The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 29, 1941, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. LVIL, NO. 8815. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASK.A, FRIDAY, AUG. 29, 1941 Ml;MBE.R ASSOCIATED PRI:.SS PRICE IEN CENTY PACIFIC WAR STILL THREATENS NAZIS CAPTURE TALLIN; SEA FIGHT RAGES Possible Plane Ferry Roufe fo Africa GERMANS MAKING ADVANCE Estonia Capitj City Falls- Invasion Armies Enter Area After Fight FLEEING RUSSIANS CAUGHT OUT ON GULF Leningrad Still Holds Out- Viipuri Is Reported fo Be in Flames (By Associated Press) Hitler’s invasion armies have cap- | tured the long besieged city of Tal- | lin, capital of Estonia. 1 The German High Command also | announces a violent naval hattle is believed raging on the Guilf of Fln— land. The Germans are attempting to smash the fleeting armada of Sovlet warships. re Heard The thunder o( gunfire is heard at ni, 50 miles across the gulf.! anLsh fliers report seeing many dozens of Russian ships steaming out of Tallin heading eastward. The German and Finnish fleets | are said to be attacking the Russians | in their flight. | (Continued on Page Five. PACIFIC OCEAN SOUTH ATLANT/IC OCEAN NVIO0 NVIGN? The U. S. promised Britain aerial aid in the Middle East with a South Atlantic plane ferry service to Africa and thence to the front. where Freetown and Bathurst havi route e been mentioned as likely terminals. Broken line here indicates possible shert air route from South America to Africa, Solid line indicaees wartime ship SHORTAGE OF GAS IN EAST GIVES ALARM §Proposal Mge fo Relieve Situation - Bunker Oil Supply Decreasing WASHINGTON, Aug. | Still Smllmg! 29.—Rear | Pick-up Airmail System Proves Big Thing; Many | Communities Served \Mussoum HITLER IN - SDAVIALK | 'Two Axis leaders Discuss Both Political and Mili- fary Developments BERLIN Aug 29.—Adolf Hl(l(‘x |and Benito Issolin: have been neeting at Hitler's neadquarters on |the eastern front since Monday, ing. The five-day discussion did not ;end until today and the official ! statement says all political and | military developments were taken (up and it is asserted that par- | ticular attention was paid as to dux.xuon of the m‘cs!lll conflict. AIRRAIDS BYBRITISH. ; l ONGERMANY 0vern|ghl Aflacks Follow-‘ ing Daylight Assaults, . Statement Says Y ASSOCIATED PRESS) On the air front in the west of it.he European conflict, the British 'remained on the offensive carry- WASHINGTON, Aug. 29. — The “airmail for Punkin Center,” as Rep. Jennings Randolf of West Vir- ginia, the legislative daddy of it, calls the airmail pick-up system, is celebrating its first birthday. ing out a series of overnight at- | tacks these by daylight assaults on Nazi oceupied French coast, The Germans claimed they have downed 30 British aircraft in 24 on Duisburg and following the ! Clgarets for Captured Germans ) P A( IFIC an official announced this morn- A brother captive gives a captured German soldier a light, above, in a Russian prison camp. The Soviets, according to the Moscow { Martin Now Clcrk was transmitted from the Rusala.n cupltnl via Lomlon. HEAD NEW 7-MAN BOARD - NATIONSTO TALK FACTS Important E;)i—nts at Issue { | | | =I. I. N. Radiophoto clgarets were distributed by the caption on the radiophoto, which WALLACETO | Ambassador May Be Discussed in Sweeping Review | PRESIDENT IS DODGING CONFLICT DISCUSSION European Warfare fo Be Taken Up by Roosevelt in Speech Monday WASHINGTON, Aug. 29. — The man to man discussion of Ameri- can and Japanese relations between President Roosevelt and Japanese Admiral Nomura im- presses diplomutic quarters that the next possible fiist step will be a sweeping review of afl important points at issuc between the two nations. Bolstering this conclusion is the official annouiccment from Tokyo o ,|that the personal letter handed by the President (v the “mbassador yesterday addresscd to Japanese Prime Minister Konoye has heen delivered. Straight Outline It is underslood that the Preste dent’s letter outlined the “Imper- ial Government's attitude on the Pacific situation.” Newsmen at the conference today | with the President asked whether he was hopeful now that “war on the Pacific can be averted,” the President smilingly dodged a reply, branding the question as too long and too broad. The President made no comment on his meeting yesterday with Jap- anese Ambassador Nomura. Asked Admiral Emory S. Land, Chairman | It is just a year ago that I ... ending this morning. the question whether “we are get- jof the Maritime Commission, to-| |day proposed construction of 100 | | oil-carrying barges as the speediest |and least expensive solution of the | WASHINGTON — President RO sevelt didn’t announce it, but there | were two big reasons why Pnn“ American Airways is taking over the ferrying of airplanes across the South Atlantic and up the in-| terior of Africa to the Near East.