The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 18, 1941, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIREZR: “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LVIL, NO. 8779. JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JULY 18, 1941. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS GERMAN ARMIES BOGGING DOWN PERIOD FOR TRAINING TO BEEXTENDED President fo Send Special | Message fo Congress | Next Week ;‘ DRAFTEES, GUARDSMEN | 10 BE KEPT IN SERVICE, FDR Says "No’ When Ask- ed About Men Being Sent | Outside of Hemisphere | WASHINGTON, July 18—Presi- dent Roosevelt disclosed today he will send to Congress next week a message urging extended service of E reservists and National Guardsmen. The President gave this informa- tion out at a conference with news- | men and declared the necessity for | avoiding complete disintegration of the Army is responsible for his! request for extended service. The President declared that the | burden of responsibility for the ex- tended service rests definitely upon Congress and that is the reason he will send Congress a message | upon the subject. Selectees and National Guardsmen, according to the Congressional act of last fall, calls for service of only a one-year period. Asked whether he will recom- | mend also that draftees and Na-| tional Guardsmen be authorized to | serve outside the Western Hemis- phere, the President replied in the | negative. | PROPOSAL HINTED—DENIED WASHINGTON, July 18 — The Army’s proposal to Congress to provide for extended service of| Selectees by formally declaring a national emergency was reported| to be receiving serious last night consideration in some legislative quarters. " (Continued on Page Eight) S-the 4 WASHINGTON—The Adminis- tration had a hard time making up its thind to go into Iceland. Actually | the Navy had orders four different times to prepare for the trip, and three times the orders were can- celled or held in abeyance. It was last May that some of the Marines were embarked at Quanti- co. They sailed down the Potomac to Norfolk, then to Charleston, S.| C., where they were kept in sus-| pense regarding their destination until about two weeks ago. | As far as naval .officers could as-| certain, there was no pmiculat’ reason for the frequent changes ln\‘ plans except that the Presxdem{ was not quite sure of American pub- lic opinion. Naval officers flew sev-| eral times to Iceland in advance | Young Screen Actress Elope: Kay Sutton Once selected as the most beautiful brunette actress in Hollywooa, Kay Sutton, native of Irvington, N. J,, eloped to Yuma, Ariz., and murried Cliff Weaver, a Hawaiian sugar planter. Miss Sutton has been in the movies since 1934. Many Stricken, Die from Heat WaveinOregon City; 100 Degrees for Portland Oh, but the Suit! | Audrey Harper «'s the suit, boys, the suit, Made of diamonds, rubies, emeralds, platinum and other precious stones and metals, the bathing of the landing, conferred with the it js saiq to be worth $250n008 British about all details of the oc-| cupation, The Navy was completely | prepared. There is no question that the Pre- sident has made all the decisions regarding Iceland, even down to; such details as whether newspap- ermen should be permitted to visit| the island after the landing of Am- erican troops. | The State Department approved| the idea of American newsmen go-| ing to this new American outpost. So also did Secretary of the Navy Knox. Both felt that just as Am- erican newsmen were in France during the last war and reported on ‘the actions of American troops,! o newsmen had a right to keep| the public informed about Ameri-| carr troops in Iceland, But apparently some of the Ad- mirals did not agree with their —e (Continued on ports received tonight from the Baltic front claims five Red Navy destroyers were hit late this after- noon in a German air attack out- side of Riga Bay. Russian submarines and a mine- sweéper have beeh seized by the occupation forces at Latvia. AIR ATTACK IS MADE ON RED VESSELS BERLIN, July 18—German re- Night dispatches also claim: four PORTLAND, Ore., July 18 — The current heat wave’s death toll in Oregon mounted to eight as four new deaths here are charged di- rectly or indirectly to the soaring temperature. R. R. Shedd, 53, who collapsed yesterday afternoon, died today. Jesse Mismer, 40, mechanic, died last night a few hours after col- lapsing. Louise Ziemer, 65, cwas found dead in her root. Doffors blamed her death on a heart attack pre- | cipitated by 100 degree heat and intense humidity. Thelma Leonetti, 37, died during the night, heat wave victim. Previously there has been three deaths from the heat in Portland and one death in Corvallis, Casualties are blamed wholly or in part on the terrific warm weath- er, now in the sixth day. ICELAND TO BEDEFENDED DECLARES FDR American Garrison There Will Also Be Protected- Sea Lanes Kept Open WASHINGTON, July 18—Presi- dent Roosevelt today declared the |25 the date of the trial olicy of the United States will be to defend Iceland and also afford rotection to the American garri-| son there. The President todr the newsmen at the day’s conference