The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 17, 1941, Page 1

. | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR VOL. LVIL, NO. 8753. NAZI INVASION OF SCOTLAND “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 1941. MEMBER ASSOCIATED o —— INDICATED British Planes Make Attack, French Coast ON NAZIS’ INVASION TIMETABLE! 150 BOMBERS | INASSAULT IN DAYLIGHT RAF Sweep Across Channel Terrific Explosions Reported Heard ‘ SOUTHEAST ENGLISH TOWN, Juse 17.—A force of at least 150 bomber and fighting planes of the British Air Force is making a day- light attack late this afternoon on coastal objectves on the French side of the English channel. Shattering explosions are heard and the visibility is so good that ob- servers witnesfed the RAF put down a barrage on the cccupied German | defenses on the French coast. Boulogne seems to be the chief target again. * e . i | NEW YORK, June 17— Closing | quotation’ of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 4, American Can 83, Anaconda 27%, Bethlehem' Steel 74, Commonwealth and Southern %, Curtiss Wright 8%, General Motors' 35, International, Hafvester 513% | Kennecott 37%, New York Central 12, Northern Pacific 6, United States Steel 56%, Pound $4.04: N DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today's Dow, Jones averages: industrials 123.12, rails 28.19, utilities 17.85. ‘ —_—ae——— CUSTOMS MEN RETURN | Customs inspectors from sa.nf Francisco, H, S. Hood and Ralph Houser, arrived from the Westward on the Alaska last night and are stopping at the Gastineau Hotel to- day. The two men are returning from a business tour of the Interior. WASHINGTON. — When world‘ war broke in September, 1930, one plan of the French army was to race down from the Alps onto the plains of Lombardy and wade through Italy. Subsequent events have dem- onstrated the weakness of the Ital- ian army and the probable ease with which France could have accom- plished such an invasion. But France waited. Reason for waiting all seemed sound. The Brit- ish urged caution. French diplo- mats said Italy would not enter the war. And no one wanted to alien- ate the Italian people. Anyway France waited, until—nine months later when Italy stabbed her in the back during her direst need. At the outbreak of the war, also, General Weygand had a great army in Syria. The Allies talked about using this army in the Balgans. They were going to land it at Salo- nika, create a second front on which Hitler would have' to fight. But French generals advised cau- tion. Greece and Yugoslavia would not like a second front at Salonika. And Weygand was not quite ready. So Prance waited, until—Hitler, un- worried about fighting on two fronts, polished off France itself, and was quite free to devote his un- divided attention to the Near East. U. §. STUDIES FRENCH The United States, long a devoted admirer of French culture and of French civilization, began early to study and emulate French methods. One notable example was the Far East. In 1937, when Japan invaded China, it was clear that Japan was bent upon tion of the Orient 3 Representative Hamilton Fish i presentative Hamilton Fish (R.) of New York, an outspoken critic i | the Roosevelt administration, has been ordered to active duty th the U. S. army. Fish, who holds the rank of colonel in the ecialists’ reserve, will go on duty “with his consent” July 1, re- porting at Fort Bragg, N. C., for a month’s training. Congressman Called to Duty }Mrs. Lucas fo 'Sponsor Juneau {Launching WASHINGTON, June 17.— | The Navy Department announces | that Mrs. Harry L Lucas, wife of | the Mayor of Juneau, Alaska, " will sponsor the cruiser Juneau | at the launcing at Kearney, New Jersey, next October. 4 e BRITISHPUSH LIBYANDRIVE - AGAINST AXIS Major Battl?l;redided as| - Counfer Attacks | Refll_sed I3 ALLIES SEND MORE ‘ IROOE INTO SYRIA'! Vichy Reports Claim Troops | Are Forcing Invad- 1 Cape Arnauti welcome mat” on the threshold of defense triangle. She’s from Turkey A blondé beauty from Turkey is rare, but here she is; beautiful Mrs. Sara Belge, arriving at New York, Her husband is Burham Belge, prop- aganda minister for the Turkish government. She is in the United States for a sojourn that will in-| clude a special visit to Hollywood. BAN ON OIL EXPORTS IS SUGGESTION No Movements from East Coast fo Be Permitted- Stop Japan Shipment. WASHINGTON, June 17.