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

VOL. LVIL, NO. 8821. HE DAILY ALASKA “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JU'\IEAU ALASKA, SATURDAY, SEPT. 6, 1941. Y MP E: ME.MBLR ASSOCIAT l D I’Rl‘b\ PRICE TEN CENTS AZIS ADMIT FIRING UPON GREER - GERMANS RETREATING FROM LENINGRAD BITTER REDS PUSH HITLER OFF RAILWAY Germans Claim Shelling of Approach 25 Miles East of City ' (LIMAX OF ELEVEN WEEKS BATTLE NEARS | Kiev Still Holds Off Semi-| Circle of Axis Siege | Columns (By Associated Press) | Desperate Russian ccunterattacks | in the defense of Leningrad pushed | German besiegers out of a vital rail- wav zone of approaches to the city | today wtih the great battle, began three days ago, still in progress. The Army ne aper Red Star made the claim without stating the cact location of the mentioned rail- y. with no clue available because Leningrad is a hub radiating lines which the Germans have claimed to have cut. The Germans said yesterday they were shelling a railway 25 miles east of the city. The Russians said aut- umn fog is hindering the fighting, as they claimed 17 of 30 German raiding planes have heen destroyed in fierce bombing attacks. At the end of the 1l1th week of invasion the climax in the Battle of | Russia seemed near in the battles of Leningrad, Kiev and Odessa as | (Continued to Page TWo) | WASHINGTON—The big untold story of the government’s seizure of the Federal Shipbuilding plant was John L. Lewis’s undercover attempt to avert this action, vigorously de- manded by the CIO Marine and Shipbuilding Workers. In this stand the union was de- terminedly suported by OPM Asso- ciate Director Hillman, who charged the company with defying the De- fense Mediation Board and insisted on the seizure to enforce the board’s decision Lewis did not show his hand directly in his secret opera- tions, but worked through a close henchman, Allan Haywood, CIO organizational director. Haywood entered the picture suddenly a week before the Presi- dent returned from his conference with Churchill and while Hillman was quietly trying to get U. S. Steel, which owns Federal, to ac- cept the Mediation terms. U. S. Steel would not agree because of the “maintenance of union ‘mem- bership” provision, fearing that if this went into effect in its ship- building subsidiary, steel workers also would demand it. In the midst of these behind- the-scene maneuvers, Haywood got in touch with John Green, Scotch- born president of the MSW, and told him there was no chance of the membership maintenance pro- vision’s being accepted by the cor- poration. Green replied that it was the Mediation Board’s award and that his union would not give it up. Monday night, after Roosevelt re- turned and had conferred with » Hillman, Secretary Knox and Me- diation Board Chairman Will Davis, the latter showed Green & eopy of a letter that, Davis said, Green would receive the next day from the (Continued on Page Four) Bay State’s Beauty Choice | Named Miss Massachusetts, charming Betsy Taylor, 21-; year-old Cam- bridge girl, poses with her cup and flowers after winning the state beauty contest in Boston. Atlantic City, N. GREETER Lovely little Barbara Lusby i(above) of Santa Cruz, Cal, was the official greeter at the Santa Cruz harbor when the vanguard of a great white fleet dropped anchor in the annual windjam- mer race. Miss Lusby is equipped with a telescope to spot the ships far out. TRAIL CREW RETU Marvin Maurstad and a crew of 10 men are returning to Juneau to- day on the Ranger VII from the Windham Bay region. They have been there almost two months build- ing a trail from the post office to Shuck River. She will represent the Bay State in the J., beauty contest. 4AMERICANS DROWNED IN TORPEDOING Scot Seaman Tells Story of Talking wtih U-boat Commander GLASGOW, Scotland, Sept. 6 — Four American recruits for the RAF were drowned and two injured when a vessel crossing the Atlantic was torpedoed. Names of the vic- tims were not immediately - avail- able. Survivors include Norman Ech- ord, 22, who left Kansas City Aug- ust 19. He has a mother and sister in Seattle. Survivors of the dis- aster are reticient to talk but anx-| ious to see action. William Beattie, Belfast seaman,| told a startling story of lalking with a sub commander afte: attack. “Four of us were in a me- beat, “ he said, “when the sub came to the .surface, The commander seemed to be in his early twenties. He seemed to be ashamed for what | he'd done and asked us what caused the explosion saying he had not! fired a torpedo. He said he could- | n't spare us any water but gave | us four tins of meat and:two bottles of rum.” — e 10 FOREST CABIRS MAY BE BUILT IN VICINITY OF SITKA| | An application for a PWA grant, |to build ten cabins