The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 15, 1941, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. LVIL, NO. 8725. A 60PLANTS, 22 STATES HARD HIT Walkouts S-i;g;ed in Gen-. eral Motors Corporation ' Factories in Nation AGREEMENT T0 DELAY SUCH ACTION BROKEN| Hudson Motor Company Plans Also Involved in ! - Disputes on Wages (By ASOCIATEL PRESS) The United Automobile Workers Union has called a strike against three Hudson Motor Company plants in' Detroit and the General Motors Corporation reports a walk- out in its Plint Chevrolet works de- spite an agreement to postpone the strike against the General Motors until Friday. i The walkout at Flint came just a few hours before the Defense Med-' iation Board -announced - that - an agreement had been made for post- ponement of a strike against 60 plants of' General Motors in 22/ states, for one day. | The walkout in the Flint plant,| CIO union officials said, took place | because postponement word was | | Hudson walkout in Detroit The (Continued on page Six) CThe T | WASHINGTON—One of the most | vigorous inner Cabinet debates in| a long time took place the other day { over the question of freezing Ger- ! man-Italian funds on deposit in the United States. In a heated discus- | sion, Secretary of State Hull and Secretary of Commerce Jesse Jones; i were the only Cabinet members who | stood out for letting the two Axlsi powers continue to spend money as | they wished in this country. | Many people may not realize it, but whereas the Govérnment frozen the funds of all the con- quered nations — Francey Norway, | Denmark, Belgium, Hol! wey etc—it contifues to permit the ¢ quering nations to use their money in the U. 8. A. in any mannr they wish. z | For instance, Germany géts more | than a million dollars monthly from | the lease of patents to American companies. This is paid in American dollars and can be spent for nnu-‘» American propaganda or anything else, or shipped back to Germany. Italian diplomatic attaches, for in- stance, were found carrying $2,000,- 000 in U. S. currency in a suitcase from New Orleans to Mexico for propaganda purposes. Another $2,- | 000,000 of U. S. currency was ship- ped to Buenos Aires by the Italian Embassy. Meanwhile, France, for example,l no longer sells perfume, etc., to the United States, but sells to Germany, which in turn ships the perfume: through Vladivostok to the Umted; States. Reason is that French funds | are frozen, so the Prench can get no | money from the U. S. A. But Ger- | man funds are not frozen, so French | jrade to the United States now in- | creases Nazi profits and helps build | up trade channels for the future. 5 HOT CABINET SPLIT All this came to a head at a Cab- inet meeting last week. Five mem- | e L (Continved on Page Four) | f i Three young actresses were happy becausc Judge Emett Wilson of a Los Angeles Superior Court app Bros. studio calling for average salaries of $75 a week. Left to right: Faith Dorn, 16, of New Orleans; Neb, | SENT DOWN N A M E S—_penny Singleton, the movie siar, named “No. 1 blonde” by beauty shop owners in a New York convention. models a new swim suit covered with Hawaiian names. First Atfack Made, Syria VICHY, May 15.—Neutral sources here said the British have attacked an airdrome in French Mandated Syria but the French Foreign Office says it knows nothing of events in Syria. ud Joan Winfield, of Melbourne, Australia. : “ALL THE NE JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 15, 1941. HESS MYMTERY FORCES OF ' NAZIMOVE INTO IRAQ Germans Filter Info lime‘ Country Through French Mandated Syria "GO AHEAD SIGNAL” | " GIVEN FOR ATTACK | Work of A)Hs—Propagandi' Agitators Indicated- Situation_Quiet LONDON, May 15. — German | forces have moved into Iraq by way | of French mandated Syria and are | | using the Syrian airfields for luft- | | waffe stopovers, the British Govern- | ment announced today. The scope of the inflitration is| unknown but the British Middle, East Headquarters announcement says the Germans have lmwered‘ { the “urgent appeal of aid made by | Rashid