—A com- plete ban on exports of oil from the east coast of the United States, without prior Government approval for the individual shipments, is pro- posed to the Petroleum Industry by Secretary of Interior Harold L. Ickes. This proposal followed closely on the heels of the stoppagée yesterday of a 240,000 gallon shipment of oil and that the United States might some day have to face her. Also it was quite clear that jt was better for the United Btates to: face one-coun- (Continued on Page Four) from Philadelphia to Japan, be- cguse of a threatened oil famine on the eastern seaboard. NS PG . BUY DEFENSE BONDS IPETAINSAYS ers Back 'i BULLETIN—-DAMASC U §, June 17—The rumble of can- non has been heard for several hours tonight in this ancient Biblical city and a battle be- tween the French and British forces is believed near. FRANCELIVES lin a surprise movement today, | “made an initial penetration as far ,as Fort Capuzzo” just across the | Egyptian border in Libya and “then beat back a determined Axis count- er attack with reinforcements hur- Confidence Affer Year af Helm of State [ried there from Tobruk.” the British | announced today in a war bulletin. | VICHY, June 17.—Premier Petain | The hews release said heavy loss- | today, on reviewing the situation of (€ have been inflicted on German | | France on the first anniversary of (80d Italian troops who are repeat- his assumption of leadership of the edly assaulting Imperial forces at state, told the Fremch .people that |FOrt Capuzzo opposite Salum where they were “neither sald out nor be- | fiérce fighting appeared to be de- trayed.” | veloping into a major battle follow- He asked them to give him their [ing the start of the British offensive {confidence. The Marshal described Yesterday. |how the situation had improved | since the day a year ago when he COUNTER‘ ATTACKS had asked an armistice of Germany _ CAIRO, June 17. — British and ' but he warned that many trials were ' Free French invaders in French- ahead. |{mandated Syria today sent rein- He summed up matters by saying | forcements into the heavy fighting | “Today for the most part you have 'in Southern Syria where Vichy Premier Asks People for Representative Burton B. Hare of Last Briush Ouwpost in tne easter A Commission For His Son n Mediterranean is Cyprus, “un- Syria and key corner in the Suez Britain annexed it in 1914 after domination by Greeks, Phoenicians, Persians, Romans and Turks, calls the 370,000 natives Cypriots. The island’s 3,572 square miles yield wheat, barley and cotton. At least six RAF airports have been built here; a naval base shelters war craft at Famagusta, within glider distance of Syria. 11 John Hare receives a reserve ensign’s commission from his father, South Carolina at graduation ex- ercises of the U. S. Naval Reserve Midshipmen’s School in New York. Four hundred were graduated. Rear Admiral Adolphus Andrews. com. mandant of the Third Naval District, looks on. gone back to your homes; undoubt- |forces have launched a series of _ |edly many prisoners have not yet strong counter attacks. The British been returned; women work and announced fighting in the areas suffer; food is difficult to get; taxes around Meredjayoun and Kuneitra, irritate you; your children do not '€ach 40 miles southwest of Damas- always have enough to eat, but, in CUS. Vichy-French troops continued |spite of all, France lives on, Her bitter resistance at those points des- ' | bridges and factories are being re- | Pite the advance of other Allied col- | | built for the future,” {umns on the outskirts of Damascus. US.Observer sirs BATTLE OVER DAYLIGHT | SAVING TO BE WAGED ~ IN PRESENT CONGRESS AMERICANS GERMANY IS MOVING BIG FORCES NOW Troops Are—E;ing Rushed to West Coast of Nor- way Is Report | TRANS, TRANSPORTS CARRYING SOLDIERS Northern &t_l;pied Land May Be Used as Spring- board for New Atfack | LONDON, June 17.—Persistent IN ITALY Fascist Government Takes More Action in Reprisal’ on U.S. Fund Freezing Government, in freezing American credits in Italy, has also blocked all payments in Italy of private debts to Americans. This new move is under a decree published today in the official Ga- zette. Both actions are in reprisal for freezing Italian credits in the United States. The order today demands that all Italian individuals and firms report all American credits against them within 20 days. All checking accounts of Ameri- cans are also frozen in Italian banks. GERMANY WILL ACT BERLIN, June 17—It is an- nounced officially that Germaay will take “necessary measures” im- mediately to cvinter the action of the United Stawes in freezing Ger- man funds in America. Trade Talks of ROME, June 17—The Italian’ DRIFT 13 DAYS, OPEN LIFE BOATS Thirty-five Survivors of . Torpedoed Robin Moor i Picked Up by Chance CAPETOWN, South Africa, June 17—The 36 survivors of the tor- pedoed American freighter Robin Moor who arrived here aboard a British vessel said they were picked up purely by chance and not because of any wireless notification of posi- tion as promised by the captain of the German U-boat at the time he sent the craft down. . The survivors spent 13 days aboard the three lifeboats and 14 days aboard the British vessel before they put foot on land after dusk last ht. | United States diplomatic officials interviewed tiffe survivors and they confirmed accounts given previously by the 11 survivors who were picked up on the South Atlantic by & Braz- ilian steamer and taken to Recife, Brazil that the Robin Moor was sunk by a German submarine. |it is understood it was flying over | VICHY, June 17.