The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 21, 1941, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR Heinfzleman [ Bezuty Diesin Plunge “ALL THE NEWS SUB 09 IS AU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JUNE 21, 1941. ALL THE TIME” MEMBER ASSOCIATED RFSS "PRICE TEN CEN1Y TERRIFIC RAID U.S.1S T0 MAKE DEMANDS ON GERMANY FIRST PICTURE, T T SU— 0OR, UNDER ATTACK DAYLIGHT ROOSEVELT Named Alaska SENT REICH Commissioner ‘ DeparimenmAgriculture : . Appoints Forester fo Coordinafe Work WASHINGTON, June 21. — B. | Frank Heintzleman, Regional For- ester at Juneau, has been appoint- ed ex-officio Commissioner of Ag- | riculture for the Department in Alaska, it was announced here to- day. His duties will be to coordinate activities of the Department of Agriculture with those of other | Government, agencies and to rec- {ommend to the Secretary of Agri- | culture new lines of work whici | Heintzleman believes necessary in | the agriculture setup in the. Ter- ritory. Sinking of Robin Moor De- clared "Outlaw”-U. §. fo Seek Reparafions WASHINGTON, June 21. — Acting Secretary of State Sum- ner Welles announced this af- terncon he has transmitted to the German Government a copy of President Roosevelt’s mes- soge delivered to Congress yes- terday branding the sinking of the American freighter Robin Mcor as an “act of an Imter- naticnal outlaw.” The message was sent to Hans Thomsen, German Charge d’Af- fairs. A strong note demand- ing Germany make full repara- ticns for the sinking of the Am- erican vessel is expected to f61- low. | Welles said this demand will be made as soon as a proper compensation is decided upon. erary. ———ate—— “The Heintzleman’s appointment was made by Secretary of Agriculture Claude R. Wickard under authority lof an act of Congress of Febru- jary 10, 1927, Expecting an added public in- HMCML terest: in_Alaska activities . in its W EMooiwoiterd 85 a result of attention cen- Be I (led “ tered “on- ifie. Territory by national nsm ow|derense developments, the Secre- Mary K. ' Cauthorne, Advisory, tary said he felt there was a need Nurse for the Territorial Depart- 8t this time to appoint an over- ment of Health, completed plans all representative in the Territory. today for a tour of inspection of} The Commissioner’s chief duties Health clinics. She is leaving for 8re to coordinate and rearrange the the Westward ‘on the Baranof to- activities of the Department as morrow and will visit' Valdez, Cor- may be found advantageous. He dova, Seward, Anchorage, Palmer, will assist Agriculture Department Fairbanks, and Nome in her itin- bureaus in strengthening their ad- | ministration or extending legiti- | mate activities where advisable. He acts also as an adviser to the lo- ical representatives as well as the respective heads in Washington and is responsible for seeing that established policies and practices o ' ABANDONED; 33 1 " Under 440 Feet of Wat- er, Is Indication PORTSMOUTH, New Hampshire, June 21.—Indications that the 38 trapped men aboard the ill-fated W, | 8. submarine 09 will be left in & watery grave for all time was sound= ed by Secretary of the Navy Frank Knex, when he reported that “at the depth of 440 feet it is impossibl for divers to conduct salvage oper: | ations so far as we know,” thus ins “s |dicating the sub may be left where it made its last dive. | ‘That the craft is hopelessly lost 2 Frances Stuta Police in New York are seeking & ' with a strong possibility that its motive for the apparent suicide 0f | she) was smashei: from the terrific Frances Stutz, 25-year-old Zieg- | oompression at that de) pth, was giv- feld Follies beauty, who died in & | o, ", yewsmen following the dis- | hospital two hours after a plunge from & fifth-story penthouse in covery by the rescue ship Falcon af- New York. Miss Stutz was foind ter arriving at the site of the acci- impaled on a picket fence in front dent. The 09 was not built for such el of uf, building. _ | water pressure and it is known that _only a miracle would save it from ll-fated Craft fo Be Left| e | i 5 ! &) “ber of the crew, from a lifeboat 1,000 yards away. Sanderlin went to Wi and Navy officials. This is a special Telemat to The Empire by air GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL %cork from the inner hull, indicating | the boat was caved in. Several other bits of wreckage further proved that | theory. The bits of wreckage were found | 1its fate. |floating on the sea on the arrival |of the ship Falcon, which made a| sihee yestérday follow- | |ing a practice dive near the site of |the famous Squalus wreck a few| |vears ago, left a sea littered with | | large quantities of oil, pieces of! Northwest fo Get Perma- st wip to the scene. e . The fact that all men aboard are, nen' Indus'"es’ Says idead was practically confirmed when ' M G M A n ' grn:pl:rsl(rog\ the Falcon discov-| ered the location of the 09 and the| coovern, gisnes }condmon and depth it was found to be in. ! \WG'@ 558 Do WASHINGTON.