indicated he still ‘does not like the idea of a sales tax as indicated yesterday by Sees retary of Treasury Henry Morgen- thau who announced the proposed new tax plan. Administration officials and Con- gressional leaders of both Demo- crats and Republicans have agreed to the huge program to raise the new revenue to bring the Gov- ernment income up to two-thirds of the expenditures, The manner of obtaining the ! money by taxes must be explored 1and determined by the House Wavs 'and Means Committee, the Presi- | dent said. ‘ e e —— ALLIES LOST WAR BEFORE - START, VIEW ! TR Lindbergh Says It's Not Too | LateforU. S. fo Save z Itself ! CHICAGO, I, April 18. — Col. Charles A. Lindbergh charged last night “it will be a tragedy to the |world, a tragedy even to Germany, |if the British Empire collapses,” but | he gave it as his opinion the war was {lost by the Allies even before it was declared. | Lindbergh made the statements |in an address for the America First | Committed. He called for unity ;‘furthet declared: | “It is not yet too late for us to | save our own country from the chaos {and failures of this war but I be- lieve that it is not within our power in America today to win the war for England even though we throw the entire resources of our Nation into the conflict. With all of our organi- |zation of industry, we will not be able to transport an army across the ocean large enough to invade the continent of Europe successfully as |long as the strong European armies are there for its defense.” New Strike IsLooming InEdusIry | avoid | eaption said workers' homes, TVA is moving Sentriés guard a German Junkers bomber whie! pilots had given it their personal attention. The RAF the South African first wounded the Nazi plane, HOMES BY THE PIECE—_To sections, like the one shown, to dam sites in the Tennessee valley. This section is headed for Pickwick dam home colony. B R then supply a demand for small factory-built cottages in . | + By JACK STINNETT WASHINGTON, April 18, — Be cause of all the mammoth power, projects we have Deen hearing | about for years, you may be as| shocked as I was o know that the Pedera: Power Commission is| talking about a snortage of elec- tricity. It is potential — not imminent, even in the areas where the drain has been greatest—but it is going| to take some kilowatt juggling to| it. Unless the power pro- duction program is stepped up to top speed in the danger zones, says the Commission, there may be— within ‘two years or sooner, when national defense swings toward maximum capacity—blackouts of whole cities. Remember the “light- less nights” of the World War?" The last complete national re-| port on the situation was made; the first of the year, but the Pow- er Commission says the situation is getting worse, not better.| General Mofors of In- fention fo Walkout DETROIT, Mich, April 18—R. Workers, announces that his union, which only last from the Army!Saturday concluded a ten-daystrike serves: or by additional capacity |at the Ford Motor Company, has made available through intercon- Motors Corporation. Here’s what the Commission has to say: “In about half of the supply areas, there is installed or sched- uled for operation this year suffi- glent capacity to supply antici- 'appears that anticipated demands can be met by encroaching on re- Eledricity Shorfage Forecast; (ifiesMay | Have Real ‘Blackouts” o | rial areas, the demand was 53 percent more (in December) than estimated three months before.” | SHORTAGE ZONES Listed as potential shortage areas| where greatest plans must be made| for unexpected power loads: Up-) state New York, Georgia-Alabama,| Pittsburgh, Virginia, Arkansas-Lou- isiana, and northern California- | Oregon-Nevada. } This kind of talk about the na-| tion-wide power situation, pri- vate and public, sent me around to see Secretary Harold L. Ickes to Jind out how his Department of Interior power projects were sl.and«l ing the strain—and 1 got another Joit. : In 1930, when the power plans for Boulder Dam were being made, the boys looked over the situation and estimated that by 1980 they would need a capacity of 750,000 to 900,000 kilowatts. The installed | capacity of Boulder Dam today