The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 16, 1941, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. LVII . NO. 8777. OND GERMA “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1941. MEMBER ASSOClATEDPRbSS & PRICE TEN CENTS THRUST FAIL NEW POLICY HINTED NOW FOR NIPPONS Speculahon Arises as Io Just What Significant | Move Is Planned | MORE PRO-GERMAN | POLICY INTIMATED| Empire Mlghl Withdraw from All Commitments | Made with Europe | ol | (By Associated Press) | Premier Prince Fumimaro Konoye and the entire Japanese Cabinet | resigned suddenly today, leading to speculations that Japan might be planning a more pro-German policy | despite the pact with Moscow, or| possibly will withdraw from all European commitments. It is pointed out that Foreign Minister Matsuoka, who fostered Japan’s adherence to the Rome-Ber- lin Axis and personally negotiated ' a Japanese-Russian neutrality ac-| cord on April 13, is reported on tlie way out. Reports reaching Shanghai from Japan not long ago said Matsuoka might be replaced by Mamouri Shigemitsu, Ambassador to London. The action might mean even that Tokyo is turning against the Axis. (Continued on Page Eight) oy, Posws. Robert S Alles WASHINGTON — More than one| CIO leader who attended the so-call- ed special legislative conference last week left Washington convinced that | its real purpose was to trot out a trial balloon for the return of John L. Lewis as CIO president. The political undertones of the pow-wow were as thick as molasses. Lewis’ “palace guard” of left-wingers' were in complete charge of all the, arrangements. | Prominent among those present were the heads of CIO Industrial Union” Councils, many of them—Ileftists and the beckbone’ of Lewis’ political support'tn the’ CIO: Significantly, although the “pal- ace guard” fut on an extra crew to handle publicity for the meeting, no list of those attending was issued. Such a list would have shown a pre- dominance of leftist elements pre- sent. Throughout the meeting, Lewis acted like a man ghose hat was in the ring. He made i speech¥that was purely political and slapped backs in the best campaign manger. s | If Lewis is out for the presidency, it is certain that Phil Murray will be the first to make way for him. No CIO leader has any doubt that Murray would withdraw at The drop| of the hat. Lewis wouldn’t even have to' ask him. | | | TWO SPEECHES Murray also made a speech, and the contrast between his and Lewis’ was startling. | Lewis delivered a rabble-rousing | harangue in his heaviest Shakes- pearen manner. Rumbling exclama- tions and with basso profundo theat- ricals, he blasted Roosevelt for “Anti- union” legislation, scorched OPM Associate Director Sidney Hillman as a “strike breaker,” hit Will Davis, chairman of the Defense Mediation iting the United States on orders ELKS WILL | | vention of the Elks today selected iPnrnnnd Oregon, for the oonven—.‘ | Gordon of Alaska Affairs for the | Ryan will fly' to Anchorage next. {received by U, S. Marshal William |son arrived from Sitka. yesterday Board which dded mq;q United (Continued on Page: Pour) PANESE CABINET SUDDENLY RESIGNS idals | For Axis | LeaveU.S. Ordered Out by by State De- | partment, Agents Leave on Former America | NEW YORK, July 16—The Am- | erican Merchant Marine liner Am-| erica, 27,000 tons, now a Navy! transport named West Point, left |last night on her maiden trans- Atlantic voyage, bound for Lis-| bon, with nearly 500 passengers aboard. ! The passengers were mostly Ger- | man and Italian Consular officials and other agents of the Axis Gov- ernments, with their families, quit- of the State Department. Farewell parties aboard {ship were banned. the| REMAINS AT ANCHOR | NEW YORK, July 16.—The Navy’s | big transport West Point (America) s this afternoon riding at .m-,m.-,Brobeck George Marshall, down the harbor after sailing out last night. It is understood the | transport has not officially received | orders from the Government to' pro- | ceed, The transport is 10 miles down | stream, with nearly 500 banished nationals of Germany and Italy on | board. It is not known when the final order will be given for the dash across the Atlantic. MEET, 1942, INPORTLAND PHILADELPHIA, Pa, July 16— | The delegates to the annual con- | | tion in 1942. GOVERNOR, RYAN | IN NOME SEEKING DEFENSE SET-UP Gov. Ernest Gruening and Aa-‘ sistdnt Director J. J. Ryan of Al-, iaska Civilian Defense arrived in! Nome last night in Ryan’s plane. Mr, and Mrs. Huntington Gruen- ing left the plane at Fairbanks for a visit to Mount McKinley Na- tional Park with Director Paul