The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 9, 1941, Page 1

VOL. LVIL, NO. 8720. HE DAILY ALASKA E “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” RAF MAKES SM GERMANY | PROTESTS SHIP Blll; Right of Amerian Aid fo| Britain Is Challenged, | Unofficial Report | WASHINGTON, May 9. — The| German Government, it is reported | on reliable sources, has challenged | the American aid to Great Britain | for the first time. The challenge | is in a formal note in connection ! with the pending legislation author- | izing requisition of idle foreign ships | now in harbors of the United States. Secretary of State Cordell Hull said the new German note might have been sent from the German | Embassy to the State Department | but it has not yet come to his atten- ticn but when it does, he will study it The note objects to the legislation | on the ground it violates both the | International Law and commercial treaty between the United States | and Germany, according to reports On Capitol Hill, one group of Senators indicated they felt the leg- | islation will pass and talked of | seeking an amendment to the House | approved version that would pro- hibit transfer of the seized Axis vessels to England. The House vot- ed down such a ban. HAROLD BROWN NOW RESERVE OFFICER Supply Sergeant Hareld )Jrowny of Company A, 297th Inf., Alaska National Guard, last night passed\ his Examining Board to receive a commission as a Second Lieu-{ tenant in the National Guard o( the United States. Brown, now a reserve officer in| the National Guard, is the sixth enlisted man in the Juneau units| of the National Guard to pass ex- aminations and qualifications to bhe | added to the reserve officers’ ros- ter of the armed forces of United States. | .e—— The U. S. Navy must spend more | time training a pilot than is re-| quired to manufacture the plane he flies. WASHINGTON — White HouseE advisers who have talked with the | President about the war over a period of months find that he has followed a fairly consistent course regarding convoys. Shortly after the election, when the Duke of Windsor visited the President on' his yacht near the! Bahamas, Roosevelt was definitely against convoys. And even last month, when every member of the Cabinet favored us- ing the U. 8. Navy to protect British merchant ships, the President still was against it. - His Cabinet and congressional leaders wanted him to move under his power as Com- mander-in-Chief, but Roosevelt op- posed. The thing that seems to stick in the President’s mind is the manner in which his old chief, Woodrow | Wilson, was criticized for dragging the country into war after his re-| election. Roosevelt has dreaded in- curring the same stigma. But mean- while two things have happened which appear likely to catapult the President into action whether he; likes it or not. One is the disastrous predicament of the British. Two is realization that the system of patrolling the North Atlantic is going to be miore difficult than originally supposed. There are only about 40 U. S. warships available for patrol work, allowing for those which must put into port for periodic refueling and overhauling. This means that to the At a French Refugee Camp s "'?‘"s,« Here are the first pictures received the refugee camps which dot unoccupied France, sheltering refugee Jews from many lands and thousands of refugees from the Spanish civil war. Top, a new batch of arrivals are unloaded from lorries under supervision of French soldiers. Lower, they get government-provided , rations, for many. of them their first full meal in months. (ONGRESSMEN 'DON'T GET JAGON MANY SUBJECTS SEEK ut f The $3,000 per month which Mrs. Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., the former Lady Sylvia Ashley, receives from Fairbanks' estate, is, too much, according to objections filed in Los Angeles recently by other heirs, including Douglas Fair- banks, Jr. Mrs. Fairbanks is pic- tured in court at the estate hear- ing. She asked that the amount be continued on grounds that it was consistent with the “manner of living” of Fairbanks and her- self during his lifetime. More Aliens Going fo Be -'Rounded Up NEW YORK, May 9.