The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 12, 1941, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. LVIL, NO. 8878. W FINLAND REJECTS U. S JAPS IMPORTANT (anada Embarks on Daring CONFERENCE ~ Experiment; HELD, TOKYO New Premier Tojo Discuss- es Speeches of Knox, Chamberlain JRIVY COUNCIL MEETS IN IMPERIAL PALACE Newspapers Declare that Hour for Decision Has Now Aparoached TOKYO, Nov. 12.—Foreign Min- ister and Premier Tojo today dis- cussed speeches of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and American Secretary of Navy Frank Knox before a plenary session of - the Privy Couneil at the Imperial . Palace. In Alien Agent Probe Newspapers, in reporting the dis- cussion, used big headlines express- S22 S S ing irritation at statements made by 4 Secretary Knox, intimating a “clash between the United States and Japan is certain to result.” The newspapers assert that “grave questions are about to be decided as the hour for a decision has come.” The newspapers also declare that further American forbearance to- ward Japan will be misunderstood. George Hill WASHINGTON—There is a Ger- | man smuggler operating in the Putting Ceiling on Wages THE U. S. DOLLAR SHRINKS COMPARED WITH PRE-WAR PURCHASING POWER OF DOLLAR (1§35-39) HERE'S WHAT A DOLLAR BUYS NOW Caribbean off the coast of Mexico. This was the inside reason for the President’s sudden transfer of the entire Coast Guard to the Navy—the Secretary to Rep. Hamilton Fish of New York, George Hill was re- leased on $5,000 bond in Washing- ton after he was indicted on two counts of “corrupt perjury.” He was held in connection with the distri- bution of literature under Congres- sional frank which, it was charged, was “master-minded by foreign, German agents.” BRITISH AIR RAID NAPLES OVER NIGHT Coast Guard’s ships and planes are needed to track down the Nazi in- truder. Sensational feature about the smuggler is that she is a former U. S. vessel — the 800-ton Diesel- engined yacht that once belonged to A. Atwater Kent, Philadelphia radio magnate. | The one-time pleasure ship now is | being operated under the Panaman- | ian flag out of Vera Cruz, Mexico, | by Nazi agents in that city, and is being used to transport high test: gasoline and mercury to small | Caribbean Islands where Japanese ships collect the smuggled strategic | supplies. The yacht recently unloaded 1,000 | flasks of mercury at an island which i X ” : Italian Communique Ac- for military reasons must be name- less. The former luxury yacht came into ! ( possesion of the Nazis by a circuit- knOWIedges Damages ous route which Intelligence experts _Flres Are S'aned uncovered only a few weeks aga. The ! purchase was made by a shipping ey company whose main office is in| ROME, Nov. 12.—British raidery Vera Cruz and has a branch office | stryck in several waves over night in New Orleans, where transfer of at Naples, damaging civilian build- title took place. The price was $18,- ings and. starting fires. 000. | 1t is officially announced that six Fortunately for Intelligence, the persons were killed and many in- payment was made in U. S. bills of jured by the high explosive and $1,000 denomination, From the ser- jncendiary bombs. ial numbers, the bills were traced | The Italian High Command an- back to a Vera Cruz bank. There it poynceq that eight British bombers was learned the money had been were ghot down in dn overnight withdrawn from the account of the 34iq on Sicily. leading Nazi business house in Mex- ico, and turned over to the shipping | company that bought the yacht. - > SHOOT TWO DEER Armistice Day hunters aboard the cruiser Donjac returned ‘to Juneau Subsequent investigation revealed that all the stockholders of this com- Yesterday with two bucks. In_the pany were Germans; also that the PAT!y were Vance Blackwell, Carl - - Danielson, John Hagemeier and Jack Burford. NAZI OWNERS (Continued on Page Four) RED ARMY - SMASHING NAZI UNITS %Invaders R;(;rted Put fo| Rout 100 Miles South | | of Moscow i 'RUSSIANS REFLECT | GREAT CONFIDENCE| Dominion Is ' Said to Have Reached | Kerch on Black Sea | y Associated Press) Hitler's Crimean armies were re- | ported today to have reached the Black Sea coast just below Port | Kerch, gateway to the Caucasus oil | fields, while on the central front Russans declared they have battled the Germans to a standstill. More than 70,000 Nazis have been killeé or wounded in the 4l-day | drive against Moscow, the Red Star, Soviet Army newspaper, said today. Infantry, artillery and tanks are smashing continously at the flank of two German divisions on the out- skirts of Tula, 100 miles south of Moscow, this morning and had put 1 By MORGAN M. BEATTY AP Feature Service Writer : WASHINGTON, Nov. 12.