W. Division of Territories and Island Possessions. The Governor and! SITKA NATIVE DIES OF STAB WOUND; 2 HELD Paul Liberty, native, died in Sitka at 4:15 o'clock this morning from a stab wound he suffered last night following a dance, according to word T. Mahoney. Liberty's bride of one week, Agnes John, was held for questioning, along with a soldier. The native was stab- | bed over the®heart. He never re- | gained consciousness. —————— FROM SITKA Deputy U. 8. Marshal Sid Thomp- [ with an insane prisoner and with Mary Watson and Donald Stickney, to serve six months for being drunk | and disorderly. ——————— BUY DEFENSE STAMPS 2 LODESTARS | Belding, Maxwell Belding, Fred | Claugh. | ter, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Brewer, Pa- | tricia Brewer, and Joseph Green. | | by any local board in the country in iso on until each July 1st registrant {be determined by integrating them | quence number will receive the high- |strants.” ONE ELECTRA IN AIR TODAY Three PAA planes are in the air today, a Lodestar from Seattle to| Juneau, one from Juneau to Seat- ne and an Electra from Fairbanks. The Electra, which is due at 5 | o'clock, has aboard seven passen- | gers for Juneau. They are Virginia | Belding, Alys Faurat, Verne Stice, Lou Delibeque and Arthur Me- Aboard the northbound Lodestar | arriving here at 4:30 o'clock are Mrs, R. G. Wood, Mrs, C. H. Free- | man, Mrs. Gordon Clithero, C. Rei- singer, Mrs. L. Weldon, Jea')‘ Schaffer, and Jean Burnham, while Ed Wilke, J. Connie, and' Merwin Anderson will continue %o Fair-| banks. Boarding the plane here will be ! eight passengers for Fairbanks; | Mrs, Alma Indegaard, Milo War- er, Joseph Deutschie, Harry Gam- The southbound Lodestar left Ju- | neau today at noon with the fol- lowing passengers booked for Se- attle: Mrs. Edith M. Wade, Wayne Ray- { mond Bowlby, Edward Darlington, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Dulien, Otto’| | Weinard and Mrs. Elizabeth Stew- art, DRAFTLOTTERY FOR ALASKANS ON THURSDAY Sequence numbers for approxi- mately 400 young men who regist- ered in the Territory of Alaska on July 1 will be drawn in the Second Natlanal Selective Service Lottery to be held in Washington, D. C,, Thursday evening, John L. McCor- mick, Territorial Director of Selec- | tive Service, announced today. A set of serial numbers, each pre- ceded by the letter “8,” from “S-1” to include the largest number used assigning serial numbers to July 1 registrants, will be drawn by lots. Approximately 800 serial numbers will be drawn, Director McCormick said. Master Lists The serial numbers in the order they are drawn in the lottery will constitute a master list to be used by local boards in assigning “Sequence Numbers” to their July 1st reg- istrants, in this manner: The registrant in each local board {area whose serial number first ap- pears on this second master: list will be given Sequence Number 1 in his area; the registrant whose serial number is next closest to the top will receive Sequence Number 2, and has a sequence number, As was the procedure in connec- tion with the Territorial lottery on July 14, 1941, local boards will cross off on the second master list and ignore those serial numbers that are not held by any registrants in their areas. Will Assign Order Numbers When sequence numbers have been assigned to all new registrants, the local boards will assign each of these registrants an ordeér number to among the old registrants. This means that the new registrant with Sequence No. 1 in his local board area will receive the ‘lowest order number assigned to, his group, and the registrant with ‘the largest se- est order number for the same group. “The Second National Lottery should not be confused with the Territorial Lottery held here last Monday,” Director MeCormick em- phasized, “the master list resulting {from the Territorial will de-| termine the order ni of the January 22, 1941, registrants, where- as the mater list resulting from the | Second Natlonal Lottery determines | the order numbers for July 1 reg- | disintegration of the United States ! |year's service are subject to that | | National Guardsmen, reserve offi- COLLAPSE OF For $638 They Better do40 Army Gun Sight ARMEDFORCES NOW AT STAKE Army WiIIT)Tsiniegraie If Selectees Not Refain- ed, Is Claim Made WASHINGTON, July 16, — The | - Army is at stake, and Congress ! would not be breaking its faith if it |allows the Army to keep selectees and National Guardsmen in service | for more than a year, President Roosevelt asserted in a conference | with newsmen late yesterday. The President pointed