The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 21, 1941, Page 1

o THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, AUG. 21, 1941. VOL. LVIL, NO. 8808. 'MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS ODESSA IS REPORTED IN FLAMES MUST FIGHT NAZIISM, SAYS ROOSEVELT CAN'T GIVE UP BATILE | ON HITLER President TECongress of | Declarations Made at Churchill Conference | STRICT PRINCIPLES LAID DOWN AT TALK No Compromise Must Be Considered-Freedom in World Object Sought | | WASHINGTON, Aug. 21—Presi- | dent Franklin D. Roosevelt, report- ing to Congress on his meeting with British Prime Minister Win- | ston Churchill, said the declaration of principles agreed upon were so clear they would be difficult to oppose “without automatically ad- | mitting willingness accept a | compromise with Naziism.” { ‘These principles, the l’resldentL added in his brief special message[ to Congress, would also be hard to oppose without admitting willing- ness to “agree to world ce which | would give to Naziismi, domination | over large numbers of conquered nations inevitade.” & ' The President said a peace would be a gift to Nazijsmio take breatn, | (Continued on Page Seven) | | | WASHINGTON — There was a good reason why Lord Beaverbrook, | dynamic Minister of Supply, listed | tanks as the No. 1 objective of his | visit to the United States. He flew over largely to try to persuade our | Army chiefs to lend-lease him the | major share of our growing output. There is sharp division in the Army over this. Armored unit com- manders have been champing at the bit for the tanks now beginning to | roll of assembly lines. They need | the equipment not only to train their men and officers but to keep up morale «— which sags when modern war machines are missing or simu- lated. Buck’, privates to generals have griped over being forced to “play at soldiering.” This was one of the main causes for the strong senti- ment among citizen soldiers against extension of their year's service. They could raise no enthusiasm for continuing to train without equip- ment. On the other hand, the General Staff believes that it is far more vital to the IMMEDIATE security of the U. S. to let our tanks and other armament help hold off the Nazis 3,000 miles from our shores. The strategists contend that a U. S. tank is performing infinitely more valuable service knocking out Nazis on the torrid deserts of North Africa, or the bloody steppes of Russia, than using up oil in a training camp in Texas. They favor sending most of our new tanks to Britain for the present, and Beaverbrook’s mission is to clinch that argument. BRITISH NEED The British need for tanks, par- ticularly for the latest type, 32-ton medium tanks, is extremely urgent. 1t was lack of these that caused the rout in Greece and prevents the British from taking the offensive in Libya and on the continent. Also, without medium tanks the British would be in desperate straits should Hitler make his feared overland —— (Continued on Page Four) A Capitol Idea for Milady Jackie Smith, Betty Lou Run on silk stockings and an expected shortage in the months to | come forces Capitol Hill secretarie hose. ankles and others are asking if Three Washington secretaries are shown above, left to right, Jackie Smith 8f Woodsfield, O.; Betty Lou Holden of Concord, Mass<.. and Jane Isbell of Some are going barelegged, others are rolling them to the AMERICANS IN CHINA PERSECUTED Japs Retaliafe for Freezing ! of Nipponese Assets i by U. S. PRESS ACTIVITIES " INHANKOW HALTED Australian Mfiister Urged | fo Cancel Planned f Trip fo London 1 (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) Shanghai dispatches said today that an anti-American campaign, | purportedly inspired by | military authorities, appeared | be growing throughout occupied |China as a result of the United | States freezing of Japanese as- | sets. More than 1,700 Americans in {Central and South China are said to be facing incre gly aif! living conditions - because of | anese military restrictions. | Al British and American press activities at Hankow are summar- ily halted as a result of the gravity |of the situation. In the South Pacific, Australian | Prime