—Military dis- patches from Syria today reported Is Missing on Brifish Plane, that French counter attacks have driven the British out of Merdjayoun o Al I Lieut. Comdr, George W. Grove Down in Iraq with RAF Fliers WASHINGTON, June 17. — The War Department issued a statement this afternoon which said Lieutenant Commander George Wilson Grove, United States Naval Reserve, has ‘been reported missing since June 13 on a flight with the RAF in Itaq. Grove, 46, was assigned to duty | with the RAF as & naval observer. The Navy Department's state- ment gives no apparent cause for' the disappearance of the plane but ' a flat terrain country and hope is expressed that Grove and others on which British forces captured a ly JACK - STINNETT week ago. . Dikcate e e WASHINGTON, June 17 — The out by candle-light to get there on the French have taken the offensive ProS 8nd cons of daylight saving 2 all along the front, pushing far into N8Ven't changed an fota since the 3—During haying and harvest, the south: Meneiirs sector days of flappers, drugstore cow- the farmer operates by the sun, i boys, jazz and William S. Hart,' because it takes hours for the dew i The lines forming in Congress to- to dry sufficiently for baling or » I |day over the proposed tinkering Stacking. “ o"a'lons with time are just the same as| 4.—The part of the standard time |those which fought the measure day when the sun beats down the through to passage in 1918 and re-| hardest is from 12 noon to 1 p.m. 1] A' Falrbanks veto—in ' 1019, and his hands eat. Under daylight Today, just as it was 20-odd|saving, he eats at 11 a.m. standard |years ago, it's a fight .between|time—or even at 10:30 if he lives | cities and the farms—between ag-| midway in the time zones—thus | riculture and industry; with na-|having to work through the most tional defense and power conser-| unpleasant part of the day—after ,way to school, have to be routed pealed it—over President Wilson's and this is the time the farmer Striking. MinTrs’, Company HH | vation (for the present) on the|eating. (In some sections, it was Offlt'lals Rpsume | side of industry and the cities. | claimed, the dew was just off the T D|s(uss|ons he men who -are fighting|hay or grain, when it was dinner iagl‘nu universal daylight ‘saving|time and a whole hour of work e | today have not one word to add to was lost.) N;fifimfinmrimeml'{w—_\ the arguments of a generation ago| 5—Farmers who ordinarily take . 0 mthe‘.clo 'annn P me!_bm those arguments are suffici- their recreation or attend farm United States Smelting nermmgfe"“'- strong to control a huge bloc| meetings after sundown are so and Mining Company. There was a Jof AT s Houso and Semte_‘ late getting home under daylight F e > o T'll &y to summarize the cases of saying that they lose sleep. ferences | both sides, 6.—Many farm hands refuse to ions Sousiand toosy, FOR THE OPPOSITION work - dsylight 1—=Daylight saving adds an hour | cause of reasons lsted here. the plane will be found alive. R et ‘BUY' DEFENSE-BONDS Impurity of pollen, gases and other substances the farmer’s’ day. which it washes out of the air. 2~Farm .children, going a long] o (Cantinued un Page SO saving hours, oe-! rain is due to dus:, of ddrkgess. instead of ddylight, (0| " 7._Commuting Industrial work-! ' Indies, Japan, (ataska Lists | i 25 NEW CASES - Are E""'ei OF TUBERCULOS'S Joint Statement Issued by . Weekly Report of Health Bo:ill nss'd:' s&;f'mgo- Deparfment Includes i Death Accumulation BATAVIA, June 17.—Spokesmen for Japan and The Netherlands| Twenty-five new cases of tuber- Dutch Pacific possessions, announc- 'culosis, accounted for by an accumu- ed jointly today that their trade lation of cases reported on death talks have failed to bring satis- certificates, are listed in the weekly factory results. This is according |report of the Division of Communi-~ to the Aneta news agency. cable Disease Control of the Terri- Aneta also says this does not torial Department of Health. change the normal relations between | Four of the tuberculosis cases were Japan and the Dutch East Indies reported at Anchorage, four at Kan- which are also unsatisfactory owing |akanak, two at Bethel, two at Cor- to Batavia's recently reply to Tokyo dova and one each at Juneau, Ko- !in turning down the request for diak, Nome, Palmer, Valdez, All- increased exports of tin, rubber, oil kaket. Kwithluk, Newhalen, Point and other war materials to Japan. |Lay, Senovansky, Tanacross, Tanana Japan formally notified Batavia |and Uashik Lakes. ; 0N today of the unsatisfactory rela-| Other cases reported for the week |tions, The notification was given to ending June 16 included two gonor- the Indies Governor General by rhea, four syphillis, 29 influenza, six | Yoskizawa, chief Japanese nego- measles, three German measles, four [tator, mumps, and five pneumonia. — P Ll