Algailani on- his Axis part ners,” The British statement says | the “urgent appeal” bears the ear- | marks of Axis propaganda aslt.lwm; in Iraq. Despite the move, -the l:&:‘h | statement says the situation e Basra and Habbaniyah areas is | quiet. Most, of the Iraq-British fighting has taken place at the Brit- | | ish Habbaniyah airport. The announcement of the German | move into Iraq gives the “go ahead | signal’ to the British Air Force to , BIG Fo R ( E | attack German planes in Syria. ~ ARRIVESAT cun pHI SHIP BILL SINGAPORE i IS PASSED Brifsh Fighting Men Dis BY SENATE embark-U. S. Supplies Being Unloaded | smmi?i Mr:olas isflml Sent fo House for Consid- i tightin eration of Amendments -More Power for FDR thousand British fighting men, sol- WASHINGTON, May 15. — The diers, sailors and fliers, have dis- embarked from transports here while freighters began ‘unloading heavy cargos of war supplies from | the United States. far-reaching legislation empower- The reinforcements of men from | ;. the president to take over for- | eign ships lying idle in American harbors has passed the Senate and been returned to the House for con- sideration of amendments. the United Kingdom and supplies from the United States added The Senate passed the legislation by a vote of 59 to 20. | steadily to the growing strength of Great Britain’s Far Eastern de- fenses. ‘The bill was approved by the Sen- | ate after the chamber rejected by a vote of 43 to 38 an amendment by — e — ] | Senators Vandenburg and Clark | (Ru ISER |S which would have prevented the | roved their contracts with Warner Lorraine Gettman, 18, of Omaha, | | | | President from transferring any ships of one belligerent country to another. Of the 80-odd ships affected, two are German vessels and 28 are Ital- ian craft. STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, May 15—~ Closing auotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 4%, American Can { BERLIN, May 15. — A German 79%, Anaconda 24%, Bethlehem | submarine sank a well-armed 20,000- Steel 68%, Commonwealth and \Germans Claim Sinking of | 20,000-fon Ship, Also i Merchantmen ALL THE TIME” MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS DRESS REVIE veview at West Point, W._The entire cadet corps of the U.S CRE LUFTWAFFED BY GERMANS Seat of King George's Gov- | ernmedi Under Heavy | Atfack-Day, Night (By Associated Press) | A violent attack on the Island of Crete, seat of King George's Greek Government, is reported by Hitler’s | command which declares that a| luftwaffe attack “effectively bombed | military objectives on both the | islands of Malta and Crete by day and night,” 'destroying 15 British | planes on the ground in the attack on Crete airports and shooting down eight others in dog fights over the island. No further mention is made of results of the attacks on Malta. Nazi Supply Ships Fired - By British Bombers Make Affack on| Rear Admiral A, T. Beau (right) greeting South A Miami airport for a tour By JACK STINNETT ton British auxiliary cruiser in the North Atlantic after a day and | night attack and also sent down three merchant ships, totalling 11,- 1000 tons, and damaged two other ships. This is the official commnique | issued today by the German High "Command. | | HALIBUTER 'SELLS Skipper Ole Westby of the hali- | buter ~ 31-D-337 unloaded 2,500 | pounds of fish this morning and sold to the New England Fish Com- | pany at prices of 826 and 6.90 cents per pound. Southern %, Curtiss Wright 7%, General Motors 37, International Harvester 46, Kennecott 33%, New| York Central 12%, Northern Pacific| 6%, United States Steel 517%, Pound $4.03%. | | DOW, JONES AVERAGES | The following are today’s Dow, Jones averages: industrials 115.73, rails 27.77, utilities 17.32. \ e Most inexperienced desert sol- diers suffer gastric disturbances because of the great quantities of dust they are forced to swallow. | Convoy-German Fight- ers Rush fo Rescue LONDON, May 15.