The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 26, 1941, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JULY 26. 1941. VOL. LVIL, NO. 8786. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS FILIPINOS ORDERED MOBILIZED & (4 L4 & L4 & 4 $ 4 L4 (4 4 L4 04 L4 ROOSEVELT TAKES FIRST BLOW AT JAPAN JAPS BEGIN T0 OCCUPY NEW BASES 18 Transports ris and Nava | ‘ Convoy Lay Off Indo- China Coast gaigon, French Indo-China, July of ranking army and navy officers and the first appearance of mili- tary trucks rolling from Hanoi. As 18 Japanese transports con- in nearby waters, a pre-arrangsd fanfare greeted the arrival of Gen- eral Rishiro Sumita, military mis- sion commandger. SIMMONS FLIES, PERIL STRAITS Flying five cannery workers to the Peril Straits Cannery at Todd, Pilot Shell | Simmons roared out of the Channel this morning. He returned empty from the Coast-town. Pilot Alex Holden carried Oliver Lee ta Tenakee, D. Swartz to Todd and Mrs. A. Fuller, 8id Thompson and Dorothy Rossi to Sitka. He is scheduled to return with five pas- sengers. This afternoon Simmons took off | with Ernie Birkland for Sitka, and | Mrs. M. Evans, M. McCrea and John | Rogisk to Hirst. He will return wn.h five passengers. WASHINGTON—The double- | barrelled dose of economic warfar —freezing Axis orders and thi blacklist—played real hob wit Axis operations in Seuth America. Confidential government cables report that as a result of these measures, 25,000 Axis nationals| have been uprooted wholesale from their thriving enterprises and have become refugees, getting a dose of the bitter medicine Germany meted out to millions of European victims forced to flee their homes. Most of the Axis agents are flock- ing to Southern Chile, where there is a large German colony. From Bolivia alone two train loads of Axis agents left for Africa, in northcrn Chile, where they boarded a Japanese ship chartered to take them to Valdina, in the South. This concentration in ~southern Chile is not disturbing authorities an dthey are doing nothing to stop it. The region is remote, easily iso- lated and it is broadly hinted that it may be made a sort of “concen- tration ¢amp under military guard. It can also be revealed that in addition to the original blacklist of 1,800 names, there is another containing 4,500 more. When these names will be pub- lished depends on secret investiga - tions now under way in the U. S. and Latin America by Commerce Department experts. Secretary Jesse Jones has ordered that par- ticular attention be given to the shipment of U. S. goods packed and labelled to hesemble German pro- ducts to Nazi firms in Latin Amer- ica. Many of them have done a| thriving business in this merchan-| dise, turning over the profits for Axis political machinations. The blasting éffect of the two T RUSSIAN | MISSION ] ? | Soviets Come fo United States Secretly - Big Conference Arranged WASHINGTON, July 26—Acting Secretary of State Sumner Welles is to confer this afternoon with a Russian military mission which crossed the Atlantic secretly, ar- riving at LaGuardia Airfield in New York today aboard the Canx-’ dian airliner from Montreal. Wellés said that the visitors will also confer with Chief of Staff General George C. Marshall, aim- | ing to coordinate questions of ob- | taining military suppiles. Detatls | of supplies were asked to be un- | announced. Welles said various | United States agencies were study- | ing what can be shipped. ISBREAK NAZIS BREAK RED DEFENSE % INUKRAINE FLORIDA FAVORITE —Mitzie Strother of Mhml Strong SovietUnifs Defeat- ed and Pushed in | Wheat Sector ‘ (By ASSOCIATED PRESS) In the European theater of war, Moscow, Berlin and Alexandria re- ported air raids during the night. In regard to Russian resistance on the Stalin Line, the German ) High Command said Soviet defense “{ has been broken in the Ukraine| | where strong Russian units were thrown into that front have been} : repulsed and heavily pursued. ANCHORAGE T0 (above) has been named ag: as “Miss Florida” to vie for the “Mlss America” title at the At- lln(ic City pageant in September. | (,oney s Venus | SEWARD ROAD | IN COMMITTEE War Depa?t;n—;nt SIudiesg Dimond’s Request for | 36-Mile Hiohway t Wnshnigwn Jllly %—Ahska Delegate Anthony J. Dimond today stated the War Department is| studying an Anchorage to Seward Highway plan at his request after the railroad terminus has heenl shifted from Seward to Passage| Canal. | He said an excellent road may | | be constructed from Anchorage to T e | seward via Lawing and Moose Pass| Winner of the 29th annual Modern to Sunrise and then along Turn- xevliconte&t ;fi G&ne}' hzlimd ugnln Arm on the south side w‘ . Y., is pretty Ann Gervis, 21, of roads connec with| Brooklyn, shown with her cup. 