The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 25, 1941, Page 1

y > THE DAILY ALASKA E VOL. LVIL, NO. 8760. U. . SHIPS - TAKEARMS T0 RUSSIA President Does Not Infend fo Issue Neutrality Proclamation VLADIVOSTOK PORT OPEN FOR SUPPLIES Announcement of Vifal Im- porfance Is Made by Welles fo Newsmen WASHINGTON, June 25— President Roosevelt does not intend to issue any neutrality proclamation on the Russian- German war. This was the announcement made today by Under Secretary of State Sumner Welles who then stated American ships will thus be permitted to carry arms to Russia’s Pacific Coast port of Vladivostok. Welles said the United States thereby takes the same posi- tion in reference to the Rus- sian-German war it has main- tained during the long unde- clared war between Japan and China. Asked by the newsmen as to what effect this will have re- garding the transport of arms to Russia on American ships, Welles explained that combat zones have already been estab- lished by the President and they do not include the Pacific region of Vladivostok and this will remain open to American ships carrying arms and other supplies. WASHINGTON—Last month the OPM suddenly announced that A. R. Glancy, able head of its nance division, had resigned to take an unspecified post in Harry Hopkins' Lend-Lease agency. A week or so later it leaked out that Glancy would go to London in connection” with his new work. Glancy has not gone to London. He is enroute to Egypt via the China Clipper, to make a first- hand study of how the Army's new 14-ton light tank stands up under actual combat conditions. These tanks, capable of 75 miles an hour at temperatures as high as 115 degrees, have reached Brit- ish forces in North Africa in con- siderable numbers. One large ship- ment recently arrived by way of the Red Sea, which the President opened to U. 8. cargo vessels sev- eral months ago. Some of the tanks saw heavy action in the Syrian campaign, ’ Because our light ‘tank isithe first produced here in quantity and in- corporates lessons %o far Iarned in the war, U. S. military. chiefs are vitally interested in its per- formance. So Glancy’s mission is most important. Glancy is accompanied by Major Joe Colby, Army ordnance ace. The two experts probably will return by way of London, to confer with Brit- ish authorities. NOTE — The Nazis know, of course, that U. S. tanks are oper- ating on the African front, and some authorities are wondering pri- vately whether this had any con- nection with the sinking of the Robin Moor. They point out that the Nazi submarine commander made repeated inquirles whether the ship was carrying any motor- ized equipment. U. 8. EMBASSY IN BERLIN The Germans are a thorough people. They investigate everythinz. They even investigated the ladies’ lavatory in the American Embassy in Berlin to make sure it was not a storage place for munitions. The U. S. Embassy in Berlin i (Continued to Psége Three) o ord- | Jesse Jones Considering British Loan eral Hundred Million Dollarsffl Trade WASHINGTON, June 25.—Jesse Jones, Federal Loan Administrator, announced today he is “considering a loan to the British Government.” Jones said the loan is being stud- |ied by the RFC under a new law au- thorizing such a loan. He added: |“The purpose of the loan will be to | provide the British dollar with ex- |change to pay for war supplies in this country without having to sell American securities or investments in forced sales.” The announcement gave no amount for the loan, but it was re- ported in some quarters that it lamounted to several hundred mil- lion dollars. HOUSE ASKS MONEY FOR MORE SHIPS ’ Coast Guard Cutters Sent fo Great Brifain fo Be Replaced WASHINGTON, June 25.