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

u e ———— g THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. LVIL, NO. 8812. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, AUG:_Z-();I 941. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS MOW DOWN WAVES OF GE RMAND JAPAN SEEKING PEACE TALK WITH U. 5. NIPPON'S | SPOKESMAN TALKS OUT Peace Nego]ialions Would Be Welcomed De- clares Koh Ishii i FAR EAST TENSION WOULD BE EASED UP & Declares Nation Shocked 2 at Invasion of Little Iran Country TOKYO, Aug. 26.—Japan will wel- come negotiations with the United States to ease the tension in the Far East “if we can come to a rea- sonable conclusion” This is the announcement made today by Koh Ishii, Japanese Cab- inet information spokesman. Ishii said he had no information that such negotiations were under way, however. 1 Commenting on the British-Rus- sian invasion of Iran, Ishii said: “The peace-loving American na- tions must be shocked at this un- provoked. act as Japan is also shocked.” One American newspaper man asked about the “Japanese invasion of China, which was unprovoked,” and Ishii said he had no comment. — - — Charts of coastal waters are prru‘ pared and printed by the Depart- ment of Commerce. -lhe WASHINGTON — The President! ° in his private report to Congression- | al leaders on the historic conference | with Winston Churchill, warned | them that the Far Eastern situation | was extremely critical. | He assured the legislators that ho | secret alliance was discussed or agreed to at the ocean meeting, and | stated again that the United Statfii was no, nearer involvement in war | than before. But he said the Naazis | were exerting every influence to push | Japan into an overt act against the | U. S. and Britain, and that it was| touch-and-go whether moderate ele- ;| ments in the Japanese government | could prevent explosion. | The President also indicated very | definitely that any further Japanese | encroachments would be met - with | “strong measures.” He did not go into details, but his callers were con- | vinced that the “measures” implied | joint action by the United States, | Britain, Netherlands, and Russia; also, that the four powers are ready | for instant action. Roosevelt expressed his belief that t Russian resistance to Hitler would | continue even if important Soviet | cities fell before winter. He declared | that as a result of fierce Russian fighting, the Nazi time-table had been completely upset; they had been forced to shift from blitzkrieg tactics to a slow war of attrition. | This meant heavy losses on both | sides and, as a result ,no likelihood of an attempt to invade Britain this | year. Roosevelt warned, however, | that this did not make the British position any less precarious. The Nazi-Vichy alliance indicated that the French fleet soon may be thrown against the British in the Mediterranean. Combined with: what is left of Mussolini’s battered navy, such a move might force the British (Continued on_Page Foar) "Wounded Finn Aided by Reds A pretty eyeful is Jackie Williams, 18, queen of the Mardi Gras at Ven- ice, Cal, She is a student of journal- jsm at the University of Southern ern section of Southeast for service on grand and petit Jjuries, in Federal Court here. The jurors selected will serve during the fall court session at Ketchikan, tostart| sometime in October. Radiophoto According to the official Russian eaption with this photo, transmitted by radio from Moscow to New York, Red soldiers are aiding a wounded Finn, This is the first picture from the Finnish sector to reach the United States from the Soviet side since Russia and.Germany clashed. Price Ceiling Talk Increases, East Coast; Salmon Industry Hit Mardi Gras Queen NEW YORK, August 26.—Talk of Federal price ceilings on some food- stuffs, particularly canned goods, occupied the wholesale food markets today as unconfirmed reports of a price order written to put a ceiling of $2.50 per case on cohoe salmon touched off the discussion. The trade also heard what it thought might be a sample of the way the Government planned to fill its needs of canned goods. The Al- aska Salmon Packers were told, ac- cording to dealers, that the Govern- ment will require a million cases of specifized sizes of cans, and the packers were warned, the report said, not to evade the order partially by packing an abnormal number of cans of other sizes and then claim- ing they are unable to furnish the required amount. Some canners expressed the opin- ion that this is the set pattern of similar moves to acquire canned fruits and vegetables and meats, and those who fail to respond or quote prices that the Government consid- ers too high might be required to furnish their proportionate share at prices the Government sets. This will include, if necessary, the recall of shipments to commercial customers, the trade said. GOODWIN FLIES FO SHELTER ISLAND On an early morning flight today, Pilot Dean Goodwin roared off of i | Gastineau Channel with one pas-| senger to Shelter Island. \ Shell Simmons carried Don Hag- | erty and three Indian Office offic- ials to Klawock and returned empty. Alex Holden made a trip to Sitka with Hal Finch, Jessie Elliott, R. R. | Harper, Mrs. B. Cline and Hal Johnson and returned with Nick | Susin, Lea Brown, Malcolm Moe, A.