The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 2, 1941, Page 1

4 THE DAILY ALASKA “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MAY 2, 1941. OPPOSE ROOSEVELT SHIP DEAL HOLY WAR NOW THREATENING BRITAIN ' UPR'SliG J British, Iralian Casualties in Big Sea Fight TAK'NG OF REPORTED ' 7 AXIS BOATS - IRAQAREA IS FOUGHT Native Trgom)pen Artil-| ; Opposition Develops in lery Fire on British | Senate Committee Over Forces iAirport ‘ Proposed Transaction > RICH OIL FIELDS l |""ACT OF WAR" IF MOVE INVOLEE, WARFARE, IS MADE IS ASSERTION Millions of Moslem, Arabs e L . | | Seized Craft May Be Plac- May Rally fo Call- ed in Coastwise Trade Nazi Propaganda as Compromise BULLETIN—New York, MaY—‘ M PL MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS VOL. LVIL, NO. 8714. PRICE TEN CENTS 5 i | Shes Darling of LS. U” IsNamed fo Higher Post Brifish Minister of Aircraft Production Is Depufy | Prime Minister DYNAMIC LORD MAY BECOME DICTATOR | Changes Made by Chur- | chill Following War : Policy Criticism LONDON, May 2—Lord Beaver- | brook, Minister of Aircraft Pro- Beaverbrook ' | ! 1 1 { i » | | | i | | | | | | WASHINGTON, May 2.—An un- %, 2.—Hostilities between the Brit- ish and pro-German Govern- ment of Rashid Ali Al Gailani | of Iraq broke out in that rich field in the middle east |ally Deputy Prime Minisher. duction, has been appointed to a new portfolio, Minister of State. Observors believe this is a move| to make Lord Beaverbrook virtu-| i | expectedly strong move has devel- | oped in the Senate for the curbing of the proposed authority of Presi- | dent Roosevelt to turn over the |seized Axis shipping, as he advo- cates, to Great Britain, and is now ke Top, the British destroyer Mohawk; below, the Italian destroyer A. Usodimare gdom and Iraq troops open- ed artillery fire on the British foi Presumably acting still on criti- | | cism of his war policies, Prime Min- | According to an announcement by the British ad- “ister Churchill has shaken up htsi miralty, an entire Axis convoy of three destroyers { Cabinet and the move is now in- and five cargo ships bound for Africa with troops, | terpreted as making dynamic Lord ‘ munitions and mechanized equipment has been blown up and sunk between Sicily and Tripoll by a projected as an _integral part of legislation permitting the President |to requisition and pay for about 80 foreign flag vessels lying idle in United States ports. This provision is said to have uséd & ‘storm of protest within U.:S. lroopsba;l for Vl.’u»ermum(iar INDUS‘I‘RY fl":l:':.:::nmm.?wm Ithe transfer of one belligerent’s | British squadron. One British destroyer, the Mo- hawk, ot 1,670 tons, was Lil by torpedocs and suak, One Italian destroyer was identified as the Luca Tarigo, of 1,628 tons, The Italian destroyer A.' Usodimare js a sister ship of the Luca Tarigo. " This broadcast was rd here by both the NBC CBS listening posts. The broadcast said the Iragis began shelling the Habbaniyah airport, 60 miles west of Bagh- | dad, at dawn today, the British fighting back. _The broadcast also said British women and children had been taken to the | Beaverbrook virtually a dictator of British industrigl production. 1| | The millionaire newspaper pub- | | lisher was named to the newly cre- | ated post of Minister of State and | | Britons expect him to assume con- | trol of production of all war mater- | ials. | Political observers said Beaver- | | brook’s role is in effect that of De- Margaret Landry ships to another belligerent could only be regarded as an “act of war.” Senators Bennett Champ Clark, | Democrat of Missouri, Hiram John- A sophomore at Louisiana State university, Baton Rouge, La., Mas garet Landry, 18, has been selected as “Darling of L. 8. U.” by the student body. Her picture will grace the beauty section of the L. 8. U. yearbook. { | L (Continued on Page Elgh» | A T SR o e T T T e I I R e NN T e —~—— b Air 'Spqttcr Plan WASHINGTON—The War and Navy Departments, both run by Republicans, both having impor- tant military secrets to protect, offer a contrast when it comes to censorship of the press. H Ten years ago, the War Depart- ment, then under the ebullient Patrick J. Hurley of the Hoover, Administration, placed a group of martinets in charge of Army press relations. But today, the Army, un- der public-minded Henry L. Stim- son, has selected one of its crack