— In any show- down . between the giant army of! Adolf Hitler and the equally huge battalions of Josef Stalin, U. S. mili-| tary experts are betting on the Nazis. Russia’s army for years was the largest in the world, even today may be somewhat bigger than the Ger- man. Furthermore, it first developed many military tricks now made so effective by the Nazis, such as para- chute troops and the mass use of tanks. $ Furthermore, the Russian army well-equipped, well trained and well disciplined, though not nearly as well mechanized as the German. However, Hitler has two big’ad- vantages over Stalin. Ohe, is the German genius for organization-and efficient transportation, The other is the fact that Germany can send lightning strokes against Russia ‘in two or three different areas, and to defend against these the Russian army 'has to be scattered over a tre-; mendous area instead of concen- trated it two or three places. * 1. Via Finland, toward Leningrad. Already General Mannerheim, who hates Russia, has been in confer- ence with German generals, and for some time has beep ready to cooper- ate with Germany in a drive on Len- ingrad. 2. On the other hand, Germany might strike from Warsaw through Brest-Litovsk into Polish Russia. 3. Pinally Hitler might move from Rumania through the Ukraine to Kiev and Odessa. This would be | the -deadliest attack of all, aimed to cut Russia off from her main south- ern outlet to the sea. Already Ger- man troop transports are reported at i Black Sea ports of Rumania and Bulgaria, waiting to strike at Rus- sian oil on the other side of the Black Sea. Or Hitler could attack on all three (Continued on Page Four) i lowed. are uniformly applied and fol- DAMASCUS DEFENSES HOLD OUT Defenders ie—sisting All British Atfacks, Claim : Officialigf Vichy BULLETIN.—London, June 21. —A Reuters dispatch says to- night that an intercepted an- nouncement from the Beirut Radio station reports the French have evacuated Damascus in the face of a terrific late afternoon attack by the British and Free French forces. —_— VICHY, June 21.—The defenses {of Damascus are holding out against British attacks despite heavy' shell- ing of the Syrian Capital City, ac- cording to information ived here. It is claimed strong French forces have established positions midway between the Capital City and Kis~ soue, 1 miles south and the invad- ing forces have been driven entire- ly out of the Messe airdrome area, three and one-half miles from Da- mascus. * 'Sanifarian Ends Inspection Tour; Earl Neuru, Sanitarian for the Territorial Department of Health, returned on the Yukon yesurd;y‘ from an inspection tour of health clinics. Neuru's trip took him to ipointment and regret at the delay. Taking advantage of the rapid| influx of capital, labor, power and other resources as a result of thel national defense boom, Seattle is! building permanent industries to| off-set the prophesied hang-over and slump after the boom-is over; said Foster L. McGovern, assistant General Manager of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce and head of | Alaska activities for the Seattle) group. McGovern and Darwin Meisnest, chairman of the Alaska Committee of the Seattle Chamber and vlce-: president of the Washington Athletic Club, returned from Fafrbanks late! last night by PAA Lodestar afer| travelling approximately 3,500 miles throughout the Territory. The two: men, substituting for the annual Good Will Tour of the Seattle Chamber, have visited Cordova, Val- | dez, Seward, Anchorage, Juneau and | Fairbanks, speaking before Alaska | Chambers, Rotary Clubs and over! radio stations. “The purpose of the trip,” sdid/ Meisnest, “is to form a fact-finding committee to report first hand on business conditions in the Territory.” The Alaska Committee, composed of 68 men, is interested in support- ing projects wanted by Alaskans for, as Alaska prospers, Seattle prospers.