that there- fore the policy, in what he termed A-B-C stuff, will be to keep the sea lanes open to Iceland and pro- vide protection against an attack or any threats of attack. The President added that no one in the room, including himself, could define threat of attack. — e SEEING 8. E. ALASKA Miss Elizabeth Dunlop, of Peor- ia, I, is seeing Southeast Alaska as a passenger abéard the Prince Rupert, making the round trip. — BUY- DEFENSE BONDS . |TOTALITARAN 15 {Former Foreign Minister NEW CABINET NOW FORMED FOR JAPANESE | Prince Konoye Refains| | Premiership in Stream- lined Government NOW VICE-PREMIER Matsouka Is Out - New Policy Undetermined TOKYO, July 18—Prince Konoye has formed a streamlined Japanese Cabinet with himself as Premier | and totalitarian-minded Baron Hi- | ranuma as Vice Premier. ‘The membership of the new Cah- inet is weighted down with men | of military and naval ranks, three Admirals and four Generals. Matsuoka, who concluded the, neutrality pact with Russia after aligning Japan with the Axis asg Foreign Minister in ‘the preceding Konoye Government, is out. Matsuoka has been succeeded by |a prominent naval expert, Teijiro Toyoda, whose foreign policy out- |look is little known. Domei, in a special news release, to the previous Administration of- fers few changes in personnel and makeup, that conveys the idea that no drastic reorganization will take place within the directing force of Japan's National Government.” ‘The Japanese newspapers today were however, extremely cautions | 9 | on the future foreign policy. | The stock market seemed to be| unaffected today by the new Cab- inet. The Chinese newspapers in Hong- kong, according to advices received here, said today that the motive for the reorganization of the Jap- anese Government is to tear up: the neutrality agreement with Rus- sia. SEVEN SAY GUILTY ON SPY CHARGE pionage Charges As- sert Innocence | NEW YORK, July 18. — Seven of | the thirty-three persons indicted on espionage charges linking them with the German Reich Government pleaded guilty in the Brooklyn Fed- eral Court. Twenty-three of the others pleaded innocent, two failed to appear, and one other previously pleaded guilty. i All were arrested within the last three weeks in what Federa] offic- Jals called the nation’s biggest spy suspect roundup. They were indicted ‘Tuesday. Federal Judge Gaston set bail at $25,000 for each of those who plead- ed innocent, and set September 3 Both the court and U. 8. Attorney Kennedy were opposed to the request of the defense counsel for a reduction of the bail. Judge Gaston refused, bas- ing his decision “on the very serious nature of the case. B — STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, July 18 — Closing| quotation of Alaska Juneau minc stock today is 4%, American Can 89, Anaconda 25%, Bethlehem Steel 75, Commonwealth and Southern 7/16, Curtiss Wright 9, General Mo- tors 38%, International Harvester 55%, Kennecott 38, New York Cen- tral 12%, North Pacific 6%, Unit- ed States Steel 57%, Pound $4.04 DOW, JONES AVERAGES " The following are today’s Dow, Jones averages: industrials 127.65, ralls, 29.44, utilities 18.55. | |says the new Cabinet “compared| TN Only partly on the road to recovery after the recent war with Russia, of war again as the tiny Baltic nation fights on the side of t! ing planes again are attacking Fi —I. . N. Radiophoto Finland today feels the terror he Germans against Russia. Soviet bomb- nnish towns. Berlin issued this picture, a radiophoto, showing the Winnish town of Turku in flames. Hughes, I{—etiféé, T;kes I} Egsy 0|lSHORTAGE W. L. Mackenzie King and Charles Evans Hughes Former chief justice of the U. S. Hughes, who resigned his post July 1, is pictured taking it ‘easy in W i Hughes, right, engages in a rocking chair conversation with Canada’s prime minister, W. L. Mackenzie King, Nt Jasper Park, Alberta. the Canadian Rockies. THREATENING Supplies for Army and Air Force Being Cut-Italy Admits Blockade (By ASSOCIATED PRESS) From many official quarters comes reports that Germany's |armies and air force will be |threatened by an acute shortage of oil and fuel if the Russian cam- ipaign continues to September. Already is it claimed the Nazi supplies of oil and fuel have been severely cut on account of the in- vasion of Russia, especially as the iresult of the Soviet bombardment !of the Plesti oil fields. Supplies captured in the Nazi 'sweep aeross western Hurope have been used up. Evidence the pinch is felt in | Italy is seen in the Fascist Gov- ‘ernment's order cancelling all gas- olene rations to private autos be- cause of growing difficulty in get- supreme court, Charles Evans 23 Others indiced on £5- Secrefary Wickard Kicks Up Awful Fuss on Cheese; Sticks l_l_of Right Info | By JACK STINNETT WASHINGTON, July 18—Things that couldn’t happen anywhere else: Secretary of Agriculture Claude R. Wickard now knows what the alley gang meant when they yelled, “Cheese it, guys!” The Secretary suggested that United States cheese consumers might cut down their nibbling and make it possjble to ship more cheege to England, where the -folks miss their Dutch, Scandinavian and