'mlna and Cooper's uumfldmg on| — |Kefal Lake, ARRIVES Making one of their daring dayflght raids with which they are constantly pounding Germany and occupied France, RAF fliers score direet hits with heavy bombs upon t| shown smothered in dense smoke. According to British Prime he power station at'Pont-a.Verdin, France, Minister Wirfston Chutchill, the RAF has overtaken, the Nazi Lufl.wnt?e in tonnage of bombs dmpved. ’Red SOldlCI‘S Rest, Listen to Radio at Front =I. I. N, Radiophoto Another of the RCA. test transmission radiophotos from Moscow, this picture shows Soviet soldiers resting and listening to & mdm after dropping back from the front lines during an engagement with he Nazia uomewhere on the battlefront. Americans Are Seeing America This Season; Tourist Play Is Heavy By JACK STINNETT (Continued--on Page Four) ) " BILL OUTLAWING WALRUS KILLING GETS APPROVAL WASHINGTON, July 26 — The Senate Territories Committee to- day approved House Bill 1608 which|{a half dollars. outlaws the promiscuous killing of walrus in Alaska for ivory or other | commercial purposes. The bill does not prohibit the killing of walrus by natives for food or for historical exhibition in museums. i Plans call for extending the road to Sunrise by a fill and brldge’ica is seeing America as it neve across the inlet to Birdpoint and| pag befc Tie the State then along the north shore of | T:h hare tr nd a, T again to Indian Creek. wi the strings of a constantly Then up the creek, across the di-|tightening national emergency and Xu:le h:rnd down Cook Inlet slope w the widespread fattening of pay nchorage. & N s h 35 mile by AN |envelopes, and you’ll' see why will provide for year round lervlce mx may bhe the greatest trave at a cost estimated at & million and | y“r on the bogks for some t come. ———————— Theres no better pulse-taker of Largest steel mill in Canada m‘travel in the country than Thomas at Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, nearlP Henry, president of the Auto- ;;e famous locks of the St. Marya mobile Association of America ver, —————— BUY DEFENSE STAMPS of sources and this. year he is ab! Jto toss them into the hopper and' WASHINGTON, July 26—Ame:- grind out the simple phrase: “Travel is booming.” Car registrations have exceeded late winter estimates. Gasoline consumption has soared to a new 1411 time peak. The national parks,| | Canada, Mexico and Alaska are ‘xddlng up seasonal records ahead | of all previous years. And for fur-| ther proof that America is on the| o as never befare, there is the| record-breaking routings handled | by the AAA and other motor clubs. | | Let’s take a few of the state nnd‘ city auto club reports, just to give | SURFACE CRAFT SENT DOWN IN MALTA BAfllE‘ Dozen Axis Torpedo Boats Sunk by British at Valletta Harbor RAF Scores Dayhght Hits in Occupled France FDR FREEZES * JAP ASSETS ~ IN AMERICA Chinese Credils Also Stop- . ped af Request of ; Chiang Kai-Shek NIPPON RETALIATES | N SIMILAR ACTION Tokyo fo Take 0ver Infer- | national Sefflement '; in Shanghai (By ASSOCIATED PRESS) President Franklin D. Roosevelt, late yesterday afternoon, at Hyde | park, N. Y., froze Japanese assets |in the United States pffective at the opening of business this morn- | ing. | Chinese assets avere also frozen at, the request of = Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek for the purpose of helping the Chinese Govern- ‘ment in Japanhese occupied partions of China. | The “freezing” order apparently | prevents the removal of any Jap- anese ships from the United States. Japan Strikes Back in the new economic war today by freezing United States assets in the Nipponese Empire. Indications are ing up against Great Britain. | American sources said Japan will probably take over Shanghai, oc- | cupying the virtually indetensible | International Settlement and French concessions without -resis- | tance, Move Suspected | It is