The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 26, 1941, Page 1

VOL. LVIL, NO. 8734. HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS s = JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONI).&\\'LM./\Y 26, 1941 . ALL THE TIME” MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS 10 AIL SEARCH FOR NAZI SHIP IS UNDER WAY Speedy British Units Hunt- ing for Bismarck that Sent Hood Down LONDON, May 26— British Swordfish planes and speedy de- ctreyers are reported searching the fog banks of the North At- lantic, vengeance driven in an effort to put the British fight- | ing squadron back ints battle contact with Germany's big new Bismarck and her supporting ships. "The British Navy's torpedo car- ying planes are said to have (Continued on Page Eight) SECOND REGISTRATION, SELECTIVE SERVICE, IS CALLED TODAY BY FDR: CRETE ISLAND WASHINGTON, May 26— President Roosevelt today or- dered a second registration un- der the Selective Service Act, for July 1. The President said in his proclamation that another regis- tration is “required in the in- terest of National Defense. The new registration will in- ARMYGETS WASHINGTON — What most| worries the State Department to-| day is the fact that Hitler is| poised over Spain, can shootdown | to the Straits of Gibraltar, thence to French West Africa. From there it is a short hop to Brazil n.nd; South America. In other words, Spain — the mother country of most of South America—is the real spearhead of Nazi attack and influence among our Good Neighbors. This was de—l liberately planned by Hitler aslong| as six years ago, and the results of | this far-sighted polfey are +ow be- ginning to bear luscious frudt. The Marquis de Aguiay, agent of Catholic groups in Spain and cer-| tainly no Communist, 'this week| gave eloguent testimony of this fact. Already Hitler has 12 divis- jons in Spain, the Marquis said, and has sent four ships loaded with munitions to Nazi sympathiz- ers in Latin America. General Franco, whom the State Department career boys helped in-| stall as Spanish dictator, signed a secret agreement with Hitler on October 8, 1938, by which Germany' took over Spain. However, accord-| ing to the Marquis de Aguiar, Hit-| jer found it more expedient to use Spain as a blind to get everything possible out of the United States.! So, for the time being, Fascist/ Spain was instructed to be neu- tral. FALANGISTS IN CUBA | Real fact is that Spain is no more neutral than Prance. Today Spanish Falangists are operating| throughout Latin America, eveni next door in Cuba. The hlangists‘ ATTACK U.5. NAVY NAZI FORCES PENETRATING i clude those men who before July 1 attained their 21st birthday | and have not registered previ- \l ously. Registration will take place in the United States proper, Hawaii, | Puerto Rico and Alaska. Transported Troops Selective Service officials es- s ST e GERMANS CLAIM BIG - LSS, BRITISH SHIPS }London Admits Inroads — == | nder Cover of Violent . German Lufiwaffe (By Associated Press) | Hitler’s aerial invaders of Crete, reinforced by air borne tanks and | sea-transported troops, have pene- trated the British defense lines west | of Canea, Crete Capital City. According to other Axis reports, | the British fleet has been driven off after suffering enormous losses, The British l‘cyddle East head- "quarters, ‘acknawledging " Nz 'th- roads under cover of a violent as- sault of a German luftwaffe, said | the New Zealand troops are counter ‘Bttacking and severe fighting con- tinues in the Canea sector. It is said British Marines have | joined the defenders of the island. |and informed sources said:this is a | suggestion the British are landing strong reinforcements. This is not | confirmed officially, however. { Big Naval Loss | The German command declares | that Nazi warplanes and Italian! I naval and air forces have sunk a | | total of 11 cruisers, 8 destroyers, | | one submarine and five speedboats lin the eastern Medijterranean since | the conflict began last Tuesday. i Despite these repeated setbacks, | Maj. Gen. Heywood, Chief of the ‘Brnlsh Military Mission to Greece, predicted “I think it possible to hold | Crete.” Britons Cautioned In London, the British spokesmnn(‘ ey ] i Air Borne Tanks Reported| Landed with Sea- | b m————— % B a Nazi raider in the South Atlantic but all aboard, in- » This picture af the ZamZam for South Afriea. The Egyptian motorship ZamZam was sunk by cluding 138 Americans were rescued and {aken to “some port in France. was taken before she left Jersey City, N. J, on the fatal trip, via Brazil, CONVOYS PROPOSED - SYSTEM IS .