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

THE DAILY ALASKA VOL. LVIL, NO. 8746. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” — ARMY TAKES OVER PLA JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, JUNE 9, 1941. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS NE PLANT British, Free French, Make Drive Into Syria MECHANIZED | FORCES NOW MAKE DRIVE Two Allied Armies Report- ed Within Forty Miles from Damascus BRITISH WARSHIPS BOMBARDING (OASI; ' Not Known for Certain Whether War Been De- clared by Vichy Govt. | (By ASSOCIATED PRESS) | The British Imperial troops, and their Free French comrades in| arms, swept into Syria early today in the race against the growing Axis domination of that French mandate, | The British and Free French mechanized columns, striking against the ancient battlefields where the crusaders fought the Saracens, are reported to have advanced within 40 miles of Da- mascus, Capital City of French ruled Syria, also within 40 miles of Beirut, Capital City of Leban- on. Resisting Fiercely The French Command says 'the French troops are fiercely resisting ' Bismarck’s Skipper in Alaska | Admiral Guenther Luef ens (left), commander of the Bismarck and | | | | | | [ i 1 U.S. VESSEL THOUSANDS KILLED IN EXPLOSION Munitions Blow Up Near Near Belgrade—Castle, Fortress Destroyed | ROME, June 9 — The Stefani News Agency this afternoon re- ports that several thousand per- sons have been killed or wounded by an explosion of munitions stored | in the fortress Smederevo near Bel- grade, Stefani says the explosion oc- curred Sunday but communication was disrupted and actual facts were hard to assemble. The cause for the explosion not determined. The agency says further the ex- plosion destroyed an ‘“enormous” guantity of munitions and wiped out the Smederevo castle and fort- ress. is This is a section ¢f the North Strand, main business secti Thirty persons were known dead in the raid, blamed on the Germans. e GOES DOWN auxiliary ships, is shown with Capt. James Alger aboard the U. S. Coast Guard cutter Chelan at Juneau, Alaska, some time ago. Admiral Luetjens wené down with the Bismarck when it was sunk by British action. their former British Allies along| the Syrian-Lebanese frontier and ha destroyed several armored cars and have shot down RAF war-' planes. The French communique says the RAF again bombed the airfields at Damascus, Aleppo and Levaya. It | Crew of Robin Moore Pick- ed Up-No Details of FIGHT FOR "GLIDERS e FORAMERICA" COMES | SrimShen is not clear this morning 1Agenc£a Meridional reported today (Continued on Page Seven® RIGHT oul INTo opEN | that Fortalega port authorities have| {received a radio message from the \,]‘he | | Brazilian ship Osorio saying she| |has picked up 11 men from the: NEARBRAZIL| *GO- i WASHINGTON.—Only a few high up officials realize it, but in the rush of getting aid to Britain, one of the most essential defense prob- lems is being sadly neglected—the By JACK STINNETT WASHINGTON, June 9. — The Nazi attack on Crete has brought the “gliders for America” fight out into the open again, with Sen. Pat McCarran of Nevada leading the pro-glider forces in the north wing of the Capitol and Rep. W, Ster- ling Cole, Bath, N. Y., leading them in the south. “The gliders used in the attack on Crete,” says the Senator, “are giants capable of carrying eight fully armed men with machine guns, light cannon, hand grenades, Defense Scientist | United States merchant marine| Iship Robin Moore, said to have| /been sunk on May 21. Details of| the sinking were not given. ! The Robin Moore, a 4900-ton | vessel formerly of the American | Export Line, sailed from New York, for Capetown on May 6. A number of ships have been reported sunk and damaged during storms sweep- ing the South Atlantic last month. ‘SEATTLE COMMERCE / California’s Prepared DUBLIN BUSINESS SECTION BADLY DAMAGED on of Dublin, Ireland, damaged in an air raid. |GOVERNMENT state of mind of the new draft sol- =i diers and of their families back home. The new draft army is better housed, better fed, and better clothed than during the last war. But as yet there has been no concerted at- tempt to build the most important essential—morale. And no army is worth anything without esprit de; corps. } While the draft act was being de-| bated in Congress last summer, cer-| tain high War Department officials| pointed to the danger of dml’ungl1 men before the Army was ready to| train them. Idle men, or even semi- | idle men, quickly go to seed. They have to be moulded, jnbued with the spirit of service. What these officers feared is now actually happening in some camps. There