Minister Robert Menzies was {urged by the Labor Party to can- |eel his proposed trip to London {and remain at home to direct the total war effort. { ap- Holden and Jane Isbell s to conserve their supply of silk they can wear anklets to work. Guntersville, Ala. Bagged Nazi Bombet Gregory A. Daymond Only 20, and the “baby” of the American Eagle squadron fighting for Britain, Gregory A. Daymond | of Los Angeles, above, is being hailed as a hero. Daymond, who has shot down his third plane, is the high scorer of the Eagle squadron, He recently bagged a | Nazi Dornier-17 bomber over the English channel. | STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Aug. 21. — Closing quotation of American Can today is 82%, Anaconda 28'%, Bethlehem | Steel 68%, Commonwealth and Southern %, Curtiss Wright 9, In- ternational Harvester 53%, Kenne- cott 38%, New York Central 12 3/4,' Northern Pacific 7%, United States Steel 567%, Pound $4.03%, DOW, JONES AVERAGES | The following are today's Dow,| Jones averages: industrials 12599, | rails 30.21, utilities 18.25. |single night than the Germans put SALMON CANS 6,000 JEWS 60 0 SHOW ROUNDEDUP AT CANNERY BY GERMANS P 'Police Swoop Down in Paris-Travellers Also for Storage Stopped on Roads KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Aug. 21.— VICHY, Aug. 21. — The French Swamped with an unexpectedly and German police ‘have arrested large salmon pack which is piling 6,000 Jews in Paris in a roundup, up faster than it can be shipped according to advices reaching here. south, the R. J .Peratrovich can-| The roundup includes persons nery at Klawock was forced today Suspected of opposing Germen Pack So lar; Seats Are Removed from Theatre i | \' | to remove the seats from the only | troops, even in unoccupied France.| movie theatre in the cannery town Police have also stopped travel- to store salmon cases, {lers on the roads and examined A shortage of cans may force a;their papers but no arrests have shutdown before the season closes,|been made on these occasions. but it will be a record pack, Pera-| trovich said. He reported other| QUL B T coastwise canneries are simnarly;H jakkula (il ! | swamped. ASTORIA, Ore.,, Aug.:21.—Hen:y pOUNDED BY Jakkula, 57, United States Mar- “sm in the Yukon in the gold rush British Reporfed to Have Beafen Nazis’ Force | LIEUTENANT IS inNight Raids | KILLED CRASH | (] OF HIS PLANE LONDON, Aug. 21.—British air| raids, during the last eight weeks,! WINDSOR LOCKS, Conn. Ang. {21-—Second Lieutenant Eugene those of heavy attacks, have placed | more bombers over Germany in a over the British Isles nightly in pg.aq) % ey, 24, was killed this after- their heaviest attack. This 15 ac-|noon in the first plane crash at the engaged in fishing and - trapping in Alaska during recent years and Alaska Fishermen’s Union. \cording to a high British author-|air pase here. 0 e R S SR BUY DEFENSE BONDS . | Officials of the air base said The same authorlty says more Dradley falled to come ovt of a intensive raids sare promised. voutine dive, days, died here yesterday. He had| was an influentidl member of the| Russian City Aflame After Bombardment - Nazis Versus ground. According to the official German caption, thi city of Dvinsk in White Russia. The city once was a great ar Red Snipers 3 [ d —1I. 1. N. Radiophoto Berlin says these are German machine gunners defending a bridge against an attack by Red snipers hidden in the houses in the back- A radiophoto, it is one of the best photographically to reach the United States from Europe since the war bezan. By JACK STINNETT WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.