~ WARMOVE Profection i—o—Supplies fo Britain Will Be Met by Guns, German Navy 'GRAND ADMIRAL OF " NATIS MAKES THREAT Declares Patrol Plan Is "Aggressive”-Will Be Met with Resistance BERLIN, May 26.—Grand Ad- miral Raeder’s warning that American Navy convoys of con- traband to England will be an open war act and will be met by guns of the Germany Navy, | if necessary, has removed “all | possibility of a misunderstand- | ing over the significance of con- voys or what Germany holds as a. the German Navy, made in an interview with the Japanese news agency Domei, “puts in | precise technical language what | has been generally known for | some time, especially through [ the Fuehrer's words.” | In the opinion of Wilhelm- i strasse, Grand Admiral Raeder has described that the American patrol system is “aggressive,” | and further declares that Ger- | man warships are justified in | engaging any American naval units trying to protect contra- band cargoes for England. EARLY RAPS STATEMENTS The United States Army took possession of this 20-millimeter air- craft cannon, first to be produced in the United States, at Elmira, N. Y. Examining the weapon, designed to be mounted in a plane, are W. L. McGrath (left), General Manager of the Eclipse Machine Plant that turned out the gun; Brig. Gen. C. P. Harris, (right), who form- (said fighting on the island was | quieter Sunday but he cautioned | Britons against thinking the Ger- | i v o m: havi 1 A ! a[)r:mw:e:hfizmhemk b:ltuid Ger- : Among those on the Egyptian liner ZamZam when it left Jersey City, group of volunteers for ambulance service in Africa. Left to right: (front), C. A. McCarthy, C. L. Harriss, N. J., bound for Africa, was this - FROMBERLIN ally accepted it for the Army, and other officers. SUPREME COURT GIVES RULING ON ELECTIONS Four fo Three Decision on ‘Beating the_lnlider' Tips! State Primaries Hand- ed Dov_@_ Today WASHINGTON, May 26 — The Supreme Court of the United | States today held the Federal| Government’s power to regulate | elections includes a state primary to select a nominee to Congress. have started a tremendous move- ment to take that island back to the mother country—Spain. Obviously if Spain did win a| foothold in Cuba, the island would | become equivalent to Crete, only‘r nearer, in serving as a stepping-| stene for invasion of the United States. Meanwhile wealthy Mrs. Alex-| ander Weddell, wife of the U. S.| Ambassador to Spain, donated an orphanage to the women's auxili- ary of the Falangists, arch-enemies of the U. 8. A, — a gift which the Madrid press credited to the Ger-; man Ambassador. o This was not half as bad, how- ever, as the short-sightedness of certain State Department officials who helped put a puppet of Hit- ler's into power in Spain. . For instance, when civil war broke in Spain in 1936, it made no difference to the State Depart- — e P " (Continued on Page Pour) Associate Justice Stone delivered the 4 to 3 decision involving the ment of Justice as of “paramount public importance.” | question described by the Depart-| man troops have landed on Crete, protected by the Italian Navy acting | as a convoy. | Last week it was reported that an I Ttalian convoy was attacked by the | British and 40 troop boats laden with Germans were sent down. —_— o — HIGH SPEED ' CARGO SHIPS INSTRUCTIONS TO BRITONS AS INVASION MEARS Will Be Distributed to 14 Million Hoeing, Capt. Willlam Wydenbruck-Loe and G. A. H. Emsheimer and Philip Faversham, I return to the United States from HULL HITS OUT, THREAT OF GERMAN J. W. Ryan, F. J. Vicovari, leader of the party; F. W, Tichenor. Rear: W. A. Davidson, G. Butcher, G. C. Finneran, son’ of the late actor William Faversham. They were rescued and will “Somewhere in France.” TamZam Survivors Are Machine-gunned While In Lifeboat, Says Woman LONDON, May 26—1If Nazi troops, attempt to invade Britain ‘it may“ easily take some weeks bemrfi !l_:e invaders are totally destroyed, smd‘lsea"Ie Ta(oma Company . Gets $76,000,000 Con- Prime Minister Churchill The warning to Britons is Y message accompanying an official | “Beating the Invader” leaflet the, post office will distribute tomorrow. 'rad for Vessels g There will be 14,000,000 copies of | 10 B_EBIIIlT; the WASHINGTON, May 26 — The! distributed and Declares Statement Made by Raeder Is Scheme Played by Hitler comrien sney a52e. mmer ADVERTISING TO PLAY PART, WASHINGTON, May 26.—Secre- tary of State Cordell Hull this af- Associate Justices Douglas, Black| the leaflet Maritime Commission announces APparently the lifeboat was mis- | ternoon accused Germany of seek- jDeclares Germany Trying | fo Becloud Roosevelt's Broadcast Tomorrow WASHINGTON, May 26.