—A de- ficiency appropriation for $897,000,- 000 including funds to give the Navy 2236 additional airplanes and 19 more auxiliary ships, was recom- mended to the House today by it Appropriations Committee. The measure, a catch-all money bill for the fiscal year ending June 30, carried funds for almost a score of governmental agencies and had appropriations such as $36,000,000 for the Office of Emergency Manage- { ment, $28,000,000 for the Post Office and $51,000,000 for the Coast Guard. The latter allotment to the Coast Guard includes a money replace- ment for the ten cutters transferred to Britain, and funds for the can- struction of three new icebreakers for duty in the Greenland area. TWO PLANES STOP HERE . FOR WEATHER ! | Held up by weather, two PAA Lodestars are sitting at the Juneau airport this afternoon waiting for clearance for their flights to Se- attle. The two ships landed from Fairbanks this morning. A north- bound Lodestar's flight from Seattle was cancelled until 8 o'clock this af- ternoon, Passengers arriving on the two southbound Lodestars from Fair- banks were Charles Eaton, Earle Lee, Mrs. Minnie Lang, Raymond Page, Fred Erie nd A. C. Welling. All passengers are booked through to! Seattle. A southbound Electra is scheduled to land from the Interior this af- ternoon with H. Vanlaw, Samuel Johnson, Mrs. Katherine Johnson, Charles Kendricks, Mrs. Katherine Kendricks and Ray Dillon. FOUR HALIBUTERS SELL HERE TODAY All selling at prices of 10 and 88 cents per pound, four Juneau halibuters unloaded 33,300 pounds of fish at the Cold Storage dock this morning. % Oapt. Tom Ness of the Emma II |sold 11,500 pounds and Capt. Elf Johnson of the Diana sold 5,300 pounds, both to the Alaska Coast Fisheries. Capt. Bernt Alstead of the Thelma sold 8500 pounds ‘o E. E. Engstrom and Capt. Peter Oswold of the Tundra sold 8,000 pounds to the New England Fish Company. —_—atoo——— - DUNLOP RETURNS Traveling man H. C. Dunlop re- turned to Juneau on the southbound Aleutian this morning aféer- Ja trip to the Westward. He ls stay~ ing at the Gastineau Hotel,~ JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE JAPANIS | DEBATING SITUATION U.S. May Lemritain Sev- | Position Is Undecided - To! Support Russia or Ger- many in Present War TOKYO, June 25—Japan’s lead- ers today debated at two anxious, secret sessions the Empire’s course in | the new situationg arising from Ger- | many's invasion of Russia. Premier Koyone later laid the re- sults of the secret session before | Emperor Hirohito, Gen. Toyo, Japanese War Min- ister, at a meeting with the Japanese munitions makers today, said the | Japanese Army is “making full prep- arations to place the country in a position of perfect security, coping | efficiently with the ever-changing | international situation.” Gen. Toyo, however, failed to in- dicate which coice Japan will make in deciding whether to support Ger- many or Russia in the new conflict. No future attitude toward the Unit- ed States was indicated by Gen. Toyo. ‘The newspaper Hochi, in an art- icle today, bluntly stated that a “military menace might develop along Alaska, Aleutian Islands and Vladivostok.” DAMASCUS | 1S BOMBED BY GERMANS LONDON, June 25.—A Reuters dispatch from Jerusalem says many nersons were killed and injured; when planes bombed Damascus late ! yesterday. Damascus is now held by the Free French. Reuters declared the bombing planes were Germans. ARMY ENGINEER GETS MOVED FROM ALASKA After two years in the Territory, Capt. A, C. Welling of the Army Engineers at Fort Richardson, ar-!| rived in Juneau from the Interior today via PAA Lodestar. Capt. Welling is on his way to | Fort Snelling, Minnesota, where he | has been transferred. The Army Engineer was in charge of con- struction at Fort Richardson, An- chorage, NO CHAMBER MEET SET FOR TOMORROW Because of interest and activity| caused by the Empire-Rotary Soap Box Derby scheduled for tomorrow, the Juneau Chamber of Commerce as cancelled its regular Thursday | luncheon meeting. Next meet will be held July 3. PRINCE RUPERT HALIBUT PRICES At Prince Rupert today 119,000{ pounds of halibut were sold at 10.70 and 9.20 cents a pound. IN ON NORTH COAST Joe C. Page, representative of the National Biscuit Company, arrived in Juneau on the North Coast this ‘morning and is stopping at the Bar- anof Hotel. Page is on his first visit to the Territory and will tour the Interior on business. ——————.