The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 14, 1941, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA VOL. LVIL, NO. 8853. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1941. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS NAZIS SLASH CLOSER TO MOSCOW ¢ S (4 & & L4 4 4 4 & (4 L (4 & L 4 & (4 04 & UTERMOST DEFENSES BEING POUNDED WAR WITH | JAPANMAY | (OMESOON Senator Norris Says Con-| | | flict on Pacific May De- velop "Quick as Wink’ GERMAN VICTORY | MAY START ACTION, Nebraskan Believes U. §. Navy Could Sink Nippon | Fleet Within 2 Weeks | | WASHINGTON, .Oct. 14.—Unit- ed States Senator George W. Nor- ris of Nebraska declared today that an American-Japanese conflict on the Pacific might develop “guick as a wink” if Germany should de-| feat Russia. Senator Norris added: “I am not so sure that war with anan-‘ would be a bad thing for us.” | The legislator, now 80, the onl,v‘ “(Cantinued on Page Fior | | | O Lonion Tor_ NATIRADIO | N EXPEDITION ~ NOWINU.S. B o Seized Ship—,—with Crew Aboard, Escorted fo Bos- | fon Harbor, Anchors ; BOSTON, Mass.,, Oct. 4. — The Nazi Radio Expedition ship captured by the United States Navy off the coast of Greeland after a secret Nazi wireless station had been set up there, has arrived in the Boston | harbor in the custody of the Naval | ship Bear. | The small 60-ton Nazi controlled | vessel of Norwegian registry, was | intercepted by the Navy in Amer-| ican defense waters “during Sep- tember.” | The Nazi radio expedition . ship, | with a crew of about 20 men, ar—l rived at the entrance of the harbor | this morning and anchored. | The authorities said the personnel | mission to Of the seized ship will be brought to | own the sights of Lon- the immigration station and will be | don by a steel-helmeted Bobby, who subjected .to the procedure -dealing | appears to be enjoying the.work. with foreighi_nationals brought to { DISBARMENT ="~ SUITAGAINST FUNDTOTALS Pretty Kathleen Harriman, daugh- ter of W. Averell Harriman, head S, of Admiral Byrd’s Antarctic expedi- tion. e, U. S. Chutists Practice Attack on the Panzers An army parachute squadron from Fort Benning, Ga., deseends to earth duri‘ng demongtution they put on | as part of tactical showing of new army equipment and training staged at Fort Belvoir, Md. These chut- ists seem to be attacking an “enemy” tank, the backbone of the panzers. Members of Congress and noted diplomats saw the demonstration. (rimea--- A New Dunkirk! VYAZMA LOST 10 GERMANS No Amplication of Report| of Siege Guns Near- | ing Moscow | 'SOVIETS GAINING | | CONTROL OF SKIES [Massed Air Attacks Fail o' Disrupt Russian Sup- | ply System (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) No amplification was forthcom- ing of the report that German siege guns ‘now are in a pogition| to shell Moscow’s outer perimewr; defenses, » Normally the range of field guns| *is under 25-miles but. German “Big Berthas” during the World War bombarded Paris from a distance of more than 75 miles. Vast Slaughter | The Russians, meanwhile, report- | (ed a vast slaughter of the invad-| |ers but admitted the fall of stra-| |tegic Vyazma, 125 miles west of| Moscow. However, the Russians in- | MAY FREE REDS ADMIT LONG RANGE SIEGE GUNS IN POSITION Reds Detla;fheir Resist- ance Is Still Growing Stronger However KALUGA ENCIRCLED BY HITLER TROOPS Moscow - Leningrad Rail- road Threatened by Northwest Thrust (By Associated Press) Hitler's invesio iles today were credited with : new gains of 110 and 60 miles to vital seetors In the battle for Moscow, The Nazi vanguards were reported battling only 85 miles west of Mos- cow and ré German i T 3l Geiman sl city’s outer delensc helt. There was little gloom in Moscow