The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 6, 1941, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA VOL. LVIL, NO. 8795. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME 9y ]—,‘A JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, AUG. 6, 1941. "~ MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN €ENTS | JAPAN WARNED, ORIENTAL ACT ’ NAZIS CAPTURE NEARLY MILLION REDS "Take Fight fo Hitler"” FINGERS OF BLITZ PROBE INTO RUSSIA Germans Again Claim thai‘: Smolensk Sector Is | Defeafed 1 INVADERS HAMMER | AT GATES OF KIEV Moscow Asserfs that Hii-| ler's Armies Are | Disinfegrating j (By Associated Press) German field headquarters, pic- turing Russian leadership as utterly | befoggled, reported today the cap- | ture of 895,000 Red Army prisoners and the destruction or capture of 13,145 armored cars and tanks, 10,- 388 guns and 9,082 planes. The Rus- | sians, however, declared they are resisting everywhere Hitler's headquarters detailed at| lengh what was described as lunges through the Soviet defense system | “at three decisive points,” south of | the Pinsk marshes, in the Smolensk | sector on the road to Moscow and | (Continued on Page SO | (Editor’s Note — The Wash- ington Merry-Go-Round’s fam- ous Brass Ring award goes this week to John Edgar Hoover, lawyer, criminologist, and Di- , recter of the Federal Bureau of Investigation since 1924.) WASHINGTON — For approxi- mately one year, J. Edgar Hoover, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, has not been par- ticularly happy. Almost every week there issued from Capitol Hill a Dies Commit- tee blast about spies and saboteurs in the United States. The blasts made headlines, Also they caused aM sorts of people and editorial writers to query: “What is J. Ed- gar Hoover doing about these for- eign spies? Why is he leaving everything to the patriotic Mr.; Dies?” In reply Mr. Hoover said abso- lutely nothing. And there was very good reason. For during that year he had under surveillance the greatest spy ring ever shadowed in the United States And one word leaking out that they were being shadowed would have sent every suspect running for cover, upset the evidence FBI agents were collecting during months of ceaseless vigil. For instance, J. Edgar Hoover's men knew, more than a year ago, that a Nazi spy ring was plotting to blow up the British liner Queen Mary, then docked in New York. They knew it because at that time they were permitted to tap tele- phone wires, and they listened in on the plot. Right in the middle of the plot, the Supreme Court ruled that tele- phone wires could not be tapped, and from that time on the FEI had to shadow the spies instead ol listen in on them. To have ar- rested the saboteurs at that time| would have meant that the other (Continued on Page Four) % UNITY APPEAL—Wendell L. Willkie is wildly enthusiastic audience in San 24. Pleading for dynamic defense action by the United States, Willkie, who spoke under the auspices of “Americans United,” a rapidly grow- ing organization founded by Attorney Bartley C. Crum of San Fran- cisco, urged a defense that strikes the first blow in the name of American freedom. Willkie’s dramatic forensic appeal that Americans | not “wait for Adolf Hitler to come and take his toll” brought sten- torian cheers from the vast audience. | How Paid Off Iis Various Methods Used (Last of three articles on | the spy ring just broken by the | FBL) | By JACK STINNETT WASHINGTON, Aug. 6—In the transmission of messages, there is undoubtedly none known to mod-| ern espiguage that the recently overturned spy ring didn’t use. At least a third of the persons in custody are charged with being couriers and it may be assumed that nearly all those 37 persons named as co-conspirators (because they operated almost entirely out- side ‘this eountry) were involved in the transmission of either infor- mation or money. Axel Wheeler-Hill, identified by Federal agents as brother of James Wheeler-Hill, former Ger- man American Bund official now serving a penitentiary sentence, already has pleaded guilty to the indictment and, according to the charges, operated the ring’s key short wave radio stations.