—Cana- jda has embarked on the most dar- 'ing experiment in ‘controlled war- time economy of all the democratic nations, even Great Britain. ~ The Canadian government has ine jnvaders to rout and chased imposed rigid controls of both {hem more than five miles, | prices and wages beginning No- On the whole, the Russian reports | vember 17. reflected growing confidence at both | Price controls are quite in keep- the Donets conflict and before Mos- ing with emergency practices in cow. Soviet dispatches admitted, all democracies. But direct wage however, that German troops had controls have never been gpplied advanced in the vicinity of Narofo- by a major democratic govern- minsk 35 miles southwest of Moscow, jment, even in wartime. Neither but said the situation had been sreat Britain nor the United Stabilized. ) 2 States now practices direct wage Germans said their advanced control. forces were withn 31 miles of Mos- Freezing of wages has been OV at one m‘i" el avuided on the ground that labor is NOT a commodity in a free nation, even in wartime, and has the right to bargain for its ser- vices. The principle does not ap- ply to military conseription. Any 60 TO PRISON FOR 10 YEARS William Bioff and George Browne Fined Twenty Thousand Dollars | | NEW YORK, Nov. 12. — Federal ! Judge Knox today sentenced William citizen may be forced to defend his country, including the labor- ing man.) Canada took drastic action because inflation threatened, and inflation would damage the war effort. It would also cost the taxpayers much more money to wage war, because the goverpment would buy war materials and pay soldiers with inflated money. Prices have risen in Canada more than 13 percent since the start of the il Bioff to 10 years in prison and also assessed him a $20,000 fine. Gtreat Britain has put laws orn| George Browne was sentenced to the books giving government ab- eight years and a $20,000 fine. solute control over the lives of all| Both men were recently convicted subjects. Theoretically ' that in- of a violation of the Federal anti- sludes a man’s wages as well as racketeering law. ais life, but actually, the British| Browne was a former President of sovernment has NOT applied blan- the International Alliance of The- ket wage controls. It has achieved &trical and Stage Employees, an A. the same end by indirect meth- F- of L. affiliate, and Bioff was his ods, including rationing of food, personal regiedentative. bl | The two were convicted of extort- Iioe . contols; efp, ing about $550,000 from the motion In extreme cases, the Bm’iShlpicture indu.str‘y have taken over whole industries, = pmpe government charged the two and the government has acquired men used their labor leadership to a measure of control over WAages | extort large sums by threats of in those industries. The railroads |strikes. we an example. Extremely high | torced” savings cnat decuciions| BEACON INSTALLED from pay checks) are other in-| direct means of controlling thc: wage level and preventing disas-| trous inflation. i ON AUK BAY PIER Installation of a fixed red light The United States is NOT' beacon on the Auk Bay Pier at technically at war. We have | he approach to the landing float not applied a heavy hand |was announced today by the For- against either prices or wages. |est Service. But the cost of living has risen The light will be maintained about 10 percent since the start of the war. { throughout the winter to guide in- coming small boats. The Coast Guard furnished the lantern which was installed by Forest Ser- vice workmen. | ——ee — BUY DEFENSE STAMPS The government has taken some isteps to prevent the upward spiral (Continued on Page Six) ‘Hitlers Crimean Armies:: MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS —_— ] L Auti-aircraft batteries dot the landscape about London, British capital, waiting for attacks of Ger- man bombers. Meanwhile, in a debate in the house of commons, Laborites rose up to urge renewed German-held coastal cities and a fighting British stand Abe , attacks on Italy, night raids on DICTATORS Profocol Takes Beating OF LABOR | RESENTED Virginia Representative Declares Sabotaging De- fense Efforts Apparent WASHINGTON, Nov. 12.