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L] THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRIE VOL. LVIL, NO. 8796. “ALL THE. NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, AUG. 7, 1941. aS1sul PRICE TEN GENTS THAILAND WAITS U. 5. MOVE SOVIETS FIGHT 2 HEADED NAZI DRIVE v [ L B A GERMANS IN TWO ATTACKS, NORTH, SOUTH Making Double Assault in? Attempt fo Circle and Capture Leningrad RUSSIAN REPORT IS | DEFIANT T0 INVADERS One of Hiler's Elite Divi- sions Routed with Field Covered with Dead (By Associated Press) i Russian troops are reported bat-| tling fiercely to stem a two-headed drive on Leningrad. | Nazi forces are striking from the | south along the shores of Lake Peip- us and German-Finnish forces are | striking on the north dlong the Ka- j— relian Isthmus and within 75 miles | of Leningrad. Soviet reports this morning indi- caled the push on the north was temporarily abated overnight and it | is noted, however, that the Soviet command is “confident the Germans | will reach neither Kiev nor Lenin- | grad, let alone Moscow.” German military dispatches pic-| ! tured the strongest Nazi blows are falling on the Russians in the Ukraine. The Germans declare that the re- mainder of the Red Army t,roops1 " (Continued on Page Seven) ‘WASHINGTON — Most attentive listeners in the crowded Senate galleries during the debate on re- taining selectees were little groups | of sun-burned, khaki-clad young men from the draft army. i On leave from nearby camps, they took time out to visit the august chamber and listen to the discussion that was deciding their future. To find out what they, them- selves, think about being kept in the Army more than one year, the Merry - Go - Rounders interviewed i one - hundred of them as they left the Senate galleries. All of those- interviewed were from eastern states and repre- sented practically every branch of the Army. They were asked: “What do you think about the bill you have just heard debated?” Here are the results: Almost without exception they | said they wanted to return to civilian life at the end of one| year’s service. ! About 30 percent were very em- phatic that they should be “u?c out”; repeating Senator Wheeler’s | phrase that the Government Wwas “breaking faith.” The remaining 70 percent, while| desirous of returning home, were not insistent. About one-third of this group volunteered that they were willing to abide by the ac- tion of” Congress. DON'T UNDERSTAND 'DANGER | From the briet chats with these/ boys, two significant attitudes stood out: 1. Soldiering has no appeal. The | Army definitely has not sold it- self to them as a way of life. With one possible exception, no selectee United States, about 25 per cent —‘are_ “the home. s Y . (Continued on Page Four) ATLAN % A dark-haired bit of Oergon love- liness was a guest of the San | Francisco Chamber of Commerce recently on her way to Hollywood. She is Miss Beverly Gross (above) of Portland, the official “Miss Oregon,” who is headed for a screen test arranged by Howard Hughes. Winners of four beauty contests, Miss Gross has modeled since she was 15, Of the 65000000 women in the gainfully employed outside TRADE WINDS Push Southern Rim Of Doughnut IN Flying the Doughnuf fo Brifain; What If Means TIC WIND DOUGHNUT 372 W SR ARCTIC AIR Masses <|Shove The Northern Edge Of Doughnut Along By MORGAN M. BEATTY | AP Fcature Service Writer 4 . WASHINGTON, Aug. 7.—Ameri- ican-made bombers are flying the Atlantic doughnut. to Britain! And a ‘25-mile tailwind pushes | them in. This winter they can take off in droves ‘“between weather” and ride {the same doughnut. But in win- |ter a 60-mile gale will kick them in. It's the story of a modern mir- acle of weather forecasting per- fected by Uncle Sam’'s weather bu- reau, the military services and the Civil Aeronautics Authority. The miracle is possible because of the inventive minds of Russian and Belgian scientists. It's practi- cal because of American mass pro- duction methods. This nation alone turns out the trained manpower and the instruments in quantity. Much of the story can’t be told. But some of it can, because the Germans know the general princi- jples anyway. If you don’t think it's a miracle, listen o T——— J—————, pilot ferrying bombers to Britain: “When I leave Canada,” says T. J., “I can cable my wife whether to expect me for a weekend of gardening. Because I'll know at least three days in advance what the weather will be in my home | town. “It’s because the weather map they give me is a marvel. I can fly the course with it. I know exact- ly when to expect a storm, which way to get around it. I know my tail wind all the way across.” The gadget that makes this pos- sible is known technically