- From his East 126th Street apartment ic New York City, short wave mes- sages in code were sent and re- ceived it is charged. The use of micro-photography —that is printing letters, mes-| Exposed Spy ng ! codes, invisible inks, capsule mes- {pot at Lisbon, in Portugal; .the underside of ‘a half-dollar. sages, blueprints, etc, on inch-| square negatives, which can be| read either by use of a magnifying | glass or a projection machine — has become almost standard in | | pictured as he addressed a Francisco’s Civic Auditorium July Members; | modern spying. Imagine how dif- ficult it is to detect such a tiny| bit of evidence, sewed into cloth- ing, hidden in the soles or heels of shoes, or slipped between the layers of luggage material covering. In addition to this, according to Hoover, the ring used intricate sages and all such other trivia of outmoded melodrama. MANY MEETING PLACES Men and women met in the busy whirl of Columbus Circle traffic in New York; in a cafe in the Bronx; suburban Glendale on Long Island; on the beach at Venice, in California; in the refugee melting at a small, unsavory bar in Rio and passed the little squares that can be hidden in a handshake or on As for the payment of cash to 2spionage agents, only two meth- ods are used—the actual transfer of cash, and the transfer of bank credits through. neutral countries. ‘The latter is not easy, but with so many honest refugees working schemes to get - their’ legitimate funds out of warstorn countries today, it is difficult to detect, The transfer of actual cash may be handled in diplomatic pouches or through couriers. | the National Guard of the United| INDUCTION OF GUARD ONSEPT. 15 | | Date When—XIaska Boys Will Leave Made Of- | ficial by Stimson | I The Alaska National Guard will| be inducted into active duty Sep—{‘ tember 15, it was officially an-| nounced last night in a telegram | to Governor Ernest Gruening from Secretary of War Henry L. Stimps son. : The order is to affect “all feds erally recognized elements of thej First Battalion, 207th Infantry of States of the Territory: of Alaska| and all personnel of both the ac=! tive and inactive National Guard igned thereto,” according to the message from Secrefary Stimpson. | The move will see control over| approximately 300 guardsmen in Juneau, Ketchikan, Anchorage and Fairbanks shift from the Territory | to the federal War Department on€ minute after. smidnight on Sep-| tember 14, | 10 Days Later { In less than 10 days after the| order becomes effective, . the men | will leave for training bases at| Chilkoot Barracks or Fort Rich-| ardson, Maj. Jesse E. Graham,| Army instructor for the Alaska guard units, said here today. | During the period from Septem- | ber 15 until the men leave for their training posts, complete phy-’ sical examinations will be made of each man and preparations will be| made for equipping the soldiers. “Due to poor armory facilities, men living in Juneai may be per-| mitted to sleep at home duringi the preparation period before leav- ing for the training base, provid-| ed such arrangement does not in- terfere with his military duties,” Major Graham said. Men from out- | side Juneau will be provided with! bunks in the -armory, he added. The company will be fed in local | restaurants. | Transportation Although no definite arrange- ments have been made as yet for| ‘transporting men to the training bases, it is hoped that a boat will | be available to pick up Company B at Ketchikan, then proceed to Ju-| U5.TOASK RUSSIA FOR COAST BASES Japan Saysjfd fo Soviet| States Will Give | Forts _io_ U.S. ‘ TOKYO, Aug. 6—The Japanese Navy’s official spokesman predict- ed today that the United States will seek bases on Russian soil and said in that evedt “Japan could not remain unconcerned’ since she considers such bases in the Far East a threat to herself. The spokesman, Commander Hi- raide, writing in a popular maga- zine, said America probably Wwill demand bases on Russia’s far east- ern coasts in return for aid in her war against Germany. | He asserted the Soviet govern- ment faces a fate like that of the, “refugee Chinese government.’