| Patnode and L. G. Jacobsen. { Another flight is scheduled today | to Sitka with Tom Dyer, Wayne Bowen and three other passengers. ——————— Patent Office, Depattment of | Commerce, receive applications for| patents relating to everything made, and used by man, alifornia. PICKING JURIES Selection of -names in the south- Alaska, was going forward today | ——————— BUY DEFENSE STAMPS INVADERS IN | ~ IRAN UNDER FULL SPEED Cossacks and British Forces Sweep South Swiftly- | Little Resistance THREE KEY POINTS | ARE TAKEN EASILY Advance lsgikapid that! Casualties in Conflict | Reported Very Few | (By Associated Press) | Russian Cossacks, sweeping down | from the north, have joined British | Imperial forces and are striking xhe‘ | southwest and reported meeting only | slight resistance in the two-day <,1d“ invasion of Iran. The Allied forces | are making a.swift southward clean- | up of the ancient Middle East King- dom. | Official dispatches also assert that Indian and British forces, including air borne troops, have seized three | key points in Iran after very slight skirmishes, \ A German radio broadcast, dis- cussing the Middle East front ac- tion, quoted the Iran News Agency as asserting the Iran troops are put- ting up stiff resistance, particularly against the Soviet forces that are | advancing southward along the rail line from Tabriz, | By contrast, the British head- | | quarters asserted that the joint Brit- |ish-Russian_invasion is progressing | so rapidly that casualties are few. o IRANS SEEK INFORMATION ON INVASION ‘Exlraordina?y‘—Session of | Parliament Called—Ne- gofiations Sfill On TEHERAN, Iran, Aug. 26.—As the British and Russian armies drive into Iran, Premier Ali Mansur called . an extraordinary session of the Iran ! Parliament and the Government is | continuing conversations with those | powers “to clarify, the reasons and | objects of these transgressors.” | It was stated the Government of | Iran might reach an understanding | with the British and Russians. 1 | It is officially stated tiae Teheran | ! police have ordered 16 small and ob- |scure German businessmen to get | out of Iran as soon “as possible.” No | durther information is given out re- | garding the expulsion of a reported 13,000 German technicians, with mili- !tary alliances, as demanded by both 4Great Britain and Russia, which is given as the cause for the present | invasion. STOCK QUOTATIONS | Here Is Odessa, Port Nazis Claim Is Surrounded L. “@ere is a hitherto unpublished panorama of Odessa, vital Red seaport on the Black sea which the Germans now claim to have surrounded and which they say will be occupied soon. Note the modern apartment houses in the city. German sources said that six Russian transports had been sunk at Odessa and that a large Russian force was hemmed in there. Big Shots of the Navy PRODUCTION ; ; INU.S.IN FULL SWING |Lord Beaverbrook Says U. | S. Entry Into War Busi- ness of Nation's People LONDON, Aug. 26 —Lord Beaver- brook, British Minister of Supply, recently returned from conferences in Washington, D. C., declared the United States is in full production of war materials and there has been no slow down since Germany in- vaded Russia. Lord Beaverbrook was asked at a conference with newspaper men this afternoon, if the United States was near entry into the present war. Lord Beavebrook replied that such a decision “is the business of the people of the United States.” Reporters persisted in questioning Lord Beaverbrook, who finally par- ried the question by saying: “I would like to see them in it.” Of American planes, Lord Beaver- brook said: “They are just as fine as any product of this country or any other country.” v These giant armor-piercing shells are the prima donnas of defense ordnance being produced at the Bethlehem Steel Company’s plant in hlehem, Pa. The photo was made during the first “press review” E::borized by the Navy Department. The shells are for 16-inch guns, Secrefary Wickard Given Headache Over Surplus of FRENCH MEET Of Wheatin U. 5. Is Record 10 SUPPRESS cooperating farmer can't sell or| use his wheat at all until he has| - satisfied the government as to his surplus. That consists in paying a 49 cents-a-bushel penalty on the surplus and losing his 18 cents- a-bushel benefits on the entire crop. By JACK STINNETT WASHINGTON, Aug. 26.