—— !eral Government now pays all legis- | mittee today recommended an al- |eat food fish in Japanese waters. T0 GET NEW PROPORTION CommifleeTpproves Di- mond Bill for More Law Makers WASHINGTON, June 25— The Senate Territories Committee today approved a bill by Alaska Delegate Anthony J. Dimond for the reap- portioning of the Alaska Legisla- ture. Under the measure, which was amended by the committee, the Leg- islature will be composed of 16 sen- ators, four from each judicial dis- trict, and 24 representatves. The apportionment is on the popula- tion basis with one member for each 3,000 population. The Federal Government will pay the salaries and mileage for members amounting to about $52,000. The Ter- penses estimated at $20,000. The Fed~ lative expenses. The House appropriations Com- lotment of $84,320 for Coast Guard aids to navigation in Passage Canal to mark the channel to the new terminus of the Alaska Railroad. Also recommended was $2,500 for additional for the present fiscal year. Included in the second deficiency bill is an appropriation of $4,000 to pay the expenses of the Alaska International | Highway Commission. MAY BLOCK SEAL PACT ABROGATION mit Cerfain Evidence “ALL THE ALL THE TIME” ritory is to pay the remaining ex-'E care of Alaska insane United Stalgfians fo Sub- || 25, 1941. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS ox Derb! Tomo A Derby Day parade through downtown Juneau will begin the pro- gram at 1 o’clock tomorrow afternoon. sweater as race souvenirs. to Japan Now WASHINGTON, June 25— Offi- cials of the Fisheries Bureau told the House Appropriations Committee to- | day at the hearing on the second| Deficiency Appropriation bill that | the State Department planned to try | and prevent Japan's abrogation of | the fur seal treaty of 1911 by pre- senting evidence the seal does not Ward T. Bower, Chief of the Di- vision of the Alaska Fisheries, said the Fisheries Bureau needs $290,000 to purchase and outfit a vessel to follow the migrating seals to prove the contention the seals follow the American coast into the waters off the Californian coast and not those off Japan's coast. { Japan gave notice of abrogation of the seal treaty on October 23 last year, effective on October 23, this; year, FINNISH CITY IS SET FIRE BY RUSSIAN BOMBS HELSINKI, June 25.—Many Fin- nish civilians are reported to have been killed at Lappeenranta and the city left afire following a wholesale ern Finland. Bombs were dropped twice on Hel- | sinki today and swarming Russian bombers caused four alarms. On two| swarms over Helsinki no bombs were showered down CANADIAN INSPECTORS HERE Canadian Customs Inspectors F. Burns and G» E. Norris, arrived from Vancouver, B. C., this morning no the North Coast and are staying at the Baranof Hotel. They flew round- trip to Taku River today on busi- ness, — e — RAMSEY ARRIVES William S. Ramsey, son of Dr. and Mrs. Steve Ramsey, arrived this morning on the North Coast from Seattle. Ramsey has been attending the ‘University of Washington. ——————— -~ BUY DEFENSE BONDS GAMES TODAY The following are final scores of games played. this afternoon in two| major leagues as received up to press time, National League Philadelphia 3; Cincinnati 8. Pittsburgh 5; Brooklyn 4. | American League l St. Louis 5; New York 7. | Cleveland 2; Boston 7. Detroit 4; Philadelphia 5. —ero—— Every driver will be given a steel crash helmet and a Soap Box Derby At 2 o’clock the big race will begin on the 12th Street course with cars vying in heats of three. U.S.NAVY ALREADYIS CONVOYING Merry-Go-Round Authors &5 et sna Germans. | Reveal Details of First Crossing By Drew Pearson and Robert 8. Allen | WASHINGTON, June 25 — Al group of American naval vessels| have just returned from their first| experience at Atlantic “patrol” nnd/i or ‘“convoying.” Whatever it isf called, they helped to get about| 80 British merchantmen safely most| Just after the American warships left, Nazi bombers sank four Brit- ish tankers. They were big, modern tankers capable of making 17 knots, but held down to about nine knots| by the slow speed of the convoy. The manner in which the new Atlantic patrol operates is unique in naval history. Here are the me- chanies: How It Works U. 8. warships picked up the British merchantmen in a British western hemisphere port—in this case, Bermuda, (Sometimes the | north Atlantic route is used via | Halifax, but the route is seldom | the same). Prior to that British| vessels had been concentrating for several weeks in various West In-| dian ports—wheat