—British bomb- ers left three German supply ships burning after an attack on a con- VOy. off the Prisian Island this af- ternoon, the Air Ministry announced tonight. The ships were of 2,000, 4,000 and 5,000 tons capacity. German fighting planes rushed to | WASHINGTON, May 15— What defense has done to the world’s | biggest printing business is one for | the record. A year ago, Uncle Sam, | printer, was doing an $18,000,000 a |year business. This year, hell double it. A year ago the Government { Printing Office had around 5500 | employees. The number now is | about 7,200. In a cluster of buildings a few blocks mnorth of the Capitol, this the ‘reseue and one of the planes was shot down. fabulous Government enterprise is Jan industrial center in itself. Military Academy lines up for iuil uress N. Y. Approximately 1,800 participated. TE NOW | ‘Good Neigh“bofs”Welcomed. i regard of the United States Navy is shown | merican naval officers as ‘they arrived at of U. S. bases. They are Commander Cesar Mogollon Cardenas (left) of Ecuador and Admirai Julio Allard of Chile. GOVERNMENT PRINT " SHOP IS T0 BREAK RECORD THIS YEAR One Monday morning not long ago, Augustus E. Giegengack, bald, round, good-natured public printer of the United States, came down to his office to find a memo that 80 freight carloads of paper were waiting to be unloaded immediate- ly. Mr. Giegengack, didn't bat an | eye. Why should he? That's only a 1 little more than a week's supply for GPO. Sixteen at a time, tne cars were rolled into the third floor tracks of GPO's great ware- house and a few hours later, the first of it was rumbling through the (Continued on Page Seven) [GHT UNSOLYED NAZI DEPUTY HADMISSION REPORTNOW Some Sources Assert He Flew to Scotland fo Dis- cuss Peace Problems CHURCHILL TO MAKE STATEMENT SHORTLY American Sources in Lon- don Give Warning fo Britons fo Beware (By ASSOCIATED PRESS) Authorftative quarters in London ‘n attempting to solve the riddle of (tudolf Hess's flight from Germany declined to confirm the rumors that the Nazi Deputy Fuehrer, in de- fiance of Hitler's orders, flew to | Great. Britain as a self-appointed Apostle of Peace, but the censors did pass the report along. The new twist further complicated the war's strangest story but these facts have emerged: One.~The British radio spokes- man first hinted broadly that Hess is divulging vital German military secrets by declaring he is writing and talking “words that will make the German High Command sweat.” Two.—The Berlin radio conse- quently declares Hess is suffering a “Messiah complex” and flew to the Scottish estate of the Duke of Hamilon, an old friend, in the hope of bringing about the end of the war. ‘Three.—Informed British quarters then accepted this version only to have it cast in doubt by high offi- cials. Prime Minister Churchill was ex- pected to make a statement of the case today, but later it was reported he decided to postpone it, apparently wanting more information from Hess before laying the affair before the British Parliament. A highly placed American source in London declares that the ar- rival of Hess constitutes a threat lon the defense of the British Isles and that he might be a harbinger of |new smashing attacks of the Ger- mans. It Is asserted the British are casting too rosy a glow on the in- cident which might lull the people and soften them to new Nazi blows. HESS FLIGHT NAZI PLOT, SAYS BRITON Labor Minister Suggests Murder for Captured German Leader LONDON, May 15. — Rudolph Hess' strange flight to Scotland was made with the full knowledge of Hitler, British labor minister Bevin said today. Prime Minister Winston Churchill delayed a full statement, but de- nied a separate peace with Scotland was one of the illusory purposes | Hess might have had during his de- scent on a Scottish moor to seek out Scottish Nobleman Duke of | Hamilton. ! Bevin said: “In my point of view \Herr Hess should be murdered.” He {added he is not going to be deceived by what he ecalls & stunt tried over and over again “by totalitarian gen- |tiemen Communists.” 1 Hess is still’ nursing a fractured (ankle in an unidentified military hospital and completely guarded against intrusions. N2ty