expected that Japan will act through the Tokyo-sponsorcd Nanking government on the long threatened abolition of foreign | holdings in the China Seas. It is estimated the Roosevelt or-| der freezing Japanese and chlnese credits apply to Japanese funds! {and property aggregating more | than 131 million dollars. | The retaliatory Japanese action will immoblize 217 million dollars in American assets. BOUND SOUTH today | Flying through Juneau | Lodestar which left the PAA air-| {port here at 1 o'clock this after-| |noon for Seattle. | Arrtving in Juneau on the Lode- | star from Pairbanks was Nick Bez. Other passengers for Juneau were Mrs. Hammersmith and L. Bren- a»onuers flying directly through | to Seattle from Fairbanks were Al- | fred McGuire, Harry Kanner, Mrs. | uriel Kanner, Alex Evans, John| McCullouch Elizabeth McCul- International Japan struck back | {that the same retaliation is, com- | LODESTAR IS |ran into a net from which they wlouch and Ceciliea Trymucha. The Electra from Fairbanks is LONDON, July 26—A joint com-|scheduled to arrive in Juneau at munique from both British and 4:30 o'clock this afternoon. Italian sources said about a dozen ~ IMILITARY UNITS ARE CALLED UP Roosevelt Issues Orders Summoning Island Forces fo Colors NO EXPLANATION GIVEN FOR MOVE ' Displeasurta—aI—Japan's Ac- ton Readily Indicated- Welles’ Statement (By ASSOCIATED PRESS) President Franklin D. Roosevelt today suddenly called into ' the armed service of the United States all organized military forces of the Philippine Government. The cail was issued from the summer White House at Hyde Park, N. Y . No immediate official explanation of this step is given but it is gen- erally regarded as an indication of the displeasure of the United States at Japan’s southward Pacific moves. The call to arms of military forc~ es in the Philippines closely fol- lowed the United States’ freezing of Japanese credits and assets in the United States, and Nippon’s re- ;ullutory freezing of American as- | sets. American General The President's order puts the Philippine military forces under the command of an American Army | general who will designate the time when the personnel will be induct- ed into American armed service. All Philippine naval units will be held under the command of the Sixteenth United States Naval Dis- trict. FDR'S order was said to have been enacted under the constitu- tional authority of the Islands’ In- dependence Act and the Philippine Constitution Ordinance. More Jap Threats At Washington Under Secretary |of State Sumner Welles said that the Japanese occupation of French Indo-China led the United States | government to conclude that the “action of Japan was undertaken because of estimated value to Ja- pan of bases in that region pri- marily for the purpcse of further and more obvious movements of conquest In adjacent areas.” He sald the steps taken by Ja- pan bear directly on the vital problem of our national security |and also endanger the safety of other .areas in the Pacific includ- |ing the Phlllppine Islands. HEAT WAVE HITS GREAT PART OF US. Tempemures_ Soar Above 100 Degrees-Fourteen Deaths Reported (By Associated Press) Two-thirds of the population of this nation panted today in humid weather, from Fairbanks was the southbound | Axis torpedo boats were sunk to- day during an attempted altack{ |on Valletta Harbor at Britain's SPARTANBURG, 8. C, July 26— A Camp Croft soldier while dem- |onstrating his strength before a Malta Base in the Meditteranean. |and went into immediate action. girl friend dropped an ornamental | The Axis torpedo boats virtually could not escape, Forecasters see no immediate re- lief. Temperatures early this forenoon soared above 100 degrees. Shortly before noon today 14 He gathers statistics from dozens phig, Cincinnati, |some idea: Michigan, 38 percent i increase over last year; Philadel- The Italian communique simply Norfolk, Cleye- | 581d the attack was partially suc-| | cessful but admitted both German (Continued on Page Eight) |and Italian vessels were lost. The Axis attempted the surprise | attack but British forces were alert | {cannon ball on his foot. Calmly, [he’ watehed blood-spart through! 08 Bad bem. sincrted. Stam. i his shoe. “Gee,” he said, “I donz‘h'“ areas. suppose I'll be able to drill again| for a month.” BUY DEFENSE BONDS