| One reason has since been pub- | lished, the need of American war-| planes to help the British in Iran| and thus protect Russian oil fleld.s‘ in the Caucasus. The other has not been pub-| lished—namely that the British had! been wrecking an extraordinarily large number of brand new planes in flying them across Africa. As a matter of cold, unpleasant fact, the British have been losing about 20 perc,ens of the planes we have been giving them.® This was partly because the Brit- ish did not use ‘thefr o#n pilots, | but Czech, French, Poles and Dutch. These aviators, sometimes too full of sloe gin, and sometimes not too well trained in the tough job of handling fast war planes, have succeeded in scattering the! wrecks over the heart of Africa. Furthermore, central Africa Is one of the most uncharted and| difficult flying areas in the world. The hop across the Atlantic has not caused the casualties. It is the remainder of the flight, from Free- town on the West African coast up to Egypt. This is why Roosevelt finally called upon Pan American Airways to take over the African hop. Its pilots have done a brilliant job of pioneering the jungles of the Ama- zon and the peaks of the Andes. And Roosevelt figured that if any- one could fly over Africa, Pan American could do it. HUEY LONG VS. LaFOLLETTE Genial David Lynn, Architect of the Capitol, didn't realize what a R T o (Continued on Page Four) |the eastern seaboard. United States Senator Maloney of Connecticut said num- ‘erous and vital defense industries! |in the east are “terrified because |there is only four or five days’ supply of bunker oil.” Land testified before the Senate | Committee investigating the short- | age of gasoline. Senators said they have also learned that the Pacific Coast may soon face the same curtail- |ment on gas sales as now effective on the eastern seaboard. >, 4 BRITISH SUBS SUNK ROME, Aug. 29. — Italian High Command tonight announces Fas- cist warships have sunk four Brit- ish’ submarines in the Mediterran- ean and several survivors, including one commander, have been taken prisoners. Ted Mack and Wife Returning fo Juneau Mr. and Mrs. Ted Mack are re- turning to Juneau aboard the Col- umbia following a honeymoon trip in Washington. Mrs. Mack is the ljormer Jessie Fraser of Douglas, and she was married several weeks ago. Mr. Mack is employed in the| First National Bank, and the couple| will make Juneau their home. BALL PLAYER SOUTH Bill Strouse, ball player of Fair-| banks, is a passenger southbound Jor returned to Juneau by plane right. on the Aleutian, going to his home in Catalina, Cal. Prancis | o- | 8asoline and 'fuel oil shortages on | | As a_member of Kngland’s Auxil- iary Fire Service, Elleen Cook fre- quently helped vietims of Nazi air raids on London, and then the war came even closer to her. Wounded but still smiling, she is pictured | salvaging a dress from the ruins of her home, dem%l:lhcd by a German | i | | | mb. Rebertsons Leaving ' For Son’s Marriage Miss Carol Robertson left this morning on the Princess Charlotte for Seattle, where she is to be a bridesmaid at the marriage of her brother, Duncan Rohertson, and Miss Mary Eggert, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph §. Eggert, of Se- attle. Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Robertson plan to leave for the south to- morrow to attend the wedding, which will take place September 6. | Following their marriage, the couple wrote in these columns about how ! the Postoffice Department was, going to take the airmail to the whistle stops, with on-the-wing pick-up and delivery to:109 ham- lets in New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky and | Delaware. | It was, said postoffice officials, purely an experiment, but the re-| sults of that experiment are noLT prop-wash, According to Repre-| sentative Randolph, in that one; year’s time, the new airmail ser-| vice has reached the point whfle‘ it can be considered self-sustain- | ing insofar as its direct cost ro\ the government is concerned. The service, at present in the e Laval Is Near End, Is Belief Assassins Bullef May Yet Prove Fafal, Physicians William McChesney Martin 'President of the New York Stock Exchange at a salary of $48,000 a year until he was drafted into the | army, William MecChesney Martin clerk in the quartermaster corps | at the army war college in Wash- 'FDR Puts New Body in Con- # | dent Roosevelt, | now has begun his duties as a | frol of All Natural Re- sources for Defense WASHINGTON, Aug. 29.-—Presi- striving anew fo production, today | concentrated .supreme control of (&l the nation’s natural, resources ,|in a seven-man board headed by ;Vlct‘-Presld(enl, Henry Wallace, to | supervise the administry of sup- | plies. | The new board is charged with the duty of deciding what propor- tion of the country’s materials and | productive power must go to mili- |step up arms ting anywhere,” the President said, “There is no news on that to- day.” The Pfesident was reminded that the second anniversary of the Eu- ropean war Is approaching and he was asked whether the outlook was £, better. The President replied that he was making a speech next Monday which is the second anniversary of the war, “DELICATE RELATIONS” TOKYO, Aug. 20—Prince Kon- oye’s message from President Roo- sevelt was prompted by the “very delicate relations existing between Japan and the United States fol- tary essentials and what will be|lowing the outbreak of the Rus- hands of All-Amercan aviaion, Declare Tonight Inc., of Wilmington, Del, flew ot 693,727 miles making 32,000, PARIS, Aug. 20.