as the radiosond. It's a miniature weather radio broadcasting outfit attached to a balloon. It goes up nearly five miles, where the balloon. bursts. It comes down by parachute. The radiosond broadcasts signals all the way up and down, giving the trained meteorologist on ship- board or on dry land a complete picture of conditions five miles up. slonal weather forecasting. It radios wind direction and velocity, precipi- perature, and much more. All the servige shigs, merchant ships in and out of convoy can do the work. Many w carry Am- erican meteorol for the task. The result: A complete Atlantic weather service day and night the year ’round. Every: bomber pilot can leave Canada with full knowl- edge of all weather conditions a‘ all reasonable altitudes—and all the way across. The bombers usually fly between 10,000 and 15,000 feet, however, because they get above surface disturbances that way, and J (Continued on Page Three) Weather men call it three-dimen-; tation (rain to you), humidity, tem- MUSSOLINI, IS KILLED 'Young Flier Dies in (rash, | of Plane with Three | Other Aviators | ROME, August 7—Capt. Bruno! Mussolini, 23 years old, who abided 's admonition to “live was killed today in the crash of a long range bomber during tests. The Commander of| the detachment was using fhe plane, He died near Pisa at 10 a. m. Four hours after the crash, thel Reme radio announced the young! Italian’s “glorious death after coms= pat.” Bruno Mussolini was born on | April 22, in Milan while his father was head of the Young Fac'st move- | ment and editing the newspaper 11 Popolo d'Italia. He is the Prem- ier's second son. | Mussolini, himself a pilot, flew at once to Pisa. Chief of the Italian Air Force Gen. Pricolo and two other fliers, the second pilat ‘and/ the mechanic, were killed in the, crash. | Remaining members of the eight man crew were injured. oo — HIGH SILK HOSE PRICE (ONDEMNED Henderson Says Increased Stocking Prices Will | Be Profifeering | WASHINGTON, D. C. Aug. T—| {Price Commissioner Leon Hender- 1s0n told Congress that any increases | in the price of silk stockings now would “pretty generally character- | ize profiteering.” | House of Representatives Banking Committee, Henderson declared the recent stoppage of silk production | could not justify any increases in prices of stockings now on shelves | of retail merchants. | It is generally conceded that price! definite statutory basis, x»xemierssni —_———— FRANGETO DEFEND IN ‘Note Warns Uniled State that Japanese Author- ized fo Aid French | VICHY, Prance, Aug. 7. — Thel French government today handed | the United States Embagsy here a note which it was reported reliably assured Washington that France will defend her empire by any means she thinks best. | Couched in general terms from authorized sources, the note was said to have established a clear dif- ference between the cases of Syria, | where France defended her empire | against the British and Pree-French forces under DeGaulle, and Indo- _China, where France has authorized Japan to aid in defense of the ter-| ]rlwry. ) SECOND SON, | Resuming his testimony before the | control legislation will require a' ™~ Youth of INDO-CHINA SAIGON HARBOR, NEW JAPANESE BASE This is & view of Saigon harbor, principal city of South French Indo-China, :now oecupied. by . Japanese naval and land forces as one of the rnumerous bases they have taken over by agreement with the Vichy government. Brazil Combats ‘the Nazis Widespread activity of Nazi agents in Brazil brought on an investiga- tion by a special congressional committee. Buenos Aires police are shown removing papers and other evidence of anti-democratic activity from Nazi headan» s there for study by'the investigators, "41 Is Taking "Selective Service” Far Better than Dad Did Draft By JACK STINNETT WASHINGTON, Aug. 7.—Young | America is a great deal more pa- § | triotic, more inteiligent, better in- |formed and less rebelious toward |laws laid down for it than young America was in World War L That conclusion can be drawn from some figures from the Depart- ment of Justice. After approximately 10 months since the first selective pervice registration, the department tells me it has had 20,000 complaints of violation of the selective ser- vice laws. There have been 226 individuals convicted and there are 365 persons awaiting trial. If these seem startling figures just: compare: them with Maj. Gen. Enoch Crowder’s® report - on the draft in World War L Fifteen months after the first registrdtion then, 474,861 “draft dodgers” had been reported; 67,838 men had been | apprehended and sent to camp or| to prison; and still there were 29! 