out that in the original Selective Service Act there is a proviso permitting the | retention of draftees if found neces- | sary either through a declaration of | a national emergency or through an amendment to the law. The menf who were taken into the Army for a , provision. | Roosevelt said therefore Congress ' would not be breaking its faith to | enact legislation requiring lurthar; service, Y l | A aiber REMOVE LIMITATION WASHINGTON, July 186. —Under Secretary of War Robert P. Pntter- | son today advised Congress that the ____ President favors the retention of ' tioned at Camp Forrest, cers and draftees by the Army be- yond the 12-month period orlgmally prescribed by Congress. Also, Patterson said, the Presldem. desires the removal of the 900,000 limitaton number on draftees in service at any one time. The War Department official wrote, “The se- quence of German conquests which | continued uninterruptedly from Aus- | tria to Russia, were based on the anticipated failure of the cauntries concerned to properly prepare against invasion. Then in each case the Nazis launched an overwhelming force against an unprepared army. ‘We cannot speculate on the securitv of this nation.” WARNER AGREES Chief of the nation’s great vcteran organization, Milo J. Warner, Na- New Measure More String- enf than War Depart- menf’s Request ‘WASHINGTON, July 16.. — The White House today sent the Senate a new version of a proposed prop- DR erty selzure bill' which some com- COUGHLIN LEAVES mitteemen characterized as broader Clerk of Court Robert Coughlin in its terms than the measure sub- left on the steamer Baranof for a mitted by the- War Department, The manth’s vacation in the States. He bill was submitted by Wayne Coy of will visit in Seattle, Portland and the White House mfl tional Commander of the American HOI-D OWN tle Post-Intelligencer in Seattle yes- | terday, sald that selectees should remain in eervios during the emer- Mopgle Sald fo Be High as Warner, now in Juneau on a visit to the Territory, said in the inter- | Present conditions wmng oot Against Luftwaffe same as firemen quitting at the end 3 of tHeir shift while the fire was LONDON, July 16.—An informed, raging. I.am certain the situation source of the British Mission in violating any of the men’s rights.” Russian air force is high and the fliers are holding their own in the ( ABI“EI or CUB A | vast struggle with the luftwaffe. | mavaxa e suy 10— v BY WHITE HOUSE Cuban cabinet resigned today to facilitate -the reorganization ol the President Batista’s resignation was announced by Premier Saladri- gas after a mleeting with his Min- governmental re-organization, no explanation was given. The cab- inet’s decision was issued immedi- RUSSIAN Legion, in an interview to the Seat- gency. Soviet Force Struggles present conditions would be the can be straightened out without Moscow reports the morale of the 28 Qe S REORGANIZATION BILL IS SUBMITTED government. isters. Except. for preparation for ately. Spokane. 3 ‘ The measure,w permn the Presi- RS BT e dent to requisitioff any property he MARRIAGE LICENSES deems necessary for natiorial de- Marriage license applications fense. The previous War Depart- ment-version of the bill limited such Rai e ve been filed with U. 8. Com requisition to the powers of mili- missioner Felix Gray by Alan —————— BUY DEFENSE BONDS tary articles. / s e BUY DEFENSE STAMPS Wicks and Dorothy Nelle Gleysteen | and by Erling Berg Onsoien :nd Mildred Zelene M l‘rom a heterogeneous c‘ollectlan of materials, including all amounting to $6.38—Lieut. Charles Yancey, left, and Tennessee, have developed & new anti-tank gun sight which is ral ter than the ones now being manufactured for the army at a cost of $640. The two are shown with | Camouflaged My Tent, And Now | (an't Find If"; Army Humor Reporfed Good the home-made gun sight. By JACK STINNETT WASHINGTON, July 16 — Our army in training may be as seri- ous as all get-out, but it has its' ' A Lol Baan pt. lawnll Bean mmvmmwuhumm ; sotder and adhesive tapv—- of the U. 8. army now sta- as bet- COMMANDER OF LEGION APPLAUDED Juneau AuMe Told Aid fo Britain Must Be lighter side, too. I've been plowing through scores | of Army camp papers—dailies, ‘wceklles and monthlies—everything from mimeographed four-sheeters to profit-making, printed dailies, with paid advertising. And I can report that most he-said-she-said« ! he-said jokes are the same old Joe Millers that were around when the boys floated off to Cuba and the Philippines. BUT funny situation wmor is in the saddle and noth- ng funny happens that isn't given he green light