—Fears for the pickups and deliveries, without life of Pierre Laval, Pro-Nazist, losing & single piece of mail or|shot several days ago by Paul Col- |express and without any seriousjette, mounted tonight. Doctors said Laval has an ex-| flying accident. The flying sched- ules were maintained at 92 per-| ceedlngly high temperature and cent of schedule. there is a possible infection aris- But that's just the service rec-itng from the assassin’s bullet ord and wouldn’t mean a thing if wound just below the heart and the folks all along the line didn't|& possibility that peritonitis may care two whoops for paLronizinglresulL. which would be regarded direct airmail service. So let's get|as fatal. down to cases. Doctors are considering an opera- tion to extract the bullet. The JUMP OF 62 PERCENT o]gernnon was rejected by surgeons A year ago, Glenville, W. Va.,|yesterday as too dangerous and the population 588, the smallest town!bullet has been left untouched. on the circuit, was sending about| ————————— 200 pieces of airmail a month. To-| day, according to the latest check, | SIO(K ouoIAIlo"S Glenville is dispatching an aver-| 4 age of 791 pieces a month. Beling- | ington, D. C, 'WARFRONTS ARE TO BE - VISITEDNOW Group of Army Air Force| spared for civilian needs. These de- cisions will, perforce, result in some civilian hardships, it was stated at a Whitehouse conference today, but. it is reported the Of- {fice of Production Management is seeking to ease them as much as possible. | The President issued an executive order last night creating the new Ibody on supply priorities and al- locations to boards. There has been much criticism { from many quarters for some weeks now, as to the progress of the arms production drive over reported fric- |tion frem the duplicating functions (of existing various defense agencies, | and over delays in allocating avail- Officers fo Make Ex- fensive Inspedion |able raw. materials to industry. ‘ It was also announced that John WASHINGTON, Aug. 29. — A | Biggers, who bas been director of | group of Army Air Force officers, the OPM, will go to London asad- ton, W. Va., another of the smaller| will go to Washington, D. C,, where! towns, jumped from an average of Mr. Robertson will complete hisjonly 26 pieces a month to 306.| last year at the George Washington|Jamestown, N, Y., with a popula-‘ Medical School before making theirition of 42,502, increased from 4,-| heme in Tacoma. 080 pieces monthly to 10,328. The Robertsons will return to| Al in all, the 109 cities increased| Juneau in several weeks. their use of airmail 62 percent,| Sl | going from 157,000 pieces monthly TAYLOR RETURNS to 254,000. It looks like the folks Schilling salesman Leonard Tay-\pack home think the idea is all NEW YORK, Aug. 29. — Closing | |neaded by Major General George | ministrator of the Lend-Lease ship- quotation of American Can t0day | gy preys, Assistant Chief T is 82%, Anacnnd 28, Bethleh iss Tilda Salo, Carl Lehfo Wed | Southern ‘... Curtis Wright 9%, In-| |lantic war fronts to make a first ternatio‘ml Harvester 54, Ke’“‘e"hand study of the British needs| 00t 38%, New York Ocuiral 13% ’(or American aviation equipment. Northern Pacific 7%, United States 1, making the announcement, the | Steel 57%, Pound $4.03%. | y p | Miss Tilda Salo of Butte, Mon- | War Department said the date of l e i (departure of the group will not be L‘:‘YI‘\?(‘) :fi:z;m::e ::“?1' 30"‘0:]:;! ‘lm.t night. The couple was married DOW JONES AVERAGES made public. .yeswrdny and is stopping at the' Baranof Hotel. The following, are today's Dow, Jones averages: industrials 127.4%, " lratls 3007, utilities 18.69. (Continued on Page chen) > by U. 8. Commissioner Felix Gray BUY DEFENSE BONDS [m his home in Douglas. slan-German war,” says Domel, Japanese news agency this after- noon. Domei also reaffirmed Japan's desire to establish a *“co-prosper- ity sphere” for permanent peace on the Pacific. Domei’s comment was made after all members of the Japanese Cab- inet and some of the highest mili- tary officials of the nation held an emergency meeting to discuss the American-Japanese relations following delivery of the message from President Roosevelt to Prime Minister Prince Konoye. REPLIES TO ROOSEVELT TOKYO, Aug. 20—It is officially announced tonight that Prince Konoye has dispatched his reply to President Roosevelt’s personal letter. It is said Japan desires to end the war with China and a bitter complaint is made of assist- ance of the United States to Chinese General Kai Shek. It is admitted in the Konoye letter that the “situation is delicate hetween + Japan and the TUnited States.” - e— POSTMASTER LEAVES + Juneau Postmaster Albert Wile sailed south on the Princess Char- lotte this morning for ;peclal med= ical treatment; J2