184 cases on the books for t Federal Bureau of Investigation Lo ferret out. i Editorial campaigns and word- | of-mouth battles, pro and con, were waged against “slackers” (men who failed or refused to register); ‘“delinquents” (men who didn’t answer their questionnaires or report for physical examina- tions); and “deserters” (men who refused to obey or ignored orders to report for induction). As far as the public was con- cerned, they were either “slack- ers” or “draft dodgers” and for the most part were considered just a step below a worm. It is particu- larly significant that although we are nearing the one-year mark for selective service today, there has (Continued to Page Three) SAILOR ON CHARLESTON IS DROWNED Crew Member of Gunboat . Falls Info Channe! i During Night ! Crews from the gunboat Charles- | ton are in their 12th hour of drag- ¥ | ging Gastineau Channel this after- | noon for the body of a young sea- | man who fell overboard from the | vessel shortly after 4 o'clock this morning. | Not long after returning from | Juneau, W. A. Lord, seaman sec- ond class of Los Angeles, fell from the deck of the vessel, struck his! i',he channel side of the ship and “was never seen to reappear,” ac-| cording to an official release from the Navy boat. | Immediate rescue operations went into effect and later drags were set to work, but no trace of the| missing sailor has been found.This afternoon the water around the Charleston has crews of men work- ing to find the body. Patrols have | been sent out on beaches and docks | |and the crows-nest of the ship has | a man scanning the waters. Water- | front workers, however, are skepti- cal over the recovery of the body, saying the tide was ebbing at the |time of the accident. D e SUICIDES AT SITKA Shot. through the heart with a 32-20 Colt revolver, Mary Russell, 43-year-old waitress, was found | dead this morning in her room at | the Sitka Hotel, Sitka, according | to information received at the U.| | head on a small boat tied up on|~ DESTINY OF TINY NATION ISUPTOU.S. Brifish Will Not Give Aid Unless America Promises Help IMPERIAL FORCES READY IN BURMA Japanese Move South Threatens Singapore, China lif_elines (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) British aid to little Thailand hinges on the willingness of the United States to cooperate with strong measures, in the event of a Japanese invasion of the tiny Far Eastern country, suthoritative sources in London deciared today. Thailand is expecicd to resist Jap= anese’ encroachment (pon her bor= ders, the statement said. The implication concerning U. 8, cooperation was that the United States must be wiliing to cooper- ate more than an economic block= ade over Japan if Britain is to give strong backing to Thailand. British Ready Government reports Indicated that British Imperial Forces are making ready for any Japanese thrust in Thafland which might be either a threat on Singapore or the Bufma Road life-line to the Chungking Chinese government. There was & possibility that both spots might be objectives of the Nipponese pending action. A Reuters Agency dispatch from Singapore, quoting the Singapore office of the British Ministry of Information, said that in British Burma south of China “all pre- parations are ready to smash any Japanese attempt to cut the Bur- ma Road or move further west- ward.” The British are Jooking toward a policy of British-American co- operation extending beyond diplo~ matic and economic measures and applicable not only to the possible “(Continued on Page Seven) e U.S.AIDTO RUSSIA IS UNDERWAY American War Supplies Going fo Vladivostok -Unfreezing Act WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 7.0 The United States, it was learndd today, has unfrozen millions of dol- lars worth of Soviet goods from this country. This presumable flow of American supplies to Russian fighting forces has already begun. Amounts of the goods sent and details of shipments were undisclosed on grounds that they are military secrets, but of- ficials indicated they constituted an important beginning to further ship- ments. S. Marshal’s office here today. The gun from which the fatal bullet was supposedly fired was | found on the bed beside the dead woman. A note on the dresser in' the room indicated suicide. The Sitka coroner declared she had been dead between six and eight hours before the body was found.' An inquest into the death will be held tomorrow. How materials are moving to Rus- sia was unrevealed, but it is prom- ised that “favorable consideration™ will be given Russian requests for an extension of available American shipping facilities, presumably transports, across the Pacific to Viadivostok. In addition, Russia is’ saild to have eight or ten vessels normally operating between Amer= ican ports and Viadivostek, A