for general cir- ulation. | The Army cartoonists are sur- wisingly good. The one from thel "ort Niagara Drum showing uni rate bandmaster, shouting at a ookie, playing the drums plenty ot and in the groove, “I donyt| are if Krupa does play it that| vay, you're in the Army now,” is national magazine stuff. Another, from the Army Times, shows a befuddled - trainee dash- ing about after taps and moaning 0 a lieutenant: “I know it's after taps, sir, -but I camouflaged my tent and now I can’t find it.” The Hickam' Highlights, from Hawaii, and The Jungle Cat, pub- lication of the 11th Engineers in Panama, have cartoonists who have :aught the spirit of the tropics. Most of their carfoons are sultry wnd although not too shocking for | :ome of the sophisticated maga-| iines, no fit subject for a family newspaper. | In the funny situation depart- ment: The Dixie (Camp Blanding) re- ports that the 124th Imfantry was delighted when Pvts. Thomas W. Arseneau and Arvel Adkins joined up. The men had been animal trainers with Ringling Bros. & Barnum and Balley’s eircus. Their first assignment was to tame the company’s toughest sergeant. { Then there was the scornful Made' Effective MILO J. WARNER National Commander of The American Legion, in Juneau last night, now making a brief tour to Legion Posts in Alaska, Consistent with our own nati defense, U. 8. aid to Britain should be made actually effective and should be delivered, National Com-~ mander Milo J. Warner of the Amer- ican Legion declared here last night in an address to 200 Legionnaires, wives and guests in the Gold Room of the Baranof Hotel, Commander Warner, who visited England five months ago as member of an American Legion mission, said the mission came away absolutely cértain that Hitler could not success- fully invade the British Isles and could not. gain superiority in the air, but that ‘Britain was sorely in need of additional supplies and mun- itions from America. What Churchill Said The National Commander disclos- ed here for the first time the answer which Prime Minister *Winston " (Continged to Page TWO) NAZI FORCES NOT GAINING NEW SECTORS Russian Hégtrquarters Ex- press Growing Con- fidence Tonight INVADERS ARE DRIVEN BACK NINETEEN MILES 'Violent Figlfing Confinues Hitler Says Counter Atfacks Repulsed BULLETIN— MOSCOW, July 16—The general atmosphere in Russian quarters tonight ap- peared one of growing confi- dence as the second German offensive seems failing to gain ground as fast as the first thrust. 3 Advices from the front to- night sald the German forces have been shoved back farther than 19 miles olaimed yesterday and » oalm confidence is ap- parent in the Russian Capital City. The exodus of women and children from Moscow has slackened decidedly. (By ASSOCIATED PRESS) German panzer columns, knifing deep into the Stalin line toward Leningtad from bases in Estonia, are reported to have wiped out So- viet Army forces at Bjelaja, 37 miles east of Pskov, but the Rus- sians said the Red Armies have smashed the new salient and hurled the invaders back west. Soviet dispatches from the front said a fierce Russian counter of- fensive is continuing on the cen- tral front west of the Dnepr River and the Germans have besn driven back even farther than the 19 miles-claimed yesterday. Violent fighting raged. all night in the areas, says the report, according to a Moscow war bulletin. Hitler's fleld headquarters again reports Wriefly on operations, and repeatea vhat the “invasion is pro- ceeding favorably. In several places desperate Soviet counter attacks have bheen repulsed with bloody losses to the enemy.” German mechanized spearheads, thrust deep into the Ukraine, are described by the Russians as “in a difficult situation” and apparent- ly eut off. Nazi infantry forces are unable to break through to their support. L o o conmreend No Handicap To Russia If Moscow Falls LONDON, July lG——Ruxslan Am- bassador Maisky said today that even if Moscow should fall to the advancing ' Germans, the Soviet's widely dispersed industries are able to keep the Red Army in the Field “fully supplied.” Maisky explained, “For years we have planned the dispersal of our heavy and light industries vital to war effort to guard against air at- tacks, and should Moscow fall, a catastrophe I do not believe will oceur, we will fight on with sup- plies from those factories and growing industries hidden in the Ural Mountains.” Although Leningrad’s industrial region is threatened by German forces striking tl'fi‘nuzh Narva and Pskov, the Ambassador declared the area is not vital to the Soviet war production,