are several reasons. LACK OF OFFICERS One is the lack of sufficient of- ficer personnel. You can't train an| army without officers,” and officers can’t be trained in a few weeks. Scme of the reserve officers who| have been called to active duty are| excellent, but some are just the op- As more men are drafted into the army, more women are taking jobs in heavy industries. Catherine Fer- guson, a girl metallurgist in the General Electric laboratory at Sche- nectady, N. Y., is picture with an optical pyrometer used for studying metals at high temperatures. She | ing run of 18 to 25 feet. The glid- and so forth. “Each weighs about 1,800 pounds, has a wingspread of ap- proximately 85 feet, a fuselage length of 39, a landing speed of| 20 to 30 miles an hours and a land-" ers have two retractable wheels which are used on the take-off but not in landing. “Such gliders, towed to a height of 20,000 feet, could make a free glide of from 70 to 100 miles with- out trying to take advantage of rising air currents. This means that such gliders could be towed| to a height of only 10,000 feet and,| halfway between Greece and Crete,! could be released 'and finish the; journey safely and soundlessly.” ASKS FOR $500000 | Senator McCarran's bill (Repre- sentative Cole has a similar one in the House) would appropriate $500,- 000 for setting up glider clubs of 20 persons each ih high schools| and colleges. Two members of each club would be taught to soar with sufficient proficiency to feach other| members. The clubs would be fur- nished, at cost, plans and instruc- tions for building ' gliders (which can be turned out in almost any wood-working shop). ' REPRESENTATIVES ' HERE ON BARANOF 4 5 Ready for action, this machine gun on the roof of the Copsplidated Aircraft Company’s plant in San Diego is an emphatie wirning to sabote It is one of the many precautions taken to prevent sabotage in M& work. Consolidated turns out long-range bombers for the U. S. and Great Britain. | to sail south the following Satur- | day. Miesnest and McGovern| Will Refurn South Next Week for_Siay Here Darwin Meisnest, chairman of (hei Alaska Committee of the BSeattle Chamber of Commerce, and Foster | L. McGovern, assistant general| manager of the Seattle Chamber| in charge of Aldska activities, were in Juneau yesterday while the steamer Baranof was. in port. Meisnest and McGovern are on| a business survey and goodwill trip| 8 KILLED IN STORM IN KANSAS Five Persons Aftending through Alaska for the Seattle or- i ganization. Their itinerary wxll‘ DOUbIe celebrahon bring them back to Juneau by Pan icti American Airways from Fairbanks Among VIdIms Thursday, June 19, and they plan WICHITA, Kansas, June 9. — A tornado killed eight persons on Active on the Alaska Committee farms north of here last night, five of the Chamber of Commerce for|of them at the Guy Scrivner home, many years and a consistent mem- scene earlier in the day of a jointy ber of the Chamber’s various good- observance of the couple’s twenty- will trips to Alaska, Meisnest, who;thkd wedding anniversary and his is vice-president and general man- MOther! 's sixtyssecond birthday. ager of the Washington Athletic| The dead are Mrs. Guy Scrivner, 62; Bette Scrivner 16; Margaret 10 VESSELS OF BRITISH LOST, CRETE Four Cruisers, Six Destroy- ers Go Down in Evac- uation of Island LONDON, June 9.—The loss of the anti-aircraft cruiser Calcutta and destroyers Hereward and Im- perial during the British evacua- This brings the British announced by the British Admiralty. This bings the British announced naval losses in the battle of Crete to four cruisers and six destroyers. § | ! | & s SELECTEES T0 RECEIVE NEW DRAFT RATING Registrants Whose Qccup- pation Changed Will Be Redlassified WASHINGTON, June 9—Selec- tive Service headquarters here to- {day directed the reclassification of draft registrants “who have ceased |to perform jobs for which they were deferred,” thus impeding the National defense program. ‘The action was announced b,v‘ Brigadier General Hershey, deputy director of the Selective Service| System, —————— IS BLOCKED BY SENATORS Taking Over of Defense | Plants Tied Up by Strikes SOLDIERS IN MOVE, ORDER OF ROOSEVELT California fatT;ry Is fo Be Operated Under De- pariment of War 'PRESIDENT GIVES OUT OFFICIAL STATEMENT Workers Violated Agree- ment in Striking, Caus- ing Work Stoppage BULLETIN.—Los Angeles, Cal. June 9.—The Government crush- ed the 5-day strike at the North American Aviation Corporation plant by sending 3,000 soldiers through the non-resisting CIO picket line, then took complete charge of the giant factory that makes almost'25 percent of the Nation’s warplanes. A few hours after twa pattalions of the 15th Infantry restored the little dis- order that had arisen by dispers- ing 1,000 pickets, limited produc- tion resumed in the factory. WASHINGTON, June 9.