The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 13, 1941, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LVIL, NO. 8750. JUNEAU, ALASKA, F‘Rll)r\\ JUl E 13, 1941. MHVTBLR AbSOClATT;D T’RLSb PRT(,F TEN CENTS GERMANY DEFIANT ON SINKING U.S. SHI War Is Threatened Between Reich, Russia PICKETS FALL BACK BEFORE ADVANCING SOLDIERS NAZIS MAKE BIG DEMAND | ON SOVIETS' Ac(eptan?by Stalin' Would End Control of Baltic, Black Seas GERMAN FORCES ARE MASSED ALONG BORDER Invasion Hinfed at Accord- ing to Diplomatic Cir- ces in Turkey ; While Germany is engaged in a grave diplomatic conflict with the United States over the sinking of the American freighter Robin Moor by a German undersea boat, Europe vibrated today with rumors of reports of a widening breach between the Reich and Russia. | London heard that Hitler has made demands of such magnitude that Stalin’s acceptanck would vir- tually end Russia's military hold on both the Baltic and Black seas. A dispatch from Helsinki, now .Mfim"fi,q under the Russian thumb, quotes weil informed circles as saying Germany has enlarged “certain” far - reaching demands on the Kremlin. As this dispatch was being relayed. -through -Germany,’ the Helsinki-Bern connection was suddenly cut, presumably by Nazi censorship. Widespread reports are circulat-' ed that Germany has massed 130 Nazi Divisions, roughly 2,000,000 soldiers, along the Soviet border. Foreign quarters in Ankara, Tur- key, several days ago, declared Ger-, many plans to invade Russia and| the date has been set for the mid-| dle of this month. The London Daily Times, often! officially inspired, commented on! the report as the turning point in| Berlin and Moscow relations. The| Times made the declaration the| two nations were playing a “dan-, gerous game of bluff and counter | bluff, both Germany and Russia determined to extort from the other| as.much as dared without provok- ing open hostilities.” “The §’\\‘NG@ WASHINGTON—On the surface, Washington today is the gayest capital in the world. Never have its theatres been more crowded, its hotels more jammed, its taxi- cabs scarcer. . In the cocktail room of the Mayflower Hotel you will see hud- dles of contractors seeking Army- Navy construction jobs; members of the British purchasing mission; One Dollar Men relaxing from dis- cussions of the aluminum shortage and gasless Sundays. In front of the White House the squirrels were never spryer. Along the Speedway the moon was never brighter. In the gardens of George- town the roses were never more gorgeous. And in the fountain be- tween the East Wing of the White ol House and Henry Morgenthau’s Treasury, not even in the days of Andy Mellon were the goldfish sleeker, ‘sleepier, and more con- tented. Outwardly Washington -is more| carefree, more prosperous than ever before. Beneath the surface, however, is) a current of worry—ugly, haras- sing, disturbing worry. Especially is it prevalent in high places. Cab- inet members turn up at staff meetings, tired, pale and silent. They have been working late into the night, and they are full of an- xiety. They are pomhrlng the most de- (Continued on:Page Four) TAKES OVER g i ' Acting under order of President Roosevelt, Lieut. Col. Charles E. Branshaw (above), in charge of the western district office of the Army Air Corps, took over the North American Aviation Corpora tions plant at Inglewood, Calif., closed by strike. Jews fo Be Persecufed In France Vichy Government fo Fol- low German Policy Against Jews BULLETIN.—Vichy, June 13. The French Gevernment clamp- ed down on the Jews teday in unoccupied as well as occupied France, virtually barring them in all professions and business- es. A special law provides for heavy penalties for Jewish vio- aors, FOLLOW GERMAN POLICY VICHY, June 13.—Xavier Vailat, the Vichy government’s commission- er of Jews, announced today that the general lines of Vichy's anti- Jewish policy would follow that al- ready imposed by the Germans on the occupied zones of France. The policy includes the placard- ing of Jewish owned shops and pos- | sibly the appointment of non-Jew- ish managers. It is said the Surete National, French police agency, has already taken measures against “the| Jewish band whlch drained the country’s resources,” and placed the most dangerous members in super- vised camps. R e NAZI HINTS BRITAIN T0 BEINVADED BERLIN, June 13.