| Chungking revolts are likely (0] break out in various places and | " Lilly Stein, the New York art- (Continued un Page Six) the Soviet union is leading the es- secret agents were tablishment of many local govern- Wandsworth being convicted of violations of the ments. Acting Secretary of State Sumner Welles (left) reaches out to shake hands with Lieut. Gen. Filip Golikov, A Deputy Chief of Staff of the Russian Army, when Golikov and Engineer General Alexander Repin (right), arrived for staff talks with U. S. military chiefs in Washington. Between Welles and Golikov is Constantine A. Oumansky, Russian Ambassador to the United States. Lord Halifax is pictured writing a note on the tail of a new Con- solidated B-24 (Liberator) about to leave for England from San Diego. “Dear Mr. Churchill: There are hundreds more like to help you finish the job. (Signed Halifax.” Lord and Lady Halifax have been visiting plane factories on the Pacific The note read: these on thir way NOTETOCHURCHILL | i o iz NAZI AGENTS EXECUTED AT LONDON TRIAL German and Swiss Land in Plane with Porfable Radio Sefs LONDON, Aug. 6.—~Two German executed in today after prison Treachery Act in amsecret trial, ac-| cording to an official announcement today. The men, Karl Theodore Drueke, 35, citizen of Germany and Wei ner Waelti, 26, identified as Swiss, were arrested near Edin-| burgh, apparently after they had; landed on the British coast in al seaplane and rowed ashore in a collapsible rubber boat. | The statement said each man was equipped with a portable wire- less transmitting and receiving out- fit, a large sum ol English money BIG ARMY ACTION IS SCHEDULED One Hundred Thousand Men on Pacific Coast Get Mobilie Signal FORT LEWIS, Wash. Aug. 6.— Two of the great West Coast Army Corps, made up of 100,000 men, today received orders for. instant mobilization at the stroke of mid- night next Saturday and then the Pacific Coast’s biggest war maneu- vers will be on. The Army officials in Fort Lewis will be given the first warning at midnight that the invader, armed with the most modern implemen's of warfare, have effected a landing and are marching inland. From the instant the first warn- ing comes through until about 100,- 000 men have filed, the Nation will see the greatest emergency mobilization the United States mili- tary forces have ever witnessed, MOSCOW IS AIR RAIDED BY GERMANS Tons of Explosives and In- cendiary Bombs Drop- ped-Fires Started BBRLIN, August 6—German night raiders again pounded Moscow last night, showering the Russian Cap- WELLES RECEIVES RUSS MILITARY MISSION HULL GIVES DIRECT HINT | e Any Move Made in Thai- land to Be Considered as Against U. S. |VITAL INTERESTS ON PACIFIC ARE INVOLVED Secrefary of State Makes Pointed Remarks at Newmefi Meeting WASHINGTON, Aug. 6.—Secre- tary of State Cordell Hull today said that the Japanese intentions re- garding Thailand in the South- west Pacific area is a matter of concern to the United States Gov- ernment. The Secretary of State made 't perfectly clear at a conference with the newsmen that this Govern- ment's vital interests will necessi- ‘ftate qpposition ‘to any move of conquest in the Pacific or else- where and this he added, applies to Thailand. Secretary Hull indicated that any move Japan makes in Thailand will be considered as a step menacing Amerjean security and endanger- ing American territory on and in the Pacific. JAPS WARNED OF INTEREST IN THAILAND Eden PinchTII—Hs for Chur- chill in Speech Be- fore Commons LONDON, August 6—Anthony Eden, member of the British War Couneil, today told the House of Commens that “anything which threatens the integrity or security of Thailand will be of immediate interest to Britain.” He said Britain will be especially interested because a Japanesc move into Thailand will be “threatening the security of Singapore. We hope these words may yet be heeded.” The brilliant Euglish statesman disclosed that Japan has warned that intervention in Thailand will “give rise to a most serious situa- (Continued on Page Eight) RAID MADE BY BRITISH NAZI AREAS Fires Are Admifted fo Have Been Starfed af Karls- . ruhe, Mannheim | BERLIN, August 6—The official |war communique this morning ad- mitted that British raiders started and emergency food rations, in-lja) city with “many tons of explo-|fires that spread, chiefly in Karls= cluding German sausage. Both had | ves and tens of thousands of in-|ruhe and Mannheim. foreign passports and spoke Eug-; lish. Aleohol from potatoes is used| by Soviet Russia in manufactur- ing synthetic rubber. i cendaries.” The German high command de- factories and fires were started COW. The communique also states that {many civilians were killed or |clares hits were scored on airplane | wounded. The statement declares that eight raids. among the Russian plants of Mos- 'Bmish planes were downed in the T0 NIPPONS