The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 23, 1941, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, ‘APRIL 23, 1941. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS VOL. LVIL, NO. 8706. GREECES ARMY SURRENDERS @ G FLEES WHILE GERMANS SWEEP ON NO.AMERICA | FIGHTING ON, BALKANS IS | IS DEFENDED SAYSREPORT ABOUT OVER [ London Broadcast CIaimsiVioIent Eigmn Day As- ' Unifed States, Canada Pre- 5 " | pared, Even to 900 British, Greeks Holding | sault Appears fo Be Lines in New Areas | Debacle for Allies Miles f[OT Shore | | OTTAWA, Al A-stayor Le-| ' WHITE FLAG OF TRUCE BRITISH FORCES ARE [ GIVEN QUICK ANSWER ! IN DESPERATE RETREAT Guaidia, co-Chairman of the Unit- |ed states and Canadian Joint De-| | fense Board, declared here today RO ' Dive Bombers Destroying Transports in Harbors ~Escape Impossible | the two nations are prepared to de- | (By Associated Press) @ @ KIN ki b e Winn'’s a Beauty Winner | Two Choices Face Expedi- | tionary Force, Outnum- { bered, Outgunned | (By Associated Press) | | fend not only the North American | | coastline but the s for more than | | 200 miles from shore. { 4 RAFReceives Salvage and rescue workers move through debris left by the heavy German air raid on London, an eight- | hour assault described us the most damaging of the war. This nicture was cabled from Lonidom. - Only One Plane Ts Lost in A Despite the reported Nazi break| through Thermopylae Pass and the collapse of the Greek armies, es- | pecially in the northeast, the Lon- | don broadcasts late this afternoon declared the British and Greek forces are still fighting stubbornly, | holding the lines unbroken in “new positions.” The Italian High Command an-! nountes that the Greek Ariny Jf’ | the Epirus, estimated at over 150,~ | 000 by the Fascists, laid down their Greece's Army of the Epirus has surrendered and King George the " Second has fled from Athens, with his Government, to the Isle of Crete. Berlin reports that Hitler's blitz- krieg armies have “annihilated" the British rear guards at Ther- mopylae and swept on through Thermopylae Pass, thus in 18 ddys;, the” violent assault in the ' Battle of the Balkans appeared all but ended today in an Allied deb- ~ — “The SURVEYING RAID DAMA Ferry Service Befween | ottt arms.at :04 oloektonight e, ace New World E"gland il | three high ranking Greek officers, Greeks Capitulate » ,o R R e i | . Named the college man’s “ideal type of beauty,” Winn Jones, Duke |appeared undet a white flag of, Nazi quarters in Berlin said at i | Y ol { university junior from Washington, D. C., has _been selected 1941 truce and asked for terms. , least 50,000 Greek troops have . N é . :brl‘;chl;?i}:‘is:p:\:x:zerogf f;_‘c‘;i;;» Duke beauty queen by the inter-fraternity council of the University The answer went back “uncondi-| capitulated unconditionally, caught % " 4 of Southern California, which studied photographs of 21 Duke tional surrender.” !in the Axis trap in the retreat | Production, today told the House of Lords, “nearly 1,000 assembled Am-' erican and Canadian aircraft have - T been handed over to the RAI D E co-eds. King’s Statement | from Albania and in the pincer | In Athens, King George the Sec- movements in Greece. ond, declared bitterly the Greek' Berlin declares that Nazi Pan- troops “signed an armistice with-'zer columns, plunging through out our knowing it and their sur-| Thermopylae Pass, 100 miles from render in no way binds the free Athens, are relentlessly pursuing + will of the Greek Nation.” | the British Expeditionary forces' in ! King George also announcesthat the retreat to the Hellenic Capital | | | Miss Jones is active on the campus. { i A'i- H R A I NS Operate on Dr. Da(uc; | Beaverbrook further said: “Up to this moment we have lost only one aircraft in the ferry service between America and this country.” WASHINGTON—The CIO steel| | The British Minister said the Ad- | miralty has received within the past ON PLYMOUTH “under the hard destinies of war”/and with German Stuka dive bomb- he is moving with his entire Gov-| ers reported to have destroyed sev- ;few days 