— With the United States groaning under its largest surplus of wheat in his- tory, those wheat farmers who re- fused to cooperate with the gov- ernment in ils marketing quota program are giving Secretary of Agriculture Claude R. Wickard and his boys a headache. According to department esti- Anarchisls,_fo_mmunisis fo Be Tried by Court- martials A SAMPLE CASE | Let’s see what happens. ‘A co-| NEW YORK, Aug. 26. — Closing | mates, farmers who planted more quotation of Alaska' Juneau mine acreage than their allotments, num- stock today is 4%, American Can ber only about 15 percent. 80%, Anaconda 287%, Bethlehem Under the revised Agriculture Ad- Steel 68%, Commonwealth and justment Act, the marketing quotas Southern %, Curtiss Wright 9, Inter- were invoked this year fer the first national Harvesier 53, Kennecott time, The farmers favored them at 38%, New York Central 127, Nor- an election May 31. Eighty percent thern Pacific 7 3/4, United States voted for them. And on the other Steel 57%, Pound $4.03%. |side of the fence, the government Metals are steady today. ‘ngreed to maintain a loan price of e EE) 98 cents a bushel and to pay the DOW, JONES AVERAGES 18 cents-a-bushel benefit (that is The following are .today's Dow,|18 ‘cents times a farmer'’s normal Jones averages: industrials 126.56,|bushel yield) to all farmers who 1ails 30.40, utilities 1850 had stuck to their respective acre- - ages. I BUY DEFENSE BONDS Under the same ‘act ' the' non- operating farmer was told lastsum-| VICHY, Aug. 26.—All ranking mer that his wheat allotment wos German .and French police authori- 100 acres. He planted that. To keep ties in German occupied Paris are the figures round, let’s say hisnor- reported to have met to discuss mal yield and actual, yield were the|measures of repression of anti- same, 10 bushels to the acre. Now!|Nazi disorders in a meeting in the what can he do? He can take a former capital yesterday. government loan on the 1,000 hus!b: Interior Minister Pucheu els at 98 cents (which virtually amounts to selling it to the uuv—‘lit‘lflls a means to apply the latest ernment at that price). That brings | decree against anarchists and com- him $980. The benefit payments at‘munism who will be tried by courts 18 cents, bring in $180 more—or a martial in the occupied zone and net of $1,160. |by special appeal courts in the Now suppose the same farmer unoccupied territory. had planted 120 acres of wheat in| - —————— defiance of the government prt,-! was Josef Stalin actually is not a Rus- slan but a Georgian, (Continued on Page Five) NAZIS DRIVE ONRAILROAD - T0 MOSCOW Invaders Slasmng Toward | Supply Line fo Be- sieged City 'DEOPLES' ARMY IN T HEROIC BATTLES” 1Reds Hopefi;avy Rainfall | Will Bog Down Ger- , man Advance L BULLETIN —MOSCOW, Aug. 26.—Red Army machine gunners are tonight reported to be mow- ing down waves of German in- fantry, motorcyclists and panzer crews trying to close in on Len- ingrad for a kill after smashing through Novgorod in Lenin- grad’s outer defense system. Battles are continuing as night falls along the entire western front. (By Assoclated Press) A Red Army bulletin today ac- | knowledged that Nazi troops are ad- ,vnnclug on Leningrad’s jugular vein, {the rail line to Moscow, after cap- turing Novgorod, 100 miles south of Moscow. German invaders are re- ported within 35 miles of the rail- road. Soviet military dispatches said Leningrad’s hastily drilled Peoples’ | Army has gone Into acfion in “heroic battles for their city, fight- ing courageous side by side with the Red Army.” A heavy 24-hour rainfall soaked the whole battlefront from the Bal- tic to the Black Sea yesterday and the Russians counted on inereasing- {1y bad weather to bog down the Ger- (man advance, Hitler's command summed up progress in the conflici with a single sentence saying: “On the entire Eastern Front operafions are pro= ceeding according to plan with sye- cess.” Other Nazi reports pictured Marshal Budyenny's Ukarine armies retreating east of the Dnieper River under assult of the Lufiewaffe. LUGA IS CAPTURED BY NAZIS Russian Indusfrial City Tak- en After Two Days of Fighting, Says DNB BERLIN, Aug. 26. — The DNB, official German news agency, an- nounced this afterncon the German capture of Luga, industrial city of about 22,000 and which lies about 90 miles south of Leningrad on the Russian front between lakes Imen and Peipus. The capture of the city of Luga ,the DNB asserts, was fol- |lowing two days of intensive and terrific fighting. The DNB declares that German formations ‘'silenced 112 bunkers, cleared away 2,900 mines, captured 12,300 prisoners and seized or de- ’su‘oyed 54 armored cars and 46 guns, e CAVANAUGH ARRIVES Traveling man Ray Cavanaugh busy arranging with occupying of-larrived in Juneau from the South on the steamer Yakon last night and is staying at the Baranof Hotel. ettt AT GASTINEAU Traveling man Les Florence ar- rived in Juneau from Ketchikan on the North Coast last night. He is registered at the Gastineau Hotel. - er—— BUY DEFENSE PTAMPS 4 PRICE TEN CENTS Ao