officers, Major General Robert C. Richardson, to handle its press section and has revolutionized :ts attitude toward newspapermen. | War Department executives even invite criticism. When this column exposed the exorbitant fees paid to real estate operators in buying Jand for Army camps, Under Sec- retary of War Patterson gaveevery possible cooperation and thanked the writers for helping to correct an evil. | General Mavshall, Chief of Staff, adopted the same attitude regard- ing this column’s investigation of inefficiency in the construction of army camps. He said that while the Army made mistakes, they could be more easily avoided in the future if there was frank pub- lic discussion of the facts. In contrast was the Navy's at- tempt to crack down on news sources when this column reported that 30 of the brand new destroy- ers -were to topheavy that they tended to turn turtle if too much fuel ofl was taken out of their holds. PEACETIME CENSORSHIP | Censorship in the Navy is not new. Colonel Frank Knox's argu-! ment for news control today Is based upon the fact that we are in an emergency with a warring world all around us. But even in times of peace, the Navy has done its best to censor any news. re- (Contipued on Page Four) L .. Organization of between 500,000 and 600,000 civilian volunteers to serve as_a nation-wide .force of air raid spotters has been placed Delos C. Emmons, commander of the General Headquarters Air Force at Bolling field, Washing- ton, D. C. The war department announced the plan, explaining that enrollment will be carried out Iby, the four air force headquarters, BRITISH SHIP LOSSES, BALKAN CAMPAIGN, HUGE German MMry Spokes- man Claims 900,000 Tons Destroyed BERLIN, May 2—The German Military spokesman declared today Great Britain lost- 900,000 tons of shipping in the Balkan campaign. Tonnage. put out of action includ- ed 360,000 tons sunk, and about 98 vessels “heavily damaged” the latter including several 10,000 ton ships. under the direction of Lieut. Gen. ! Former King Carol Sails | || From Lisbon | | | 'Report Made that He Is| Aboard American Ship | Bound for Cuba it iy | BERNE, May 2—Former King Carol of Rumania has sailed from Lisbon aboard the American ship Excambion according to reports reaching here, Sailing with him is| Magda Lupescu, his red-haired| friend, and Ernest Urdareanu, his former aide. | It is reported the former King and his party are probably enroute to Cuba. o e | NazisDoNot | Would Be Disturbed | Is Consensus BERLIN, May 2—The American | flag in the Eurvpean War Zune‘ would “directly disturb interests of | Greater Germany” in the opinion of semi-Nazi sources. H The Dienst aus Deutschland, com- | mentary close to Wilhelmstrasse, in | summarizing the German conten- tions, placed this point first and| then added: “Never has the Reich pursued any | other policy in the Western Hemis- | phere than on legitimate commer- cial objectives. There are no grounds for trouble between the two pecples; unless one intentionally seeks' 1t.hem." 3 * 1 | Churchill also merged the min- | erick Thomas Leathers, virtually lon the charge of manslaughter, the wan' Flag 0' ;‘swooped low over a turnip field near . - u ln ar |dicted are Joseph Thompson, 23, of | | Interests of Greater Europe |sirs. ‘wasert eninine s, moter of NEW WAR | puty Prime Minister. isteries of Shipping and Transpor- | tation and gave a new portfolio of Wartime Communications to Fred- unknown. J. T. C. Moore, former Transport Minister, has been given Beaver- brook’s old job of aircraft produc- tion managament and Ronald Cross, former Shipping Minister, has been named High Commissioner in Aus- tralia. Navy FHiers Indicted in - Death Case Their Plane Swooped Low | Over Field - Woman Worker Beheaded | The army transport took on ammunition American Legion is shown at New York where it before leaving with troops for Bermuda. The Goldiers will sexve at the base in Bermuda acquired from the British in the swap of fifty destroyers. —ero—— AUSTRALIA | son, Republican of California, and SPEED UP others took a stand that such a North Carolina, said he would not . be surprised if a majority voted to st 'y Hours a Day' Seven 'gl‘::r;;rotecuve custody by the Coas Day Week for Defense } Chairman Walter F. George, WASHINGTON, May 2 — Presl- preqicted some compromise will be dent Roosevelt today called on the‘ worked out under which the vessels and seven days a week," relleving| them only for overhaul and repair.' tion Management, The President also urged that transfer is a warlike gesture. Chair- man J. W. Balley, Democrat of . | . | restrict the American use of German | President Requests Twen- reiric the Anertan e o > taken | Democrat of Georgia, presiding over | the Foreign Relations Committee, defense industry to work its ma-|.oulq be used in American coastal chine tools for “24 hours a day grade, The President made his appeal through the office of the Produc-| !Lhe supply of new machine tools be | expedited. 