95 aircraft by sea, 355 tons of airplane parts and 326 engines. Rl 7 SR R ernment to the Isle of Crete, 15ien ships, totaling 37,000 tons and miles off the southeast tip of damaging 12 other ships in Greek Greece, waters within the past 24 hours, workers owe their spectacular wage-increase victory to & man who is one of their bitterest foes. He is Ernest T. Weir, former Treasurer of the Republican Na- tional Committee and head of the Weirton Steel Company, which is| under charges before the National Labor Relations Board in the long- est case on record. The story of| how this militant anti-CIO bat- tler broke the resistance (o its wage demands is one of the most extraordinary in steel's turbulent history. The Steel Workers Organizing Committee (CIO’s steel union) aimed its first shaft at U. S. Steel, mighty giant of the industry, which | has had a contract with the SWOC for several years. Theory behind the strategy was that once “Big Steel” came to terms, the others [FastVessels Sent Brifish, Asserts Knox Craft Capafiof Makin Mile a Minute Now Ready for Shipment WASHINGTON, April 23—Secre- | | ESecond Nigmf Bombing . of English Town - Hos- I pifals, Churches Hit . PLYMOUTH, England, April 23.— A rcaring luftwalfe smashed down at Plymouth last night as the Ger- man air force raided the English town for the second successive night, lpmng death and destruction on the 'already hard hit city. = The violent assault was felt hy‘ imany as blazing fires caused con- | isiderable damage to homes, business buildings, churches, hospitals and The fate of the British, badly! doubt is expressed whether many outnumbered and outgunned, even!of the British Expeditionary Forces before the collapse of Greece's in Greece will ever see home again. army in the northwest, is uncer-| Transports Destroyed tain. | The German High Command British Position | says that the ships destroyed are Two choices appeared today—one' chiefly transports and many had —to abandon Greece entirely, pre-| aboard units of British troops flee- sumably in a “Dunkerque” escape ing from Greece, thus they were with the help of the British fleet,' unable to do any fighting to save ‘and two—to attempi a hazardous| themselves. retreat through Athens to Pelopon-| It is admitted by the Germans nesus, the “watch fob” of South-' there has been a terrific toll ~of ern Greece. | death on both sides in the Battle The German radio, late today, of the Balkans and it is not ended asserted that 35,000 British so'-|yet. diers have gone down in British| transports, sunk by Nazi dive I } bombers in Greek waters. This is| estimated to be about one-half of| the British contingent. tary of Navy Frank Knox said today ' theatres. about 20 fast naval motor torpedo| " gren hombs exploding about them, | boats were ready for delivery 10| oc0)0 crews worked hour after hour | Great Britain as part of the lend‘m release those trapped in public |and lease program and are N‘h’y‘shelurs on the way now. 1 3 - KINGPETER |~ TROOPS would have to fall into line. In his first talk with U. S.Steel officials, Phil Murray mentioned no specific figure. The company of- ficers indicated willingness to con- sider a pay readjustment and pro- ' Dr. Allan Roy Dafoe” | 'Dr. Allan Roy Dafoe, 57-year-old *|country doctor who brought the | |famed Dionne quintuplets into the Two passers-by pause to look at some of the debris left by the heaviest German air raid on London since the war began. British sources identify it only as the wreckage of “houses on a famous London posed a five-cent an hour in- crease. Meanwhile the CIO offensive had become hot on another front— the vast Ford plant in Detroit. In the midst of this battle, marchers suddenly appeared before = Weir's| unorganized plant bearing signs/ reading, “Ernie, You're Next!” TEN CENTS FROM ERNIE Weir, of course, knew about the wage demand on U. 8. Steel; and realized he would have to dupli-| cate any increase it granted. Fur-| ther, it was no secret to him that U. S. Steel was talking five cents. If he acted first and voluntarily granted a pay boost that topped the offer of