and meat ships, | together with oil tankers. The Britr ish merehantmen which awaited, BUY DEFENSE BONDS (Continued on Page Eight) | TURKEY T0 BE NEUTRAL MOSCOW, June 25—The Soviet Government announced tonight that information has been received to the effect Turkey has decided ——————— — PANZER FORCE OF GERMANS IN MANY SURPRISES BERLIN, June 25—The military spokesman declared tonight that the German success against Russia is “baffling imagination.” The spokesman declared that the German Air Force is already in Russian air offensive across South-|0f the way to the west coast off full supremacy in the combat area | Africa. There the British took over.|in the three days of the Reich's war. He also said all tactical sur- prises of the German Panzer Di- visions have succeeded fully. i A STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, June 25-—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 3%, American Can 84, Anaconda 27%, Bethlehem Steel 73%, Commonwealth and Southern %, Curtiss Wright 8%, General Mot~ ors 38%, International Harvester 51, Kennecott 367%, New York Central 12'%, Northern Pacific 6%, United States Steel 56%, Pound $4.03%. DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today’s Dow, Jones averdges: Industrials, 123.52; rails, 28.50; utilities 17.73. ——.ee——— BUY DEFENSE STAMPS rrow Affernoon ] For honor, for good sportsman- Iship for a long list of valuable| | prizes, including a trip to Ohio, some 60 Juneau boys will race homemade coaster care down 12th | Street tomorrow afternoon in the | first Soap Box Derby ever held in | Alaska. | The event is sponsored jointly oy | the Juneau Rotary Club and The | Daily Alaska Empire. | Derby festivities will begin at 1| o'clock tomorrow afternoon when | drivers and their cars assemble at | the Alaska dock for a parade in | which members of the | Club will march. All entrants will [wesr Soap Box Derby sweaters which were distributed to them |1ast night and will wear padded | steel crash helmets which will be | passed out at the dock. | The parade will go to the racing | course via Admiral Way, PFranklin | Street, Front Street, Seward Street, Fourth Street and Calhoun Avenue, ending as cars line up for the race at the hilltop above the Gold Creek Bridge. Racing will start at 2 o'clock from a ramp which has been de- signed to give an even start and HALF HOLIDAY Juneau retail stores and business establishments will close at 1 o'clock tomorrow afternoon in accordance with the Mayor's Derby Day proc- lamation. Housewives are + place: theit orders morning hours. nded to ‘during the . L) ®00 00000000000 an even run to every contestant. Cars will go down the course in groups of three, keeping to lanes marked on the street. Heat win- ners will compete for higher hon- ors, working up to the final in which a Juneau champion will bhe chosen. Fast Course The course winds down che hill, across the bridge and on to 12th Street. Every part of the opera- tions, from inspection at the start to judging at the finish, will be supervised by members of the Ro- tary Club, who may be distin- guished by the sun helmets they will wear. | All traffic over the course will| be shut off by Chief of Police Dan Ralston. Winning coaster cars will be towed from the finish line around Willoughby Avenue to com- | pete in elimination heats. Each heat winner will be given| a prize. Medals and prizes will be! awarded for the car showing the best workmanship, the best de-| signed car, the best upholstered car and the car with the best designed brakes. | Many Prizes Winners of first, second and| third places in Class A and B will| | be given medals. The final winner will be given a handsome trophy in addition to an all-expense-paid trip to Akron, Ohlo, and return to] compete in the national finals. Tne winner's car will also be shipped |free to Akron and return. Cost of, the big prize' is being borne joint- |1y by the Rotary Club and Empire.