The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 30, 1941, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRK ’(JL. LVIL, NO. 8789. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JU_NEAU, ALASKA, WEDNEBDAY. JULY 30, 1941. MUVIBI:.R ASSOCIAThD PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS JAPAN KEEPS MENACING U. 5. NAZIS SLASH PAST SMOLENSK DEFENE: REDS CLAIM™ SPEARHEADS PUSHED BACK Russ Forces Trying fo Res- cue Troops Trapped on Stalin Line | OFFENSIVES RESULT | IN SEVERE LOSSES Invaders Safi Have Mas- sacred Two Divisions | in Estonia | | | (By ASSOCIATED PRESS ’ Official newspapers of the Hu'vr‘ regime today asserted that German troops are knifing 100 miles beyond| Smolensk and have advanced with-| in 130 miles of Mostow. In contrast the Russians declared the Red Army has stopped the surging- | west Nazi tank spearheads nnd\ driven them back 100 miles from| their deepest penetration. A war bulletin from German| headquarters conceded that Soviet troops are pressing “relief attacks” to the rescue of trapped 1orces near Smolensk, but asserted Red | counter offensives are being crushed | with severe losses. | Elsewhere on the bloody 2,000 mile battle front the Germans said “operations continued according to plan.” Other Nazi reports said on the north front on the route to| Leningrad two Russian divisions | were wiped out west of Lake Peipus in Estonia. This is a general view of the busine ported to have leu great fires, in ‘WASHINGTON—Secretary Stim- son was telling the absolute truth when he denied that the discovery of a time-bomb was responsible for | keeping ten Japanese ships out of the Panama Canal. For this was not the reason. Real reason why the Canal was barred to the Japanese was the dis- covery that two of their ships were floating bazaars being rushed to the | east coast of South America to grab off the trade which Axis operators were forced to abandon as a result | of the U. S. blacklist. Apparently the Japs had a tip that This picture, an R. front. The women of Russia are C. A. test transmission from Moscow, shows nurses of the Red army sewing underwear for the Russian soldiers at the the struggle with the Nazis. five-Hour Raid Staged by Nazls on Moscow 'CEILINGS ON ess section of Moscow, where a five-hour raid by German planes was re- the first air attack on the Soviet ca.pital‘ Clvillans were I'Epofl/cd killfll. Women in Russia Help, TOO FDR (ONI:ERS OVERALASKA ‘President @ for "'Real | Survey” of Propos- ed Highway [ Washington, July 30—A ‘“real Lsurvey” as scon as possible to de- termine the route for the proposed International Highway to Alaska iwas requested by President Roos | velt today during a conference with |Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia, chair- |man of the joint U .S.—Canada Defense Board. : | LaGuardia said the route is im- (portant to facilitate emergency ' movement of equipment and per- |sonnell, and asserted the big ques- tion is selecting the route. He added | commissions have studied the pro- | ject for years without any action | taken. | Main subject of the conference between the, President and New | York’s fiery mayor was the streng- !thening of West Coast defense by |the United States and Canada. > - i LaGuardia would not go into de- —1I. I. N. Radiophoto {tail on the particular projects in- wvolved but said only that the em- | phasis was on West cust defense. doing their part in many ways in { the blacklist was going to be issued, | because the two ships hastily left | the west coast and were waiting to go through the Canal, when sud- denly the blacklist was published. Equipped with elborate merchandiz- ing displays, and carrying high-pow- ered, Spanish-speaking salesmen, | the ships were literal arsenals of economic warfare. With them, the | Japanese would have invaded the | most lucrative markets in Latift America before either the U. S. or the Latin Americans could have moved to block them. ProvesfoBe By JACK STINNETT WASHINGTON, July 30. — Vice- Doc™) | President Henry A. Wallace has |been “Mr. Big” of the United States Senate for six months now land it is becoming increasingly ap- e Darent that it has been some years :{a‘:::!‘;u::mm;“:m b:gf:d gz;’fd since a Vice-President has played doors on the $3,500,000,000 defense | a bigger hand in behind-the-scenes tax bill. | congressional affairs. ‘However, it was Mrs. Frances P.