—Around Capital Town: - Over at the Department of Agri- culture they have a favorite story about the “hopest ' farmer.” It's supposed to be true and on the irecord-but 1 won’t vouch for that. It goes like this: In New York state, the govern- !ment was conducting an investiga- |a dairy farmer to the®stand from gtbe upstate New York milk shed After routine preliminary questions, the attorney for the government asked: “Mr. Blank, what do you |tion into milk prices. They called | "Honest Farmer”’ Is Now " Revealed; He Gives Ouf Dirt Tiller's Platform think the price of milk should be in your territory?” \ “One cent more,” dairyman, with only hesitation. “One cent more than asked the puzzled lawyer. “One cent more than whatever it is anytime,” said the farmer. The story has seeped into Con- Out on.the Hill, answered the a second what?” gress. farmer’s platform.” NOT-SO-SECRET WEAPONS Information and hints that the British, the Russians, etc, are us- (Continued- un, Page SO | this photo shows “the burning of Dunaborg,” which is the Soviet tillery center for the Red army. 160-Day Hur;fig Period for |last year. {President H—olds Confer-| they tell it over and over—and call it “The| | RUSS PORT" 1S BURNING, NAZI CLAIM Great Sea Base Attacked ' by Artillery - Also " StukaDive Bombers |LENINGRAD EXPECTED 10 BE CAPTURED NOW Fight fo De—alfi Threat of Soviefs Challenged by " German Hordes j (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) Hitler’s High Command today re- ported that German troops have smashed the three main bulwarks |of Leningrad's outer defense sys- tem. 4 Russians, also, acknowledged the leity is in dread danger of falling to the Nazls. Death Fight Challenged Challenging the official Russian |order for a fight to the death to | defend the city, the Berlin radio | declared today that if the. ecity |is defended it will suffer the same |fate meted out to Warsaw, which | was largely destroyed by Nazi Stu- DUCKSEASON ANNOUNCED :: [ Russ Confidence | The northwest command of the |Red army admitted that Leningrad is under “direct threat of attack,” but the Russians expressed confi- dence the city’s defenses, with an Territorial Quackers | estimated garrison of a million men, PI'O(Iaimed iwill hold on. On the southern front, Russia's | great seaport of Odessa is reported WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.—A 60- aflame after being blasted by Ger- day duck hunting season for Alus-;mm artillery and Stuka dive kans was proclaimed today by Sec- | pombers. retary of the Interior Harold Ickes. | Novgorod Ickes sald the season will opea| The German high command also on October 1 in Fur Districts One yeported that Nazi troops, storm- and Three and on September 1 1n’mg toward Leningrad from the the rest of the Territory. This gouth, have captured the ancient means that Juneau hunters will' wajled city of Novgorod, 100 miles not haul their shotguns out until!pelow Leningrad, in bitter fighting. the first of October as Juneau Is' Berlip also claimed the capture lin the first Pur District, which'or Narva, 81 miles southwest of comprises all of Southeast Alxslcn,tumng"d. and of Kingisepp, the Fur District Three, which also rajl gate to Leningrad, 25 miles opens. duck hunting on October 1,!further east. comprises the Alaska Pemmuln.i Aleutian Islands and Kodiak Is- land. | [] These are practically the samej ars lp 0 | ~Brifish in | y awe y i B duck seasons observed in Alaska {Aircraft Carrier Nlustrious Being Repaired in American Port NEW YORK, Aug. 21—The Brit- |1sh News Service announces that the battle scarred aircraft carrier | Illustrious is now in an American shipyard ubdergoing repairs. The Illustrious was almost des- (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) {troyed in Axis piane attacks on A second conference with Fed-|January 10 near Sicilly ard.again eral Shipbuilding and Drydock |2t Malta where she had taken ref- Company officials is scheduled by |USe. > President Roosevelt late today in an effort to end the two weeks’| old strike at the plant at Kearney, N. J. ;Juneau on the steamer - Aleutian President Roosevelt conferred|this morning after a trip to the this morning with L. H. Korndorf, ! south. President of the company and My-| ron Taylor, former Board Chair- man of the United States Steel, a parent firm. e {ing on the Aleutian to visit with RETURNS TO KETCHIKAN |Mr. and Mss. Flakne for a short Mrs. Ralph Bartholomew, who has time. been visiting here, left on the Alaska | for her home in Ketchikan, Roosevelf TriesHand, Slrfl(e (ase ences Today in Kearny Shipbuilding Tie-up e e MRS. BIGGS RETURNS Mrs. Elizabeth Biggs returned to - ee——— EARL FLAKNE ARRIVES Earl Flaknej nephew of Joseph "T. Flakne, arrived here this morn-~ PSS DA SRR BUY DEFENSE STAMPS