itself, however, While concedine the Germans superiority in nunber; and weight of machinery, the Russians declared their resistance is growing and the Soviet counter-attacks in- creasing in frequency. : Erecting Fortifications a 1 sisted the German offensive h’ Thousands of Moacow ~civilinns H £ islackening before the growing R"d‘weru reported tolling feverishly to Drew Peorsos | ¥ | jarmy resistance in the Vyazma|grect chains of field fortifications b5 [ i""’“s';"'i' 4 TR s around the capital. | H viet front line dispatches pic- i | QUMAN | r | : y Fresh Soviet troops were rushing fRobert S. Alles | - | KIROVO A S 1 {tured a series of gigantic mech- |y, compat the Nazi juggernaut under ! T | anized battles raging on the fields| gath to “die here but not let the ;P;, @ Attorney Is Charged with &, : | vt o Moscon, he Germans M- | ey enc Msiow. -~ - | . . | ing tanks and motorizes infantry | London advices said German GO Misconduct and Misap- v ' e, ; into one sector after another in |, ionion BAiees said Germen A ro ria“on of Funds le"el’ ffom Chllkoof Bar‘ g U.S}S.R. | o |an effort to find soft spots. way bétween Moscow and fallen WASHINGTON — Don't be sur-| PIOP | racks Lists Needs af & {World War Draft Dodger The Red Star, Soviet ar J:;“"\Vylml, but were efected by fiercely prised if a U. S. warship disem- { (3 o . nal, said the Germans ha en | counter-attacking Red Army forces, barks a load of Naazi saflt:s ;‘l:d Charging him on seven counts| Haines Base 1 8, f NO 1, Al'mY Prlsoner ‘thmwndhac‘: wnsom‘fl:s rln or: stztl:!’ll'ne v.zhru:t lp[:u;tly mrkedn;l:: turns them over to the Justice &or [of being “guilty of misconduct and ' TIRASPOL Bixolasy i mecroro| | May Be Released ikl i oloteet AppRIE B0 Mmoow, st Fpiracy RON rbombeenber™ - k' ihmdon i \ 0& | | 7 (Continued to Page Two) (Continued to Page TW0) It is even possible that in the|2sking the disbarment of Attorncy Donations in the ENTERPRISE | 7 \\ | o) i e — “haul” may be an armed Nazi raider | Sam Duker, former Juneau law- FUND, sponsored by The Empire : KHERSQH . WASHINGTON, Oct, 14. — Barly | o . or two that had been operating down | ¥er, was made public here today. to purchase recreational equipment | s_' release of Grover Cleveland Berg-’ w ] Brazil way. The complaint against Duker and other needed facilities for the | CETATEA ’ doll, World War Number 1 Draft [ Anything may happen these event- | was filed September 23 in Federal,juneau company at Chilkoot Bar- ALBA : Dodger, from the United States| . ; ful days since the President enun-|District Court but wa$ not made|racks, climbed to a total of $141 _* Army Disciplinary Barracks at Fort | B ciated U. S. determniation to main- |public until after word was re-|today, which is just a start com- i 'In v alma' tain freedom of the seas, and|ceived this morning that Duker pared with the needs of the Ju-| : [ ] ?rnndetimNaz: slm:m ;:':,-m:; had been served with med acnog‘neau boys in uniform. i ace raiders in S at Seward, where it is understood| Meantime, a letter read at the 1d othors pirates.” Armed Nesl ships ARE |Lic is now working for the Alaske Rotary Club luncheon today by| 4 £ it R De en ers au Ier %”’: ll"}iv huwi:s o:en Railway. |Dr. W. W. Council quoted the men " v, MV Dotk 45 ] Tt can ybe revealed th'at neither | , Agslsnan‘zl Dis;‘ncz‘Mt:n:;y Lynn at Chilkoot Barracks as needmg} 0 00} the attcntion of Al AN 7 ; 5 ey, ‘WHo SIgnet € com-boxing gloves, a push ball, basket-| | ‘et gpem—— 3iddle AnALHD Jasthy has writ | v A wim:‘;‘:ixrpmd‘:lt.:mmy mwdmw:l: { plaint against Duker, said the lfl_“‘-rha)l‘l suits, radio with an AAC.