| Some observers say that not Bolton, Ohio’s charming widow leg"even John Nance Garner, when islator, who stole the show with a'he was riding the administration firebrand lecture on rights.” | the New Deal, Crowther had just begun explain- | keeping the ing the section of the bill requiring ro)ling smoothly. husbands and wives to file joint in-' e gentle, soft-spoken former | come returns, which he vigorously geretary of Agriculture was cred- sippocted An-oemEHPN Whe: Mre. ,ited previously with being a schol- (Continued on Page. Four) arly sort of farm economist, with WOMEN’S TAX RIGHTS Representative Frank (“Doc’ Crowther of New York, high-rank- ing GOP member of the House Ways and Means Committee, occupied the was more active in legislative wheels | Vice - President Wallace Senate; Is Good Fellow ~ALASKA TAX COLLECTIONS HITNEW HIGH Internal Revepue from no ha lities, and only H HIH a s:::tc inr::tr:so: i‘:r;;in:z mn?selsr‘l Te"“ory Tops M'"_Ion and Half Says Squire by his own political bootstraps When he was placed on the Demo- | s cratic ticket as stablemate for| TACOMA, Wash. July 30. — In- President Roosevelt in his thira ternal Revenue collections from Al- |aska during the past fiscal year, | which ended July 1, increased more !than 53 per cent, Clark Squire, Col- lector, reported today on his return "Mr.Big"of term race, all sorts of excuses were | advanced by the administration | boys and heaps of criticism were showered down by his opponents. i from & 61D it G eritory. Oddly enough, no one had th Total collections of the Bureau of foresight to try to prove thatir,iema) Revenue in Alaska reached ‘Hank” Wallace might become a|g; 500,000, Squire said. Individual “womens hobby horse in the early days flfideclded congressional asset to the {ncome tax returns amounted to $1.- | President and the Democratic 045,000, nearly double the amount | party. But in that very role, he is received from the Territory during 'hexmmng to prove his worth. |the previous year. Amusement ad- ! According to cloakroom chatter, |mission taxes leaped from $26,000 to t.he president of the Senate has $69,000. Collections of various furms ‘includinz liquor taxes, increasec ! from $19,000 to $52, " (Continuea on Page Six) ~ ROAD ROUTE 7 PRICES WILL ~ BE SET SOON to Limit Cost of Com- modities {MUST ACT DECISIVELY | TO PREVENT INFLATION | Does Not Seek Authority fo | PutLimit on Wages- Labor Warned | Washington, July 30—Asserting | that inflationary ~price increases lare threatening to “undermine our | | defense efforts,” President Roose- |velt today asked Congress to au- vnm ize him to establish ceiling prices on food, clothing, footwear,| woemen’s wear, and rents and muny\ |other commodities. 'Roosevelt Asks for Power | Unifed Stafes Gunsboat Is Damaged by Bombs from War Planes of Japanese SHANGHATI, July 30.—The United States gunboat Tutuila, 370 tons, which has had many close calls from Japanese bombs, suffered damage to | her small boats and other deck gear and the vessel’s stern superstructure | was also damaged slightly today as Japanese raiders soared over Chinese capital city of Chungking and dropped bombs. The dispatch received here said one of the residences of the United States Embassy, on the south bank of the river opposite the capital, was also damaged. It is not clear, according to the | dispatch, just which residence is in- volved. No one aboard the Tutuila was injured. The bombs exploded only a few GETS POINTERS President Roosevelt . said: "Wp‘ if2ce inflation unless we act de-! ’r!sively without delay.” ! | The President also requested, in| the special message, authority to! purchase materials and commodi- | ties when necessary to assure price stability, and to “deal more exten- ivelv with the excesses in the field of installment . and credit.” While refraining from seeking authority to put a limit on wages, he said he expected the voluntary cooperation of labor to prevent labor costs from nsmg ubummal]y HOPKINS ARRIVES, MOSCOW Lend-Lease Coordinalor of | U. 5. Makes Surprise | . s . Visit fo Russia ; Mcscow, July 30;Harry L. Ho[)-; kins, Coordinator of the United States Lend-Lease program, ar- rived by plane tcday on a surprise visit, presumably to discuss with Russian officials the needs of the Red Army in the fight with Ger- many. With Hopkins are two Unitetl States Army officers, Brig. Gen ‘Josl.ph McNary and Lieut. Alison, of the Army Air corps Presumably their discussions are | designed to proceed concurrently with those in Washington, D. C., between United States officials and Lieut. Gen. Filip Golikov, and Gen- eral Engineer Pepin of the Soviet Army, there on a special mission.’ JUST ON AMERICAN AID | Washington, July 30—Under Sec-| retary of State Sumner Welles an—i nounced this afternoon that Hop-| kins has gone to Moscow to discuss the question of American aid with the highest officials of Russia. | Welles said Hopkins’' visit has nothing to do with his duties as lend-lease aid to Russia. Mdinley Now JuneauBound Seattle, July 30—Steamer Mount McKinley sailed for Alaska ports at 5 o'clock yesterday afterncon with 214 passengers aboard including 50 steerage. Passengers aboard the steamer, booked for Juneau are R. G. Lesell and Mrs. Paul Seeley. j Before taking his oath as a member of the United States Senate, Alva M. Lumpkin (left), of South Carolina, got some pointers from Senator Ellison D. “Cotton Ed” Smith (D.