—Stephen Early, the President’s personal sec- retary, said today he has an idea that Berlin “is trying to do every- thing it can to becloud” President Roosevelt's fireside chat tomorrow night. Early made the statement when reporters told him of the German Foreign Office’s comment on the | interview of Grand Admiral Raeder with the Japanese News Agency Domei, declaring a new significance in world developments has arisen. “The comment was not ouly on Ger- | many’s decision to attack the United | States naval patrol of contraband {to England, but also a declaration |that Japan’s seizure of French ! Indo-China and $10,000,000 worth of American products belonging to | American firms is justified. Early sald the President is devot- and Murphy dissented. | | Chief Justice Charles E. Hughes| did not participate in the decision. s e UNITED STATES, CANADATO PLAN CLOSER COMBINE WASHINGTON, May 26 — It is learned with authority that the United States and Canada will es- tablish early this week two closely collaborating economic planning boards to speed mobilization of American resources to aid Britain, /also defense for the western hem- 1spaere. | { | ublic *will be instructed what to s go if the invaders strike. Churchill awarding a $76,000,000 contract to taken for an armed launch in the i b the Seattle-Tacom: Shipbuilding darkness. She was in the lifeboat in raphi icture of what a pbuilding x’;laighti :m:e:lp ' Corporation for 30 cargo vessels of with five children, who had life jthe C-3 type. | preservers on and were tied to a | The vessels will be buflt at ra-|sixth ehild who had no preserver PRICES ON SATURDAY The following are stock quota- |coma. They will be of 7,700-ton'o"- capacity and will have a speed .f arm tions of last Saturday: Alaska Ju-; neau 4, American Can 7%, Ana-, 116% knots an hour. |life boats picked her up. conda 25%, Bethlehem Steel 70,! The freighters were authorized by Mrs. Danielson is an expectant 'the Government. Commonwealth and Southern 516, MOUNT PLEASANT, Ia.—George Curtiss Wright 7%, International Noel of Mount Pleasant believes he missionary husband in the anganyika territory. -————————— WILCOX FLIES INSIDE M. J. Wilcox, agent for the Alaska - | COVERS THE GROUND | Harvester 48, General Motors 37%, is a champion. A 300-pound sign Steamship Company at Nome, was New York Central 12%, Northern painter, he wears a sweater ini- a northbound passenger on an El- Pacific 6%, United. States .Steel tialed “IB.A." The letters stand ectra’ Sunday, returning to Nome 52%, Pound $4.04. !for “Towa's Biggest Advertiser.” jafter a trip Oustide, She had the child under her| and swam until the raider’s| {mother and is on her way to join Danielson, of Lindsborg, Kansas, | ing threats to induce the United survivor of the Egyptian motorship| President Roosevell Says | States to refrain from any real ef-|of his address, to be broadcast in- ZamZam, which a Nazi raider sunk in the South Atlantic on April 17,/ sald she and her six children were; machine gunned after they were taken aboard a lifeboat. Experts Will Be of Great |ioris ue seit-detense. {16 e e 1o - scecene B Aid 1 t The State Secretary made the recall. Early said the President is I 0 Gove"‘men | comment following Grand Admiral| consulting many persons who have jRaeder‘s statement that the Amer- helped him in the preparation of |ican convoy system will be a war other Rocsevelt announcements. BOSTON, Mass., May 26.—Pres-|act, { oy . | ident Roosevelt told the delegates at | Hull said that is a favorite sys- the Thirty-Seventh 'Annual Con-|tem that Hitler has used in the case | vention of the Advertising Federa-|of many countries in Europe. either |tion of America in a message read |threats or persuasion to induce oth- | Pan American Airways at Nome, | today that advertising “should play | er countries to refrain from any real and his wife, were southbound pas- 4 leading part in the Nation’s Pre- defense until Germany is ready m!seugers on a Lodestar yesterday. | paredness program.” strike, © 7 They are going Outside for a short The President said advertising can | vacation trip. | “assist in creating and maintaining | | e | 2 morale and those who are expert| Esther is the only book in the! Enem of the trans-oceanic in it can be of great aid to the Gov-;Bfl!Ic in which God's name is not cables are the teredos, worms that | ernment.” | found. f ing more time to the preparation ON VACATION TRIP Art Martin, airport manager for e bore into the wire. v NTIC SCOURED FOR GERMAN FLEET EGYPTIAN SHIP ZAMZAM SENTDOWN _