his competitor, which had a union contract, the union: would be at a disadvantage in try-| ing to organize Weir's workers. Weir acted. He annourced a 10- cent an hour increase. p street.” This picture was cabled from London. "LISTENING POSTS OF NATIONAL DEFENSE” IN OPERATION EVERY HOUR —_— Federal Communications Commis- By JACK STINNETT !sion. Their object? To ferret out WASHINGTON, April 23—While every syllable of “subversive and you are asleep—-no matter what your other pertinent” radio propaganda hours—men sit glued to their dials from abroad.” and earphones and radio gadgets.! Wax records and written notespre-| put to work a new saff of 350 serve what they hear. These pour technicians, translators, slerks, pro-| into Washington to be transcribed, pogangs analysts and - other ex- | The Navy Secretary said the boats are capable of speeds of more than one mile a minute and'are shipped ‘|across rather than undertaking a trans-Atlantic crossing under their own power. GREEK KING ON ISLAND LONDON, Aril 23.—A Reuters dis- patch from Athens tonight says a radio has broadcast that King George the Second and his Govern- ment officials have arrived on the To accomplish this,"the FOC has|Island of Crete safely. ——————— FOSS TO SITKA Juneau architect Harold Foss was Privately, his fellow operators raged. But the shooting was all| over. U, S. Steel, with a vast in- From the Canal Zone to our northern borders, these new 24- |bour “listening posts of national jdeleme" have been set up by the translated, decoded and studled. | perts This staff 15 in addition to| [the radio detectives whose duty it|® Passenger to Sitka on the steam- is to locate te er North Sea which left Juneau yes- ! Wa Tiste b MO ariged terday afternoon. Foss will be in (Continued on Page Five) Sitka for several days on business, NEW GREEK LINE IS BEING FORMEDNOW LONDON, April 23.—A Reuters dispatch from Cairo says it is re- lably reported there late this after- noon the British and Greeks have {formed a new line not far from Ath- lens, easing other positions. ol RAVER DT WALLIS GEORGE SAILS Wallis George, President of ‘the Juneau Cold Storage Company, left Juneau on the steamer North Sea yesterday afternoon on a short busi- ness trip. He will come back tomor- row when the steamer returns here southbound.: ‘,wotld seven years ago, is recover- ring in a Toronto, Ontario, hos- pltu after undergoing a major operation. A G B GAMES TODAY The following are final scores of games played this afternoon in the two major leagues as received up to press time: National League Philadelphia 0; Brooklyn 4. New York 5; Boston 4. Pittsburgh 1; 8t. Louis 3. American League Chicago 5; Detroit 13. Cleveland 5; St. Louis 2. ‘Washington 7; Philadelphia 11. New York 4; Boston 2. ' e —— Recent archeological discoveries ‘ Yugoslaviamonarfh, His, FiGHTS ON EMBARK 4 FOR Alu[s Rome Has Report B. E. F. Is Boarding Available Ships, Greek Harbors . . . ROME, April 23.—A correspondent Government, Establish- for Giornaic Diata, now on the . o4 {Greek front, late this afternoon ra- ed in New Section [aioed that Bricih troops have negun et |to board what transports are avail- LONDON, April 23 —British Sec-|able at Piraeus and other Greek retary of State for War Anthony ports as the Germans approached to Eden told Parliament today that Within 35 miles of Athens. King Peter of Yugoslavia and his e Government have established them- RETURN TO SITKA selves in the Middle East and will! Neill Andersen, business man of continue the struggle as an ally of Sitka, who has been in Juneau on Great Britain. | business and pleasure, returned to Unverified reports said King Pe- his home town aboard the Narth ter had arrived at Jerusalem after'Sea accompanied by Mrs. Ander- have located part of the buried|the German armies had entered and sen. city of Ezion-geber, site of King| Solomon’s naval base on the Red Sea mentioned in the Book of Kings. crossed the nation. ————————— e | ot dwehing ruins in Glass container production in'date from about 500 B, C. to | 1940 was 50 percent above 1929. lmlddle of the thirteenth century. ‘the