—Immigra- tion Operatives, who took 360 Ger- man seamen into custody on Wed- nesday, today launched another round-up of aliens, arresting many patrol an area 2,000 miles long and about 45 miles wide (90,000 square (Coutinued on Page Four) Tialians, Scores of others are now sought, accused of overstaying their permits to remain in the United States. | | News of the Day Newsreel in the United States showing one of GET OFF : US WRONG' By JACK STINNETT | WASHINGTON, May 9 — The/ | House of Representatives went on, a “don't-get-us-wrong” fag tae| other day and you would have| thought these “often honestly mis- understood” gentlemen were on 2a | nation-wide broadcast to their con- stituents instead of just talking | among themselves. | | It came about when Rep. John iwA McCormack of Massachusetts | | brought to the floor a bill to ap-| ! propriate $15000 to set up a| !branch of the Capitol House re - | :tauranl in the House office build- {ing, just across the street to the | south of the Capitol. Mr. McCormack explained the | necessity in detail. It seems that| every lunch hour the congress- ! | men, their guests and office em-} ployees have been getting into that old ‘“can’t-get-a-seat-can’t-| get-any-service” trouble. (The con- gressmen should come with me any noon down to the War Department, Interior or half a dozen other de- partmental cafeterias. I'd show them what real trouble is in try- ing to get served in the 30 min- utes most government workers are allowed for lunch.) i “It is believed,” Mr. McCormack | elucidated, “that if this restau- rant is established, a good part of our own office force would eat there and in .this way relieve the situation that exists in the restau- rant downstairs NO FREE MEALS It was then that Rep. Earl C.| Michener of Michigan started the avalanche, with: “The gentleman has suggested that the people eat- ing in the restaurant (in the Capi- tol) are usually guests of members of the House. I want it underswod." of course, that they ‘are guests and the checks are paid by the indi- vidual members of the House. There are no free meals for mem- bers or guests. “We ofttimes receive. letters as well as see newspaper comments (ot in these columns, Mr. Mich- ener!) that members of the House enjoy this restaurant and that tae Government or the taxpayers pay for the food. Of course, we all know that this is not true and in this new restaurant there is to be no food furnished anyone for nothing.” Mr. McCormack said that he was happy Mr. Michener had made that contribution, “because there is an awful lot of honest (Cantinued on Pnle Seven) i |in the Indian ocean. SEARAIDER SENT DOWN' BY BRITIS Batfle Takes Place in ln- dian Ocean-Many o i ONDON, May 9.—The British' Ad-, | miralty today announces thes ton British eruiser Comwsll\ nk a German commerce raider in. %1 mtle The Cornwall rescued Tl,, merchant seamen the raider had | taken' as' prisoners, and alsa L: ot the German survivors of ,t!"& "It is believed the raider . 121,000 ton transatlantfe: ) land it is estimated “that mg g'i carried 300 crewmen. Thistl that 247 of the crew)lost their i when the raider was sent dbvm the Cornwall s ——————— Vichy Gives "In to What Nazi Demand German T'rg;;s May Now Pass Through French Mandated Terrifory *; LONDON, May 9.—A Reuters dis- | patch quotes the Berlin correspon- dent of the Swiss newspaperBasler Nachrichten as reporting he believes the Vichy Government has agreed to the passage of German troops | through French mandated terri- |tories including Syria. This, it is said, is thought to be the price for German concessions cencerning the occupation of the French homeland. fSays U. S._ Is Already Inthe War Presndent s Eldest Son Makes Statement in Cairo CAIRO, May 9.