—As- dent Rooseveit ordered the Unit- ed States Army to take over the strikebound plant in Inglewood, Cal., and operate it. The President’s Executive Order was issued at 7:45 o'clock this morning, Pacific Standard Time. At the White House it is said the order was issued by the President under orders vested in him by, the Constitution follow- ing his recent tion that an unlimited National Emer- gency exists, In a statement, the President said: “The course of mediation has been interrupted in viola- tion of an agreement entered into by the bargaining represen- tatives that the workers continue production during the course of mediation. The interruption caused full stoppage of produc- tion and this has created a sit- uation seriously detrimental to defense of the United States. “Because of this situation, as President and Commander-in- Chief of the armed forces of the United States, I am determined this plant must be reopened at once. “I therefore have directed the Secretary of War to immediately take charge of the plant and re- main in charge of the plant Delayed One Day WASHINGTON, June 9—Objec- tions by Republican leader Charles L. McNary and Senator Robert M. | LaFollette today blocked considera-, tion of the Senate legislation to authorize the Government to take over defense plants tied up by‘ strikes. Under the Senate rules unani- mous consent was required to con- sider the legislation before tomor- (row. IMAJOR BAKER OF " SELECTIVE SERVICE """ LEAVES TERRITORY, | Maj. George H. Baker of the Se- lective Service System left for the States on the steamer Aleutian after spending a week in Alaska studying draft problems peculiar to (Continued on Page Seven) BIG PLANT IS TAKEN OVER EARLYTODAY Troops Move—'—fi)wn Boule- vardin Los Angeles—Fac- fory Quietly Occupied LOS ANOEI.:ETC&ML. June 9.— United States Army troops moved into the North American Aviation i GAMES TODAY posite. ; ot z is aiding in the search fornew alloys | The bill Club, has many friends in the| ; . iz 4 Nothing chafes the buck private : 1 e bill was introduced six Scrivner, 19; Mrs. Ralph Kruger, the Tersitde s i Corporation’s plant this morning more than to serve under an gxcom- L "phut?om'iefie:: g ;l:nt‘hs “fio‘ PR mmm“'feg:::;" :d;;::gnm;:: ‘obeeAnhs}‘S; about 70 years, mother °pr"5‘ 5051"' Director Jof,'nm;(cco,mcl;‘ in :: nr:e ov;‘r lt,he n“fflx:bound hlut:Wry on al | . . petent officer, especially when many rings have been held on it Lo Ol o tivities of the NET: Janet Lee Paulson, a neigh-( mpe folowing are final scores of |Sanizing for the calling of selec-|® A";’mvoy':; ;“‘mm"‘l“ K i of the drafted men left good jobs which were paying them more than the salaries of the officers from whom they have to take orders. There is also a scarcity of high- calibre non-commissioned officers; znd some of the sergeants transfer- (Continued on Page Four) MISS GIBERSON SOUTH After being a guest at the Bar- anof Hotel for a week, Miss Georgia Giberson, Kodiak teacher, left on the Aleutian for Seattle where she will attend the University of Wash- ington summer school. Oddly enough, the Army, Navy and Commerce Department (in which the CAA is located) have all ex- | Seattle commercial organization ‘or | many years and assistant general bor’s child; Miss Marie Penner, 36; Haskell Keyes, 50, of Oklahoma City, and an infant son of Mr. and pressed themselves against the bill.| Manager of the Chamber of Com- \n.o' apie Theirerstine. War Department Secretary Stim-i “Flight training in gliders or sailplanes as; son once said, in ‘part, (Continued un Page 8ix) ‘merce for the last two years. Both are pleased to be north again and are looking forward to the stay of several days on their trip south. 1 —— e Approximately 14,000 sacks of gold, :shipped from France a year ago, are stored at Martinique. | l games played this afternoon in the National League: Chicago 13; Boston 6. Cincinnati 9; Brooklyn 7. St. Louis 5; New York 2. Pittsburgh 5; Philadelphia 0. American League No games scheduled today. tees in October. e —————— COUSIN VISITING Miss Grace Snyder of Seattle, cousin of Mrs. E. H. Kaser, arrived on the Baranof for a brief visit.' She plans to continue, on to An-, chorage. I Army troops moved down Redondo Boulevard, in front of the plant. The troops were greeted by cheers from lines of workers across the boulevard from the main entrance of the plant who had been prevented (Cantinued on Page Seven)