4 | | In making the appeal, the Presi-| dent said an “ever increasing de- mand for munitions, planes and ships was caused by the critical! APPEALING, sithation that confronts our Na- ou I ( K AI D tion.” Prime Minister Asks that SIEGE OF ™"United Sales Send MINNETTE, Alabama, May 2.— Two Navy fliers have been indicted | death of an Alabama farm woman, | beheaded on March 25 when a plxnei Robertsdale. | Sheriff Stuart said the fliers in- | Healddburg, California, and Paul Brown, 22, of Chicago. They were named in th true bills voted by the county grand jury for the death of Touls et | By JACK STINNETT | | WASHINGTON, May 2—For the con-men, it's always open season jon congressmen. | The jobs of Senators and mem- bers of the House (and for that) | matter, any other persons Who, | hold their posts by popular elec- | tion) are no more secure than | AIERIAL | their reputations. To become in- IN AFRI(A‘volv:d in a shady transaction or | | some wolf with a slick confidence game is almost political death. The con-men know his. The (By Associated Press) congressmen know it. It makes British sources in Cairo said the:m" congressman wary and a hard 108s of equipment in Greece is be- nut to crack. It makes the smart ing offset by the arrival of w;]con-men willing only to try their, to be caught playing the goat for, | quantities of new war material, | slickest tricks around Washington. The risk, is great, but once they much of it American made, now ]mva gotten inside and over the pouring into Africa, SLICKEST TRICKS ARE TRIED BY CON-MEN ON - MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TOBRUKIS Material af Once LONDON, May 2—Prime Minis- ! ter Robert Menzies of Australia to- day appealed to the United States ilor “help on a great scale.” | The Australlan official further | sald: “We cannot approach this PERE vl oy |war In an amateur way. We are BmISh in (:oumer A"a(k_:loolnng forward hopefully and | confidently for material help we Fleet Shelling AXis | need. We need extra strength from : a strong people so that the war tirst hurdle, they feel pretty safe| Concentrations will not last too long.” —for no poliician can afford to| P | T TR I raise any hue and cry over the (By Associated Press) i fact that he has played dumb. | In the siege of Tobruk, on the‘ SIo(K ouo'A'lo"S It isn't often that congressmen Libyan coast in North Africa, the | will even whisper off-the-record| British Middle East Headquarters | when they have been bilked by|announce the British garrison has/ NEW YORK, May 2 — Closing some sharper—but by whispering| counter attacked and smashed 11 quotation of Alaska Juneau mine at least among themselves, they| Axis tanks and inflicted heavy cas- | stock today is 4%, American Can have just broken up a smooth bit| ualties. |79 3/4, Anaconda 23'4, Bethlehem of chicanery that for a few days| The big guns of the British fleet, Steel 170, Commonwealth and threatened to spread all over the|lying off Tobruk harbor, are also|Southern %, Curtiss Wright 8%, place. I'll tell you the story. raining shells on the Axis troop Harvester 43%, Kennecott 32%, " concentrations. |New York Central 12, Northern W;,’h"“"‘” SEVERAL I::":s | Yesterday it was reported the Axis | Pacific 6%, United States Steel e game was worked several| roroes nad penetrated the inner de- |52', Pound $4.03%. times—just how many not even | fenses of Tobruk. members of Congress themselves| know—but just let someone try it today and he will find himself rat-' Continued on DOW, JONES AVERAGES The first oil well was brought| The following are today’s Dow, SR A R in in 1859 by Colone] Edwin L.Jones averages: industrials 1}5.72, Page Seven) Drake. rails 28.51, utilities 17.80. —_————— reported helping the garrison by‘Genernl Motors 37%, International .