is 704,800 kilowatts and three more| generators are being added to bring| capacity immediately to 847,500 kilo-| watts—and according to the Secre- tary, every watt is needed. In words‘ of one syllable, Boulder Dam is; operating 40 years ahead of sched-| ule—a schedule laid down just ten| years ago by some of the nation’s h crashed in Arundel, England, after two Royal Air Force pilots were a South African and a Czech. The British This One Won’t Return to Germany . s —— U1.5.Bombers Go fo British At Singapore allowed the Czech'to finish it off Oriental Base of Royal Air | Force Gets Lafest Navy | Patrol Bombers | SINGAPORE, April 18— Ameri- can-made patrol bombers, the same ! as the latest additions to the United States Navy, roared in here today m‘ join the RAF after a transpacific flight. They were greeted by squad- rons of RAF pilots in Brewster-Buf- falo fighters which authorities an- ncunced were in the air within 24 hours after being uncrated. American built Lockheeds and Hudsons also roared seaward to meet the big patrpl of bombers completing the voyage across the South China Sea to join the British and Austral- ian patrols charged with keeping the Empire’s eastern sea lanes clear, MINERS NOT GOING BACK Policy Commitiee Wants cluded B_ef_ore Work NEW YORK, April 18—~The Pol-' 'RIGHTAWAY GERMAN CAPITAL SHELLED 'Heart of City—Blasied Dur- ing Night Atfack-Sec- fion Is Set Afire SUPER-BOMBS REPORTED | DROPPED FOR FIRST TIME RAF Breaks Throiigh Anfi- Aircraft Defenses—Nazis | Admit Big Assault | (By ASSOCIATED PRESS) British Air Forces retaliated vio- llently and swiftly last night for the {Nazi luftwaffes, especially the at- |tack on London Wednesday night, by blasting the very heart of Berlin idn the war's heaviest raid on the German Capital Oity, and setting the section. afire. British Minister for Home Secur- |ish Air Porce struck with lts new i super-bombs for the first time and added that “unlike the Nazis, we made no hysterical noises about re- prisals but let Hitler understand we ‘have as much right to bomb Bers lin as he has to bomb London.” The German High Command ad- mits a “small force” of British Air | Force planes dove through the anti~ aircraft defenses and started fires 'in the residential section of Berlin, and also damaged “cultural insti= tutions” including . the Prussian | State Library. | Last night Nazi raiders made at- | tacks on England but these centered on Portsmouth which was bombed for several hours. | London's millions, expecting a re= ,turn call, underwent two brief alarms. |last night, but 'no bombs fell. BREST IS ~ AIR RAIDED ' BY BRITISH Terrific Attacks Made with Casualty List High, Prop- i erly Daga_ge Huge { | VICHY, April 18—The FPrench Informaion Office announces that 76 persons were killed and 50 wounded in recent night bombardments of |statement further says. The Information Office report |says the British bombers started the raids at 11:30 o'clock at night and * ity Herbert ‘Morrison, said-the Brit - Wage Seftlement Con- |55, 25 ucomprie, e {liable to possible imprisonment of icy Committee of the United Mine dive bombed the port continuously Workers has voted not to send the yntil 1 o'clock in the morning. These £ miners back into the Nation's wlt“mm‘g took place on the nights of i coal mines until wage disputes with! April 14 and April 15. the Southern Appalachian coal op-' The Information office addeds erators have been settled. | “The bombings were the most terri= ble Brest has known, Besides a heavy - eete l‘casuauy list, fires were started and Jthe property damage is huge.” 3 - et o — DRAFT EVADER NEW Yom(.s.::( PE“_‘SE.' Gm_‘_‘_"om Magnate Joseph M. Schenck has SPOKANE, Wash., April 18. — been convicted by a Federal court Federal Judge Lewis B. Sch'aM- jury on two of four counts of in- bach has sentenced draft-evader come tax evasion charges. Hans Schimanski to serve He was acquitted of a charge months in a penitentiary as an of conspiracy. * }-mple to young people that it Under the conviction Schenck Is better to devote their time to d | ocratic principles “than to sett! ten years and fines totaling $20,-| themselves up as Hitlers in 4l (Continued on Page Seven) 000. country.”