-D.C.i :“u' e'umd ::'e }“““f,’,’ rh":“;';; !:‘"n'” AlRM ‘Il FRoM So“m nlmnu::‘x;soztfi;t(—oveu :: "::emy ‘: Poirate” aamen s “nitato” raty | VET would have 20 days in which/filter, table games, chairs and| Axis tank, bomber and parachute attacks c» Ruoaa Criwoa may b2 (o .8 ras acked | in lines 15 feet deep, the to deal with soon. Both have been !0 answer the °"‘1'fhei5 “t'k‘,d c“n:‘" floor lamps, pool table, piano and| the forerunner of ancther already familiar phase of the European for a parole. | ARRIVES ON ELECTRA | German power ofrensive today push- quietly studying for a week the lnw |answer is made within tha © a host of other things. war, one witnessed at Dunkirk and Crete. Map shows railroad lines | L n,:m’ Cha‘;mkm‘ u; ed forward until its guns are pound- | e letter is one inqui , 88 and precedents concerning such an eventuality. ' The War Department enters the picture because under the law all war prisoners landed on U. S. soil come under the custody of the Army. However, the U. S. is not at.war, so there is doubt over the Army’s jur- | isdiction. No final decision has been reach- ed, but the consensus of the legal | experts is that any such “pirates” | should be turned over to the Justice Department. ¥ {enjoy the privileges of the profes- the matter will be referred to a written by Evan Hill, former| local committee of the Bar ASSO- member of The Empire staff and] ciation for recommended action. !naw Public Relations Officer for | Six Cases Cited |the Juneau company, the letter Six examples of alleged bad|pointed out that the former com-! faith on the part of Duker preced-|pany at the barracks took all the| ed.the general count in the com-|gurniture from the social hall when plaint, which stated that Duker is|jt moved away, leaving recreation “an upfit and unsafe person o yooms practically bare. Hill also! | pointed out that the Juneau com- | |pany has only $55 in its company | ifund, compared with more than| [$1,000 donated to the Ketchikan, | I sion or to manage the business nf others in the capacity of an at- torney.” One suggested procedure is that In the first count it was de- company, plus much recreational | equipment, donated by citizens cf and principal cities in the southern war theatre, an area in which German communiques assert that defensé lines have been punctured and that mop-up operations have begun, Federal Bureau of Investigation Now the Nazis be landed at a U. S. port | lared that on September 20, 1929, and then jailed by the Justice De- | Duker, acting as attorney for Mrs. partment as aliens without pass-|Ceclia Corda, of San Pedro, Cal.,! ports. But most of the legal author- misrepresented facts and convert- = = S (Continued on Page Eight) Uncle Sam’s Near-Wars Ten times in the past Uncle Sam has been on the verge of going into war-and didn’t. Some of them were shooting affairs, too, as Alex- ander R. George fells you in a pertinent story of tense moments in United States history in The Empire tomorrow. Be sure and read it. the, Pirst. City. | Has Big Job on Hand | customary practice, whether any | Airmail from Seattle was ex- i ted at the charges are peniing in the Army | Pected to be distribu | that prohibited granting release ofl‘-!unenu post office late this after~ ncon following the arrival of a | Bergdoll. | The Attorney General said he is Pan American Electra from White- ; nsferred |100king into the matter, and finding | horse. The. mail was tra [the old indictments, decided they from a northbound Lodestar which {should be removed as the Depart- | Went to Fairbanks via Whitehorse. i ment of Justice does not intend to | Another Electra arrived from prosecute them. iwmtehoru at 11:45 o'clock this Bergdoll is serving a seven and Mmorning, bringing passengers Frank |one-half years sentence imposed |Defresne, Milton Lagergren, Mott | upon him by