—Capt. James Roosevelt, here as an observer for the United States Marine Corps, ex- | pressed the opinion today the Unit- | ed States “except for sending troops, is already in the war.” The President’s eldest son made the statement in response to a ques- ticn whether he thought the United States could best aid Great Britain |by entering the war or by staying out of it longer. British Aid Question Now AIShowdown‘ Another Cabinet Member Makes Pointed State- ment fo Answer WASHINGTON, May 9—Renew- ed Cabinet emphasis on the impor- tance of assuring safe delivery of British aid supplies “right now” has furthered belief a showdown is near on the subject. Secretary of Agriculture Claude R. Wickard, some sources thought, may have indicated the way the question will be posed when he said last night that if the United States did not intend to d England “our help, let’s tell her so.” PIRE JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1941. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS 't ‘HEW WAGE AGREEMENT ISACCEPTED Union Machinists in Alaska Salmon Canneries Vote fo Accept Increase SEATTLE, May 9—Tii¢ major ob- |stacle at the start of thv salmon | fishing operations in Alaska has en lifted. The Machinist Union lccals in Seattle and Bellingham | last night voted overwhelmingly to| accept the new wage agreement |made by the Alaska Canned Salmon ]ndustry ‘ The agreement grants wage in- | creases of $100 to $300 for the four- month season for shop machinists }‘md also grants wage increases to | helpers, | PefainIs -~ Very lll, Is Report 'French Chief of Stafe Rush- ed to Riviera for Treatment | LONDON, May 9~The Yorkshire | News said it has been informed that ‘Marshal Henri Petain, Prench Chief of State, has been rushed to the | Rivitra in. an attempt to relieve a| kidney ailment. | The newspaper said Vice Premier | Admiral Jean Darlan warned of the possibility of grave .complications for the old Marshal. STOCK QUOTATIONS | NEW YORK, May 9 — Closing| quotation of Alaska Juneau mine; stock today is 4%, American Can| 79%, Anaconda 25, Bethlehem Steel| 69 3/4, Commonwealth and South-| ern %, Curtiss Wright 8%, Gen-| |eral Motors 38% , Interna‘ional| | Harvester 44%, Kennecott 34% New York Central 13 3/4, Northern Pacific 7%, Pound $4.03%. DOW, JONES AVERAGES | The following are today’s Dow,! Jones averages: ,|chant ships. | rails 29.01, utilities 17.31. ollce Oflicers Killed Lieutenant_Sh—ot Down in, His Office by Suspended Patrolman in Portland | BULLETIN—Pcrtland, May 9. —The bedy of Patrolman Chase, 57, have been fcund near Esta- conda, 50 miles from here, inside his locked car., He had shot | himself through the head. | | PORTLAND, Oregon, May 9. Arthur Chase, suspended police pa-| trolman, walked into the Precinct Office of Lieut. P. R. Johnson, 67, at 3:25 o'clock this morning and emptied seven shots from an auto- matic revolver into the Lieutenant’s body, killing him instantly, Chase escaped in a car, the li- cense number of which the police| obtained. Detective Captain Keegan has or-| dered a statewide search for Chase, | warning that he is dangerous. | Chase was suspended for failure| {to lcport for duty last Wednesday. VIOLENT AIR ATTACK MADE UPON CONVOY lfalian Command Claims; | Damage Done to Ships | in Mediterranean | (By ASSOCIATED PRESS) | Mussolini’'s Command reports a violent air attack on a strongly es- corted British convoy somewhere in the Western Mediterranean. The Fascist buletin said torpedo and bomb hits were scored on two British battleships, an aircraft car- rier, two cruisers and three mer- The Italian high command admits | that five Italian ‘planes were shot! {down during the attack and in a Combined services of Pan American Airways System and United Air Lines form the world’s longest north- south air rcute, extending from Nome, Alaska, to Buenos Aires, Argentine—10,964 miles. new landplane service from Seattle to Alaska are, from left, Radio Operator O. J. Johnson, First Officer John Knepper and Capt. Murray Stuart of Pan American Airways Systém, and Stewardess Cleda Defa- baugh and Capt. E. J. smfl,h nl Unlled Air l.lm!L iscussing the (Alfl OFF FISHING IN BRISTOL BAY| :Columbia RiTe;Packers Association Charters Shipfo Loag Lumber ASTORIA, Oregon, May 9.