Swiss products. Apparently Mr. Wickard stuok his nose into it, because from the cheese country, especially Wis- consin, has come a fuss such as the kindly, gentle Secretary had never kicked up. Rep. Reid F. Murray of Wiscon- sin ushered the whirlwind into Congress. He said that in the cheddar country, every schoolboy knows that there is at least two years’ supply of that product in the warehouses—and all told, in Canada, New Zealand, Australia and the U. S, about 107,000 tons of surplus cheese, The cheese papers tossed a few limburgers in Mr. Wickard's di-| rection. The Marshiield (Wis.) Her- ting gasoline through the British : blockade. "U. 5. SHIPS T0 { CARRY FOOD SAYS HOPKINS Estimates Yards Will Have 1,000,000 Tons of Mer- chant Ships, End 1941 ald pointed out that the cheese business has been shot full of holes for 15 years and after spending millions trying to _get America cheese-conscious 1s just beginning to come around . . . what with the help of a little government bu; ing Now, it was asserted, M Wickard, by talking through his| hat, was trying to turn things mouldy again. Mr. Wickard may know Aais hogs, the editors said, but he certainly doesn't know his cheese. Another daily moaned that Gov- LONDON, July 18—The United States is going to bulld enough ships to “bring goods to the Unit- ed Kingdom and also to every other nation in the world where democ- ! racies are fighting Hitler,” Harry L. Hopkins, Supervisor of the Unit- ernor Heil's tour of the country .4 giates Lend-Lease program said | n a cheese mission would be a, waste of time, money and energy. afternoon. Mr. Murray gaid the Secretary | gonuing estimated that the Unit- was. asking, ;e p.oor m‘"_'. b gwe,ed States shipbuilding yards will up ‘his “poor BiGjeeal. | have built or made ready for sea a 1f somebody doesn't do some-|million tons of merchant ships by thing to quiet the ruckus, Wash- | the end of this year, and at least ington won't be able to look & 6,000,000 tons next year. cheese in the head. 1 Said he: “We are going to see | that there is food in those ships; and that adequate amounts of cheese, dairy products, fats, pork products, get over here.” at a conference with newsmen this The Treasury Department's de- fense saving staff is now convinced that people not only shouldn't throw stones, they shouldn’t even' Hopkins said that American flag live in glass houses. ' ships would of course, go to Ice- Across from the Willard Hotel, land. but he declined to discuss the Defense Savings boys erected Whether transshipment of war sup- P i s | plies to Allied merchantmen there (Continued vu Page Six) | was contemplated on a large scale. NAZI FORCES inflm’l?oms CONTRADICT NAZI CLAIMS Moscow Says Soviets Still Holding Vital Posi- fions at Front RUSSIAN AMAZONS DEFEND LENINGRAD Panzer Columns Capture Planes, Horses, Trucks and Many Troops (By ASSOCIATED PRESS) Rain-drenched and bloody, the Russian - German war front |is threatening today to bog down Hit- ler's mechanized armies at the cri- tical moment in their campaign, but the Nazi Command asserted, “Gigantic battles on the Eastern front are developing in our favor in all directions.” By contrast, the Soviet Command declared that after all night fight- ing, Red Armies are still holding all vital positions with no signifi- cant changes in the vast struggle of nine million men. Authoritative sources in London said Nazi juggernaut drives on Len- ingrad and Moscow have “not been completely halted,” bub the Russi- ans are counfer attacking flerce.y in several sectors. Dispatches from Berlin said Ger- man columns, driving toward Len- ingrad, have captured a Russian airplane depot and 150 planes. They also claim to have seized 4,000 horses, 1,000 trucks and 1,000 pris- oners amid heavy losses of the So- viets. Beyond this claim the Ger- mans made no specific report of fresh gains, asserting merely that a broadly sweeping Nazi victory is in sight. DNB said “a whole battalion of women” defending she route to Len- ingrad with Red Army forces have been captured, NAZIS CLAIM BIG CAPTURES, SOVIET FRONT Terrific Figmg Reportfed with Fields Running *in Blood BERLIN, July 18.—A Russian Di- vision Headquarters has been cap- tured by German infantry southwest of Smolensk, according to German dispatches received here tonight. The dispatches report terrific fighting in several zones, ranging as deep into Russian ranks as 60 miles, all flowing with blood. German dispatches also claim that many separated Russian units of varying sizes are being encircled in vast mopping-up operations. SOCIAL SECURITY TAXES SCHEDULED FOR LARGE RAISE Increase in Public Revenue Will Help Prevent Inflation WASHINGTON, July 18. — The possibility of heavy increases in so- clal security taxes to help head off inflation and make more millions available for defense financing is reported under consideration by Treasury Social Security officials. Some are inclined.to faver in- creasing the present one per cent tax on employers and employees to three or five per cent, Raising the rates, they sald, is one way of drain- ing off extra money which people might spend in ways that could cause inflation. W