-S. C.) the | yards from the gunboat but | the fragments from the bombs did the damage. PROTEST LODGED WASHINGTON, July 30. — The 'Ummd States has lodged immediate representations to the Japanese Gov- | ernment for the bombing of the gun- boat Tutuila at Chungking. Under Secretary of State Sumner | ese Ambassador Admiral Numora. | Welles declined to indicate the na- | ture of the representations but told ‘| the newsmen that the gunboat was across the Yangtze River from | | Chungking proper, anchored in a cove, thus indicating the United States contends there is no justifi- cation for a mistake of the Japanese bombers. L Lumpkin took the seat of James F. Byrnes, who was elevated to the Supreme Court. Lumpkin resigned a Federal judgeship. 300 Aluminum =~ Workers Stop For Sabofage ‘Canadian Plant Taken Over by Soldiers-Arrests fo Be Made OTTAWA, CANADA, July 30— | Munitions Minister C. D. Howe said today that 300 men “on something | like a sitdown strike” seized control of the gigantic Arvid, Quebec plant | of the Aluminum Company of Can- | ada, last Thursday and held it until voluntarily quitting the property Sunday. Howe said the shutdown is “sus- | pected as a case of enemy sabotage | and arrests definitely will be made | if none have been made already.” The plant will be shut down for there weeks while repairs are being | made on frozen aluminum pots. Soldiers are now guarding the bufldmgs, ' e BUY DEFENSE STAMPS 460 TRAINED U.S. EXPERTS IN IRELAND Conslrudlon Corps Arrives Overseas fo Build | | Port Facilities 0 LONDON, July 30,—A corps of 460 trained construction men from the United States have arrived at a northern Ireland port. The members of the corps were greeted aboard the steamer by Capt. T. F. Margesson, British War Sec- | retary. The port at which the corps landed is not identified. E. MacPherson, of New York, sec- | ond in command of the corps, told | Margesson he understood the group's | work would be in connection with | certain harbor facilities. The War Secretary answered: “We are mighty glad to see you | here.” | | The Americans will form a self- {maintanied colony with their own | police and medical service. | e T IUY "DEFENSE BONDS | Welles made the announcement after | | a very brief conference with Japan- | JAPTROOPS MOVE NEAR - PHILIPPINES {Thousands T)f_Nipponese i Soldiers Pour Info \ Indo-China TTOKYO PRESS SAYS " U.S. IS MEDDLING !Kono'ye Warns People to "Prepared to Meet Worst” (By ASSOCIATED PRESS) Japanese troops poured steadily into French Indo-China today, mov- ing toward bases in the southern sectioh of the Asiatic colony within | striking distance of Singapore, the Dutch East Indies and the Philip- | -Be | pines. | Meanwhile Britain voiced a sharp warning to the leaders of Japan's 4exv-.nsbm wucy to i'reflect while there is still time. [ Simultaneously the Japanese press | became increasingly hostile over | U. 8. and British activities in the Far. East. Tokyo newspapers ac- cused the U. 8, of meddling in the Orient and blamed America for the action of the Dutch East Indies in cutting off big oil supplies to Japan. Tokyo stock prices wavered, although munitions were strong. In London Anthony Eden of the British War Cabinet told Parlia- ment it is a matter of regret to the British government if relations with Japan become strained. He said only the future could tell if Japan will keep her pledge to re- spect the territorial integrity of French Indo-China now over-run with Japanese troops. In Tokyo Premier Konye quoted a warning that Japan must “be prepared to meet the worst” amid rapidly changing world conditions. The Russo-German conflict is al- ready “bringing serious effects to ‘anan," he asserted. U Legingrad Threalened By Germans ;CIaim Mad—e—?hal Fall of Former Russian Capi- tal Expected Now Berlin, July 20—Russia’s hold on Leningrad became highly precar- lious today, informed Germans de- clared, because of two drives on Russia’s second largest city. The Nazis said they are com= Ipletely satisfied with the progress of Finnish forces now pushing upon the city from the north, with from the south and southwest the Ger- ans themselves now are applying the squeeze, expecting to seal the city's fate. Private advices recelved by the Associated Press in New York in- dicated that the German Command expects the fall of Leningrad any time. Russion resistance there ap- | peared nearly at an end. Tugwell Nominated " As Puerfo Rico Gov. ‘WASHINGTON, m 30.—Rexford Tugwell, one of the New Deal ad- visers to the Agricultural Admin- istrator, has been nominated to b Governor of Puerto Rico,