in recreational |areas of Tongass National Forest |near Sitka will be sent to Washing- | |ton, D. C., for approval within the |next few days, sponsored by the !Fnrest Service. it was learned today. | | *The cabin project is the result of! a trip to Sitka made this week by Wellman Holbrook, assistant reg- jonal forester, and-:Lynn Forest,| | Forest Service architect. Each o(i |the proposed cabins would be of !15-man size, They would build jalong Peril Strait and other sec- tions south of Sitka and would be used &S quarters for forest outings of ewisted men stationed in the area. I s v I BUY DEFENSE BONDS AALASKAN SHIPPING RATEO. K. Marifime Commission Ap-; proves of Most Freight | Increases fo North | WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 — Maritime Commission here day justified most of the inc freight rates put into effect May 20 on commodities moving between | Seattle, Tacoma, Port Wells and peints in Alaska. The increases are averaging four to five per cent, or basically 50 cents per ton. On some commodi-| ties they were more, on others less.| Where increases exceeded 50 cents,| they. applied on commodities al-| Jeged to have higher values or higher risk in transportation. | The commission found the in-| creases justified except on clothing, | dry goods, dishes, glassware, furn: ture, glass, poultry, drugs, cosmetic. electrical appliances and .snmlm’ articles. Increases on these ranged from $1 to $7 per ton. | A fair rate return on steamship | company valuations should nct ex- cede seven an dfive-tenths per u-nl the commission said. ~ Russians in Spokane;In Conference Group Arri~v;; Ahead of Time - Closeted with Air Force Official SPOKANE, Wash, Sept. 6. — Half a dozen Russian Military Mis- sion members reached here ahead of schedule and are conferring with Brig. Gen. John Brooks. The visit here is shrouded in| mystery. i Brooks is Acting Commander of ithe Second Air Force and left an order at the hotel where the con-| ference is being held that the group is not to be disturbed. How and when the Russians ar-| rived is not learned. | Flight Commander Gromov is one of the group here NEW CRUISER LAUNCHED IN NEW JERSEY KEARNY, New Jersey, Sept. 6— The Navy launched the 6,000 ton |light cruiser today with the an- nouncement that it will make at least 43 knots, equal to the speed of the fastest U. 8. destroyers. Armaments and certain features intended to increase the speed of the vessel are kept secret. Margaret Mitchell, author of Gone With the | Wind was the christener. Northland Is JuneauBound SEATTLE, Sept. 6. — Motorship Northland sailed for Southeast Al- aska ports at 10 o’clock this morning with a capacity list of passengers and including the following booked for Juneau: Mrs. J. J. Connors and children, Miss Vivian Powers, Mrs. P. J Sternig and baby, Macy S. McCoy, ). E. Parker. NAZI TANKS, MEN MOVING UPTO BATTLE SEA BATTLE NOW CLAIM Communiqtm—l)edares U.‘ S. Destroyer Made Attack on U-boat ‘GERMAN COMMANDER ACTED IN SELF DEFENSE 'Running Fight Takes Place Several Hours-Charges Againsi Roosevelt BERLIN, Sept. 6 The fGer- man communigue tedsy de- clares, in connection wilth the attack on the United Stotes Destreyer Greer on the Atlantic German sources said these tanks and infantry are “breaking through an enemy artillery barrage on the | Ocean that the German U- ; Boat fired iwo torpedoes at the eastern front.” i as o destrcyer in the waters within Wntmg to the Stork" | | the Germon blockade zone. NEW TAX BILL St 4 SWEEPS SEN AIE ainst attacks and further de- BY BIG MARGIN clared the destroyer was violat- ing neutrality. -The elaim is further made that the acticn of the Nazi U- lowenng of Income Tax Exemptions Will Affect Five Million Persons Beat was justifiable and the in- cident proved that President Rocsevelt had given the United States Navy shooting orders and WABHINGTON Sept. 6 Juml:\m. | over the Senate’s 67 to 5 approval of the record $3,583,000,000 tax bill is mew trying to provoke inci- dents to force the American late yesterday, administration lieu- | tenants strove today to hurry along pecple into war. U-BOAT JUSTIFIED adjustments of differences between the Senate measure and the one The communique further de- clared the U-Boat commander passed by the House recently. The Senate bill will lower the in- was justified in his action be- cause “he was not in a position to determine the nationalty of the attacking destroyer.” The communique described the incident as a running battle !come tax exemptions from $2,000 to ' $1,500 for married persons and from $800 to $750 for single persons, and will hit an additional 4,900,000 per- | sons. With the existing taxes it is esti- | starting, at 12:30 p. m. Thurs- day, when the U-Boat “was at- mated that it