— Propaganda Minister Goebbel’s article appearing ay in the edition of Voelkisher Beobachter, which later was con- fiscated, discussed the possibility of invasion of England and indicated that the Island of Crete was an ex- ample of what might happen to the Island of Britain. He wrote: “In today’s Crete, events hotly debated in England, one need merely substitute the word England for Crete to understand what is meant.” There was a veiled suggestion that surprising developments might be in store for England within two months. - About 600,000 persons in the United States are victims of epi- ““leptic seizures, ! l 1 (| quest Go Back fo Work | - FRISCO BAY STRIKEMAY - ENDMONDAY | | Machinists Call Meeting to | Decide Response fo Re- | (By ASSOCIATED PRESS) | Resumption of full speed produc- tion of a half-billion dollars worth | (of defense shipbuilding in the San Francisco Bay area today depended | cn the response of the striking A. F.| of L. machinists to telegraphed in-| structions from the International Executive Council in Washington | telling them to go back to their jobs in eleven shipyards. There is a possibility that mm machinists might return to work| Monday, voiced Harry Book, San| Francisco Machinists’ business agent, who set a meeting for Sunday to| consider the Council action. The action in this biggest obstacle so far interposed on the all out |ship construction effort came lzst{ night in deference to a direct request | from the President to the Executive| council. It was announced at the same time | |that the two remaining major| | threats to the military airplane out-| | put was ended as the strike sched-| uled at two Pittsburgh plants of the airplane propeller division of | the Curtiss Wright Company was called off at the request of the De-| fense Mediation Board. The A. F. of L. Machinists at Lhr' big Consolidated Aircraft plant at| San Diego announced the rati!ica-‘ tion of new contract terms by a 9| to 1 vote, thus removing all possibil- | ity of a walkout against Consoli- dated Aircraft which holds $700,-) 000,000 worth of bomber orders for | the Army, Navy nd Great Britain.| MINE STRIKE AT FAIRBANKSg IN DEADLOCK Union Reth Wage In- {crease-Holds Qut for Closed Shop FAIRBANKS, Alaska, June 13.— Strike negotiations between CIO | miners and the United States Smelt- | ing, Refining and Mining Com- | pany, are at a standstill as both sides | failed to meet yesterday for the [first time since the strike started a week ago. Both sides published statements lin the local newspaper setting forth their attitudes. | The company offered to grant the strikers a ten percent wage increase, | to accept the union as a bargaining {agency, to establish a geniority plan and to improve camp conditions, but | refused to agree to a union shop or| check-off system, After receiving the company of- fer, union officers met and voted unanimously to reject the proposal. The union insists upon a union shop with the company having the right to hire men, but with the stip- ulation they join the unicn with-‘ in 20 days. The union demands also! include a 21 cent an hour wage 1n-‘ crease with a pay day twice monthly with check-offs. | Conciliator Jesse A. Jacobsen hopes ' to get the parties together again/ today. Restrictions ArePlacedon | Travel, Finland HELSINKI, June 13—The Fin- nish Government tonight announc- ed restrictions to travel by foreign- | ers is in effect. S8imilar regulations’ were in force during the Finnish-| Russian war prior to the begmmng of the German troop transits i Slowly advancing Army regulars with fixed bayonets gradually cleared tiis ficld across from the North American Aviation plant of striking CI0 workers and pickets as the Fedaral troops took over the plant. soldiers The Flag ai the left was and returned it to the striker. Thre men were reported by the strikers' to have been bayoneted by the se*cd from a striker by the soldiers, but an Army officer an:kly stepped in, took the Flag from the soldier PICKETS RETREAT BEFORE TEAR GAS AT PLANE PlANT Picket lines at the strike- bound North American Aircraft phnt at Inglewood, Calif were broken at least temporary by tear gas bombs hurled by police from a wing of the big factory. The disturbance came as gates were recpened to permit resumption of work on $200,000,000 in defense orders, and ended with the arrival of regular Army Lroopc MORENAZIS STRANGE THINGS ARE TURNED UP BY FBI IN GENERAL LINEOFDUTY On Germans ARE CALLED UP IN WAR NEW YORK, June 13—A British