| Other prizes to be awarded in- clude a bicycle, radio, sleeping bug, year's pass to the Capitol Theatre,: tool chests, fishing outfit, pen and{ peneil set, flashlights and many | others. After the race is over, a Derby Dance will be held at the . Baranof Hotel at 10’ 0'clock. Progeeds will be used to provide a banquet for | the ' boys. Prizes will be awarded {at the banquet. A public address system will be installed on the race course sothat spectators all along the way will be kept informed on what Iis transpiring on the track. Committees Committees for the race, with the Chairman named first in each case, are as follows: General Chairman — John L. Cauble. Track Director — Dan Ralston, Juneau Police Force, National Guard, Fire Department. Director of Hilltop Operations — Henry Harmon, Stan Grummett, Ernest Parsons, C. C. Carnegle, Bert McDowell, C. H. Metcalfe. Chief Judge—Charles Beale, H.'L. A0 A S BT (Continued on Page Eight) Rotary | ' union official. PRICE TEN CENTY B RUSSIA, GERMANY TRADE SMASH BLOWS LEGISLATURE |60 Young Juneau Drivers, Hundreds 0f Spectators Await Rofary - Empire Seaph LENINGRAD IN FLAMES FROMBOMBS Soviet Warplanes Sef Fire to Forests Near Hel- sinki, Finland PARACHUTE TROOPS " READY FOR ODESSA Three Blifz Columns Rip- ping Through Russian Defense Say Nazis (By ASSOCIATED PRESS) Russia today launched a whole- sale air offensive against Finlwnd and German-oceupled Poland In a blow by blow reply to German raids which were reported to have left Leningrad in flames and damaged several other cities. As the lightnipg warfare contin- uel on the 2,000 mile front, little Finland registered its second sharp protest to Moscow against what it called an unprovoked attack. Fin- land said the Soviet assertion that German troops attacked Rissia through Finland is a “deliberate le.” Pravda, official Communist Party organ, published in Moscow, warned that the “world will-be amazed at the forces the Soviet people in their indignation and patriotic wrath” will hurl against’ Germany. Helsinki Forest Vire Bombs fell on Helsinki twice to- day and started a forest fire outside are repmd mmnnlqh fighter planes. and _anti-aireraft guns resisted the ralds and claimed they shot down elght Russian planes. Germany announced the war is progressing faverably so far, with “great success” in prospect. Deep thrusts by German columns into Russian Territory is claimed. Reports from Turkey said the Rus- |sians are offering little resistance to the Nazi pushes into the former Rumanian province of Bessarabja, while German parachute troops are reported in readiness for an attack on Odessa, Ruasian Black Sea port. German dispatches told of heavy bombardment on Russian railways and air bases, and German troops are said to have captured the former Lithuanian city of Vilna. Leningrad Blasing Helsinki dispatches reported gi- gantic fires in Leningrad after a German rald. The Russians acknowl- edged they have been unable to halt three powerful German drives on the Central and Northern fronts. In the South, Ankara reports said German and Rumanian troops, fighting together have captured Ger- nauti, the capital of Bucovina prov- ince and Chisinau, capital of Bessa- rabia, both taken from Rumania by Russia a year ago. Russian warplanes are reported to have bombed Danzig and Warsaw in German-occupied Poland. Rumania, constantly matching German as- saults on the Ukraine cities, claimed to have destroyed 381 planes while losing 374. STRIKE SETTLEMENT IS IN NEAR FUTURE, Arriving on the Aleutian, south- bound this morning, Ora L. Wilson, Vice-President of the National Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Union, stopped off in Juneau for a short stay on his way to Spokane from Fairbanks, where he has been the last six weeks representing the strik- ers of the United States Smelting, Mining and Refining Company. The strike, which started on June 5, was originally called when com- pany officials refused to bargain with the PFairbanks Miners Union |44 and to abide by the National {Labor Relations Board decision handed down by Concilator Jesse Jacobsen, sald Wilson today. The strikers also demanded a union ishop. Despite the fact that the strikers \and the company have been in a | deadlock for almost three weeks, | Wilson seemed optimistic as to the | outcome. “I feel sure of a settlement which will be agreeable to both factions |in the very near future,” stated the . At present the union strikers com- Prise about 65 pereent of the 760 | employees of the company.