—The Columbia River Packers Assoc¢iation has cancelled fishing in Bristol Bay for the coming season and announc- ed the chartering of their cannery ship William L. Thompson, 8800 ton | vessel, to Dant and Russell to lift a cargo of lumber at Coos Bay for the east coast. Directors_of the Columbia River | Packers Association said cancella- tion of the fishing in Bristol Bay is due to “prohibitory demands of the unions.” IRAQ AIR FORCE IS DESTROYED British Repgrfileei Bomb- ed Ouf af Two Fields Near Baghdad - (By ASSOCIATED PRESS) A Royal Air Force bulletin this morning announces the ‘“probable complete destruction of the entire Iraq Air Force” in two bombing at- tacks on the Kakuba and Shanna- ban landing fields not far from | Baghdad. CONTRACT LET, HOUSING UNITS WASHINGTON, May Navy Department announces that in addition to existing contracts the Siems Spokane Company and as.so- ciates now building at Alaska Naval running fight with British planes of the cenvoy. air stations has been given a con- H ON GERMANY Alaska on Worlt_l’s Longest North-South Route | | | industrials 116.46, | which went into the air in defenseltract to cover 25 housing units atl | Kodiak to cost $87.500. | flame ATKODIAK BASE 9. — The| IMASS ATTACK IS MADE ON NAZI CENTERS |Biggest Rm | Air Force Assault of War Raged During Last Night HAMBURG, BREMEN ARE ‘SHOWEREDEIH BOMBS | Whole Loads of Explosives Sent Down-Areas En- gulfed in Flames (By ASSOCIATED PRESS) Waves of British bombers, in the biggest Royal Air Force smash of the war, dumped “tens of thou- sands” of fire bombs and “hundreds of tons" of high explosives on Ham- barg and Bremen and also attacked Berlin overnight. The British statement sald in a far ranging expedition Royal Air Force warplanes flew as far as Posen, Poland, in the British longest furay since the last raids on Italy, months ago, with the long range British bombers flying at least 550 wiles to reach the Posen area or 1100 miles on the round trip. London dispatches said probably between 300 and 400 warplanes. iargest RAF bombing armada ev: assembled in a single night’s raid, were engaged in the sweep ncross GH e tish’ Air Ministry said (he RAI-’ suuck tize hardest blows on Germany's two big centers of nasal construction, hitting Bremea ard Hamburg and also Berlin. Hitler's Command admits some industrial damage was done by strong “enemy” forces at Hamburg acd Bremen and also declared that “ncavidual enemy planes passed over the Reich's capital city and renetrated the region of Posen last wght, and were chased, Anilair- craft guns downed eleven of the at- tacking planes.” Nazi quarters said no hombs fell on beriin but acknowledges & con- siderable number of deaths resulicd irom “enemy” bombings clsewhere in Germany. ‘The British Air Ministry said the Ttamburg and Bremen atta::s were carried out in bricht moonligh® that saw RAF bombers streaming over bowb cities in a constant procession ¢ischarging whole loads at appoint- ea targets. KAF pilots said whole areas were engulfed in flames and tecvifie ex- ricsions were heard. Smoke from lne fires ascended to 10,900 feet in the air. The Air Ministry says tea RAF planes were downed in the sweep over Germanv and 12 p'ancs were downed over England in raids last | night. HULL PORT ISBOMBED; FIRES SET Terrific Afi;t_kls Made on English Port of Entry by German Warplanes (By ASSOCIATED PRESS) Hitler's luftwaffe again violently assaulted English cities last night and sea battles are reported both in the Mediterranean Sea and In- dian Ocean. The transit port of Hull, possible entry of American war supplies was subjected to the major attack and this morning, according to German reports, the entire city, with a pop- ulation of 350,000, was shrouded with tinged smoke. Returning Nazi pilots declared the red glow from fires at Hull was seen 70 miles away, It was the eighth straight night of the speeded-up Nazi attacks on Britain. e Lord Beaverbrook, Britain's Min~ !ister of Alreraft Production, imp- ishly borrow his title from the name of a tiny village in north- ern Ontario.