| Alaska is Seattle’s “best customer.” No “Fall of France?” Here Impressed by the spirit of the Ter- ritory in national defense efforts, both men spoke of the “unity of| Alaska against subversive elements that might cause a break-down. France will never be repeated in Alaska. Alaska is lending her shoul- der wholeheartedly to the program for defense.” McGovern explained, from notes prepared for a talk to the Juneau Chamber of Commerce, the work Seattle is doing to offset and “cush- ion” the effects of an immediate stoppage of defense work. Both of the Seattle men were to be guest speakers at-the Chamber meet, but found plane schedules cancelled by weather and were unable to attend the meeting. They expressed disap- “We are trying to guard against lflmmrhn here, for 'about Ketchikan, Petersburg and Wran-|.. . ocer hoom ‘slump by mak Se- The Falcoln, after arrival at the scene was ready to dispatch a diver| to the boat, but on discovering the| extreme depth of the 09 it was deemed inadvisable and impossibie tof make the attempt. | No indications were discovered as it happened. | Oregon Man Aboard 09 | It is learned that Robert Gardner, of Corvallis, Oregon, torpedoman, third class, is aboard the submarine| Gardner had just completed a course in the Navy's submarine school and was on his first under-| water trip, | The boy’s father, Dan Gardner, reported to the Associated Press to-| day he had recently received a let-! ter from his son relating he was about to board his first submarine, on its first diving duty. TREATY HAS SECRET T0 BARRUSSIA 'London Claims Friendship ‘i ' Pact Forced by “Ter- | rific Pressure” LONDON, 'June 21 —< A reliable foreign source said today that the recently signed, so-called “friend-| ship treaty” between Germany and| Turkey, contains a secret clause binding Turkey to a benevolent neutrality in the event of a war ble:ween Germany and Soviet Rus- sia. % 8 The clause, which will probably bar the Dardenelles to Russian war or supply ships, is said to have, been forced on Turkey by “terrific’ gell.“Neuru has been smhmd-t:l:‘ attle's industries permanent. st months, ~ | (Continued to Page Twoy German pressure - like the rest of! the declaration of German-Turkish| g " KNEES TROUBLES AWAY; CAPITAL 'GHOST WALKS By JACK STINNETT Almost before it has buzzed its WASHINGTON, June 21 — The last there will be an aide inform-| capital here and there: ing the General that other matters | Msj. Gen. Robert C. Richardson, demand his attention. the cavalry man who has been called in to head the Army's pub- lic relations division, has developed a system of kneeing his troubles away. The General has a lot to do— is hours and duties would make a lazy man pull the covers right over/ his head. But one of his worst duties is greeting job-seekers (or eyt their mothers and fathers and un-; Paydays in Washington have cles and brothers) who think pub- been as traditional as Christmas, lic relations is a soft and undan- Easter and July 4. They come on gerous berth in which to go through the first and fifteenth of the The President carries his pa- triotism right into the swim- ming pool. Hanging on the hook of his dressing room door in the White House pool are blue trunks, white tops—and angling across the latter the small red letters: “F. D. R.” . The Robin Moor was just being torpedoed on May 21 as this picture was made by Virgil Sanderlin, a mem- | | | ashington, D. C., to report to State ail from the Associated Press. NAESS 10 Y OFFENSIVE ISRAGING Air Filled with Planes in Attack on Nazi Held Coast Sections (By ASSOCIATED PRESS) British warplanes of all types filled the skies over the Eng- lish Channel this afternoon in what is apparently a nonstop daylight offensive against the Nazi-held coastline, The raid extends from south to north and along the coast- line and apparently far inland. Fires are seen from the Eng- lish coast and terrific explo- sions are alse heard. The raid, as the afternoon wears on, scems to be increas- ing. Nazi planes are seen rising to beat back the attack but de not seem to have much suc- cess. During mid-afterncon it is reported ten German planes have been shot down in combat and two British craft have QUIT PAF | FESEE POSITION Wealthy F@i_five fo Re- sign as Direcor fo Save Radio Licenses e | WASHINGTON, June 21.—Erling’ D. Naess said today he will comply| with the Federal Communications Commission’s order and resign as director of the Pacific American Fisheries. The announcement followed the registering of a warning to the PAFP yesterday from the Commission, that unless Naess, wealthy fugitive from| Nazi occupied Narway, resigned the corporation’s radio licenses for sta- to what caused the disaster or why ", tiono1 emergency—and crack- month, but “national defense” is pots, both sincere and selfish, who, want to sell the Army some great | scheme for selling the Army to the ment employees in many depart- board may receive or hold any au- nation. As usual, these people are as long - winded as an auctioneer.