the Military Courts for | Larsen, Charles Kreamer and Ed desertion and escape from the first | Monroe. Due on the second Electra ing the outermost defense belt of Moscow. Nazi priscn stockades now are fill- ed with more than three million Russlans and the Germans declared the equivalent of 300 Russian divi- slons at their full war strength of six million men (at the German estimate of 20,000 men to a division) have been “put out of action by death, wounds or capture. The Germans said 500,00v pris- oners have been taken so far on the terrible battlefields around Vyazma World War draft. | are Bid Sjoberg, James Eewell, Jessie | and Bryansk. | Wilson, Eugene Gearson, Joe Me- Making Crib Boards | Ingresponse to Hill's letter, the| | Rotarians voted wholehearted sup- |port of the ENTERP] E FUND. Hank Harmon, 'manu; training teacher, declared he is having his shop class make 25 gribbage boards for the Juneau men.. - / | | Regarding the use of a com-| pany fund, Adjuunt-qenerfl W.J R. Mulvihill teday pointed out that (such a fund is of value for many |other needs besides the purchasc |of athletic or recreational equip- {ment. One of the most common (uses for such a fund is to pur- | chase special treats to be served at " (Continued on Page Eight) By JACK STINNETT WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 — You would think from ' reading th-| front pages that the Federal Bu- reau of Investigation isn't inter-| ested these days in anything but spy and sabotage rings—but it is. Seven years ago, Congress put into the hands of the FBI a po- tent weapon against big-time con- fidence men. It was the National | Stolen Property Act, which pro- vides punishment up to ten years| and fines up to $10,000 for inter-| state transportdtion of any sum| in excess of $5000 obtained by theft or the “gon - game.” Since l l‘ 'hertn and Les Sheldon, en, the FBI has cracked dowr some half dozen big ‘“con’ rings, one of- which was declarel cleaned up just the other day, with the arrest in Manasquan, N J. of a suspect /in an elabprate/ race-horse swindle.” 5 | with national defense billions' 2 FRESH Russ ’ A Lodestar which left here for ! KS IN BATTLE The mercury stood at three de- contracts often falling into the lap. here from the Weather Bureau ob- years, ‘opportunities for the con broadcast picked up here tonight A T L BRTRD." S e « e 'ing and fresh regiments are enter- | {rontier-town stage early in the| (Continiied on Page Five) 3 Fairbanks this morning took Mr. znd Mrs. Rudolph Billberg and in- {fant and Dr. Noble Dick from Jun- REGIMENTS H e : ! COLD IN FAIRBAN] stori ? | grees below zero in Fairbanks at 2| “;"L, LL‘: m::: :L:L‘;L: n-:n(a;m}:: |am. this morning, it was reported of oikumhibies that “have’ been L servation station at the Interior| doingrionly business as usual for| LONDON, Oet. 14 — A radio|city. 4 “ Completion of: the Trans-Siberian an hi hoy - | from Moscow says that “from the | f‘]‘::(;.f‘;;e So S 6. iy |east new Russian units are arriv-|vailroad raised Vladivostok from its| e ling the battie.” lm‘h eentury, I | ‘ Russian resistange in blazing and ruined Vyazma, the Germans said definitely has been liquidated and the encircled Red forces in Bryansk 210 miles southwest of Moscow, also were declared to be dissolving. Military commentators asserted that the spirit of the population of Moscow itself is similar to'that pre- vailing in Paris on the eve of the French capital’s fall. German accc slaughrer at heavy. As the Cerman ring of steel blazed to a close around the city it was said the Russian soldiery sallied forth'in ranks 15 feet~deep and miore, onlv' tg fall i rows be- fore the massed German guns. Roads and fields were'left thick with dead, 1t was stated,