radio broadcast picked up here quotes the Swedish newspaper So- cial Demokratin as reporting the German Army has cancelled oll leaves of men born in 1923 and who have not yet done military service and stating they will be called up. The Swedish Correspondent quoted by the British Broadcaster, presumably in Berlin, gave an ex- planation that the military quar- ters are taking measures to “end the war at the earliest possible through Northern Finland last fall. moment.” By JACK STINNETT WASHINGTON, June 13 — The Federal Bureau of Investigation turns over a few stones: The FBI survey of defense plants has turned up a lot of things. For instance, at one plant where they are making instruments that are among the military’s deep- est darkest secrets, FBI investiga- tors asked to see where the Army's secret plans and specifications were kept. The official accompanying mem "took the meén to a vault and| proudly explained that the com- pany had just had the new fire- proof, burglar-proof steel door linstalled. The agents were im- pressed but they investigated fur- SUANEe, ther to find that the other three walls of the “fireproof, burglar- proof” vault were of wood panels through which any keyhole saw expert could go in 10 minutes and through which fire could eat in less than that. According to the FBI finger- L (Continued un Pige S0 I»uper bomb, Super Bomb Has Effects BERLIN, June 13—The District Air Defense Command today advised the Capital’s inhabitants to go to air raid protection cellars immedi- ately the air raid sirens sound be- cause “the enemy’s new type weapon has a severe effect.” British reports on recent air op- erations against Germany have de-| scribed devastating effects by a new ———.——— BUY DEFENSE STAMPS BERLIN NOT T0 DISCUSS SEA ACTION |Authorities Clg,lm They Will Not Be ¢ loed” byAmerkans (OLD FACTS SAY VESSEL TORPEDOED Acting Serrfiy of State Delays Move to Be Made Unfil Later (By ASSOCIATED PRESS) German authorities today de- clared bluntly they will not be “buffaloed” by any reaction of the United States in the sinking of the American freighter Robin Moor, America’s first torpedo vietim of the present war, This blunt declaration was made even as the State Department in ‘Washington prepared vigorous pro- tests based on the evidence the ship was deliberately sunk by & Nazi U-boat. “We won't be buffaloed by any American or English discussion concerning the “Robin Moor,” said the German authorities, and con- tinuing, declared: “Whenever any ship with contraband sails for Eng- land, we will shoot at it, whether it is the Robin Moor or anything else.” No Contraband Aboard Acting Secretary of State Sum- ner Welles emphasized in his state- ment yesterday to the newsmen the Robin Moor was not carrying war materials, and moreover, he said, the Robin Moor was bound ior Capetown, Africa, and not I ALonlmued on Paze vai U.S. VESSEL - SENT DOWN BY TORPEDO Survivors of Robin Moor Tell of Facfs Surround- ing Sinking of Ship RECIFE, Brazil, June 13.—Surviv- ors of the sunken United States freighter Robin Moor declared that armed German seamen occupied the ship and seized the radio to prevent flashing of an S8OS, before a torpedo from the German submarine sent her to the bottom. The survivors related how the Rob- in Moor dipped under the waves just 23 minutes after the captain ordered the passengers and crew to the life- boats in the early morning of May 21, One survivor said there was no panic among the ship’s passengers, men and women, or the members of the crew. The German submarine halted the Robin Moor, sent armed men aboard, gave the orders for getting off quickly, then slid down the ropes to their small craft as the last of those aboard left the side of the vessel in lifeboats. Within a few minutes, the Robin Moor was blown up and sank. One of the survivors expressed special admiration for a child, a boy of four years old, who was in the same lifeboat with the women. Four lifeboats were used by those leaving the Robin Moor. They stay- ed together for, several days, then separated. The captain of the sub- marine said he would radio the po- sition of the survivors, then about 900 miles off the coast of Brazil, and summon rescue ships. It is not be- |Heved he did this. One lifeboat containing 11 men | was picked up by the Brazilian ship Osorio, No other lifeboats were seen in the vicinity, The three lifeboats had 39 persons aboard, the surviv- ors related. 2y