| They cannot often be slowed; down, hurried up, or turned from the path they have taken. Maybe - it was thinking in such| terms ‘that gave the former general | of cavalry his idea. Maybe he re-| 0 what a little knee-pres- sure did to a horse. At any rate, if you're a pest| and the General lolls back in his chair, raises his arms behind his| head -and ever so inconspicuously | tions in Alaska would be revoked. Under the regulations, no company with an alien as an officer on its wrecking hat. Staggered pay- days are starting — with govern- ments hereafter being paid on the eighth and twenty-third of the month . . . and the likelihood that; The Pacific American FPisheries within a few months paydays will operates in remote parts of Alaska be so staggered that some govern- and uses the radic as a sole means ment.employees will be getting paid of communication bets the can- every day. If you think that won't|neries, the fishing fleets, supply make a difference in Washington, ships and also with Bellingham, you don't know your capital. Mer-|th.. the headquarters of the cor-| chants have been keying their poration. ] sales; bartenders and restaurateurs,, Naess said he had lived in England their stocks; and faxi drivers, their|for 20 years and was on a trip to| hours on the street, to govemmem}Norwny when the Germans invaded| paydays, for years. With everydnyithlt country. He escaped to the Unit-| a government payday, how's a man ed States. thorization for operation of radio stations. slidés His left knee to the drawer going to figure? wall of his desk—you might as wedl pick up your hat and beat a retreat. What the General's knee strikes is a little button that sets off ‘@ buzzer in the outer office.| BID IS OFFERED ON DWELLINGS AT AIRPORTS CAA Announces Tender of $630,000 on Six Al- aska Airfields SEATTLE, June 21—The Civil Aeronautics Administration here to- day announced that the American Bullders of Seattle have bid $630,000 for the construction of dwellings and community houses on all airports in The 2nd Armored Division at Fort Benning, Ga., has been given the designation “Hell on Wheels.” ; | | Guardsmen fo | StayinArmy OverOne Year War Deparl?ent Asks to Keep Nafional Guard | in Service ‘ WASHINGTON, June 21. — The | War Department announced today | that it has recommended that Presi- RAF ATTACKS Juneau, West Ruby, Nome, Boun- dent Roosevelt ask Congress to re- darpibCardgys apd Big Delia, tain the National Guard in Federal .. |service beyond the current year'a’ service. “If T had known about the regula- tions, I would not have accepted the Directorate,” Naess said. BEIRUT JETTY CAIRO, June 21.—The RAF uld-, dle East Command announced wa-yl that the British PFleet's air arm at- tacked the shipping harbor at Bei- rut, Lebanon, scoring four direct hits on a large jetty. They reported hitting a “ship believed to have been a submarine.” - HERE FROM KLAWOCK Radio operator for the Icy Straits Canning Company at Hoo- nah, E. R. Kalusky arrived in Ju- neau by plane las. night, return- ing to Icy Straits from a trip to Klawock. He is staying at the Gas- tineau Hotel, | R Railway = history. in Italy began| in ‘1839, when a five-mile line was U.5.CLOSES CONSULATES OF ITALIANS Orders AMl Officials fo Be Removed from America Before July 15 WASHINGTON, June 21.— The United States today ordered all Ital- |ian Consulates in the United States to be closed and all Consular offi- cers removed from American terri- tory before July 15. Under Secretary of State Sumner Welles, in making the announce- ment, sald the United States Em- bassies in Berlin and Rome have been instructed to make all arrange- ments to return all American Con- sular officials from Germany and Italy but he rejected categorically the allegations made against the Consular officials by the Nazi and Fascist Governments they have been giving information to Great Britain. |German consulates were ordered closed several days ago and - Italy ordered closing of American Consu- lates early this week. U-BOATS SINK SIX VESSELS IN ATLANTIC Luftwaffe fr}l;shes Hum- ber Estuary-Sinks Frgigifler BERLIN, June 21.—German sub« marines are claimed to have sunk six British merchantmen equipped with eatapaults, and an auxiliary cruiser. All together 52,900 tons of ship- ping were recently sent to the bot- tom in the North Atlantic. The Ger- man High Command declared a 6,000 ton freighter was sunk by a bomber last night in the Humber estuary and two others were dam- aged. el e BUY DEFENSE BONDS opened between Naples and Por- ticl *