will yield about 13‘z | bllhon dollars next calendar year. tacked by water bombs at 62.31 v Wl STOCK QUOTATIONS west and pursued continuously.” The communique says the engagement lasted until toward According to Hollywood report, Vivien Leigh (above), whose Scarlett 0'Hara made screeh history, is expecting a baby and will remain in England for the blessed event. She and actor Laurence Olivier were | midnight with the destroyer pursuing with waler bombs un- married after many obstacles in the divorce court, and recently returned to their homeland. i successfully until then. \LHARGF AGAINET ROOSEVELT The communlque charges | that President Roosevelt, con- | trary to his statements, had given “general orders to Am- erican destroyers not only to repert positions of German ships and U-Boats, but beyond that, te attack them,” and that finally “Roosevelt in this way was also trying with all means at his disposal to provoke in- cidents in order to incite the American people into war with Germany.” The location of the sea battle is given as about 200 miles southwest of Iceland. NEW YORK, Sept. 6. — Closing | quotation of Alaska Juneau mine | stock at today’s short session of ! the New York Stock Exchane is 4%, | | Anaconda 28%, Bethlehem Steel) 68}, Commonwealth and Southern %, Curtiss ‘Wright 10, International | Harvester 54, Kennecott 37%, New“ York Central 12%, Northern Pacific | 7%, United States Steel 57, Pound‘ $4.04. In Battle for "Exdusives” Gals Have Many a Friend Declares Woman Reperie (The last of a series about even if she was only part time The men chuckled and said: HolDE“ Fll[s Washington newspaper women DOW, JONES AVERAGES i The following are today's Dow, | Jones averages: industrials 127, rails 29.70, utilities 18.70. ool et | NO COMMENT WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 — The |Navy Department made no com- ment this afterncon on the Ger- |man communique regarding the by Sigrid Arne, filling in for |“ Well, after all, what news can ‘ Jack :llnnclt on vacation.) she give you.” We half agreed, 'l'o KE]’(HIKA" bn;tle between the U. S. S. Greer o i E because Mrs. Roosevelt —certainly uLn Nazi U-Boat. TEED proved to clever to invade Her | President Rooscvelt however, gave ! denial to the charge the submarine husband’s province. Then sudden-, on g flight south, Pilot Alex | ly we did hit the front pages. MIS. goden carried T. C. Whiteside, Hal | (Continued to pflge Two) | Roosevelt anncanced the White Pairhurst and Antonio Schultz 0| —-————— | House would serve beer and light getchkan and is scheduled to return | wines. That was back in the days this afternoon with four "”“""'S\THREE pAA SHIPS By SIGRID ARNE Ve A WASHINGTON, Sept. 6—Back in the spring of 1933 the Washmg- ton press suffered a jolt. Mrs. Roo- evelt announced she would have a when politicians still acted 85 from the First City. regular press conference—for WO-| o 0 ‘alcohol was used only for ghell Simmons is scheduled to men ONLY. No other president’s |, yping purpeses. make a trip to the Coast with three wife had done so. L passengers returning to Sitka and The men correspondents did a| fre— i “ ' » | will land in Juneau with five pas-/ wEATHE little. “they can't do this :g :‘)“ Mrs. Roosevelts conferénce is| sengers from the Coast, before fiying stuff back of the scenes wil he | Tyecday at 11 a. m. We traipse |jyo frelght trips to Tulsequah. oy President’s secretaries. But hab-|jn5 the Red Room downstairs in| Pplot Dean Goodwin is due to fly pily, we could do that, too, and ¢o white House, and then stam-'to Tenakee and Sitka later toda Weatlier broke for three Pan Am- Mrs. Roosevelt is still holding her| joqe ypstairs to a study. When | e and Ska later todaY lerican Airways planes this morning “women-only” conferences, NiNe weye seated Mrs. Roosevelt enters, (as a northbound ship, scheduled to years later. | and before she sits down she goes | UNION OIL MEN HERE |land here from Seattle yesterday They are the only press cOn-|(ne entire round shaking hands| was in the air and due to land here ferences in this town limi‘ed 10 gty each woman reporter. Some-| John T. Householder and Harry shortly after the noon hour after one sex. This has meant a 200d|yimec there are 50 on hand. In|A. Murphy, Union Oil men, arrived spending the night at Prince George. deal to newspaper women berauseimne years I've never seen Mrs. from Sitka yesterday and are stop-| Two other Lodestars, both south- newspapers out through the states pogeevelt forget the courtesy. |ping at the Gastineau Hotel. | bound, left for Seattle this morning suddenly found they had to have al ——— inner being cancelled from schedules woman Washington cnrrceponaem.[ BUY DEFENSE BONDS yesterday. They had full loads. (Continued on Page msnn