—Repre- | sentative Howard W. Smith, Demo- crat of Virginia, speaking directly to Administration leaders working to keep party lines intact on the Neu- trality Law revision, declared he will vote against the legislation un- less the government “puts a stop to labor dictatorship” that is sabotag- ing defense efforts. Representative Smith declared | that he has voted for all previous defense legislation but because “un- | ruly elements are now in our midst,” | he is not prepared to support the | proposed revision to permit mer- | chant ships to travel to belllgcl’(‘nl‘ ports. | Speaker Sam Rayburn told re- | porters he is confident of passage | of the legislation by a “substantial | majority.” HITLER MAY BE""FORCED" IN INVASION England M;y_Take Forces| to Continent in 1943, Churchill Says LONDON, Nov. 12—Prime Min- ister Winston Churchill told the House of Commons this morning that Hitler ha$ failed to drive Great Britain to her knees through star- vation and blockade, and thus might be forced to attempt invasion, “as soon as he can screw up his courage and make arrangements to take the plunge.” Jubilantly, Churchill proclaimed | heavy gains against the Axis in the ong war at sea. He hinted at a counter invasion of the Reich when he declared that. in 1943, we will ‘have sufficien shipping to undertake overseas op erations,” | . WARNING Nazis Beware: Circle of Steel Around Londoq Red army in the Ukraine. From Traveli AreU.S.No. 1 Commuters " Meet Mrs. Gi‘angc‘ Here is a new picture of the new- lywedded Mrs. Harold (Red) Grange, bride of the one-time football star at the University of Illinois. Mrs, Grange, the former Margaret Hazelburg, 24, of Sa- gola, Mich,, is an airline hostess. The two were married at Crowa Point, Ind. NORTHLAND MAIL .. TO BE AIRPLANED First class mail sent north from Seattle aboard the Northlgpd will probably be dispatched from Sitka aboard a plane. This forenoon, Postmaster Albert Wile sent a ra- diogram to Sitka requesting that the first class mail be taken out and placed aboard a plane for Ju- neau as the Northland is not ex- pected to arrive here before Thurs- day night. - - y MRS. NYE RETURNS Mrs. Catherine Nye, owner of Juneau, who has been outh home aboard the Aleutian, NOW BELIEVED READY FOR WAR FINNS Wil KEEP UPWAR ONRUSSIANS Nation Declares Present Movement Is Abso- lutely Defensive TURNS DOWN DEMAND MADE BY SEC. HULL Declares No Guarantees Can Be Given Against Future Atfacks HELSINKI, Nov. 12.—Finland has rejected the United States warning to cease fighting Rus- sia. S The declaration says that the Finnish war against the Soviet Union is still a defensive conflict and that the nation sees no threat to her independence in her alliance with Germany. _(+ The. declaration also states Finland is unable to see how her fight imperiled United States interests or security. The declarntion is stated in a note handed to the American Minister after approval at a lengthy session of the Cabinet. The declaration is a reply to the warning announced from Washington on November 3 and made by Secretary of State Cor- dell Hull. The declaration further says the Finnish nation took up arms. after “two unjustified armed attacks on the part of the mighty Bolshevist terrorist state and the armed conflict from the ad ng Windsors; By JACK STINNETT WASHINGTON, Nov. 12. — The Duke and Duchess of Windsor have cleared the way to become the| Russians cannot be prevented United States’ No. 1 commuters. | by the United States or any To say that Washington has| other country and none can pro- been shocked and a bit bumfuzzled | vide guarantees that such at- by their trip to this country is| tacks will not be renewed.” putting it a little mildly. - When o .~ T royalty or foreign state officials visit this country (or any other, RA I D E R H IT | for that matter), there is a thing | called protocol. Protocol is the |Emily Post of international rela- tionships. It's the State Depun,-l ment’s list of do’s and don't’s for, entertainment and reception of | representatives of a {oreign gov- N. E. ENGLAND property | for several weeks, returned ernment. When IN DAYLIGHT iTwo Tenement Houses Are | Wrecked by Incendiary Bombs Dropped sut any great fanfare. There wns‘n:lfND‘SN' d‘::v' u:l:hlomplxy- | &.gar p ritis i raider dropped explosive a formal dinner at the British Em bombs at a point on the northeast coast of England early today. Two tenement houses were wreck- |ed by the bombs and three persons were taken to a hospital with minor injuries. STRIKE AGAINST U.S. OFF Two Thousand Men Return to Work at San Diego on Defense Projecis the Duke and Duchess landed in this country on their first announced visit since their marriage, the informality of it all caused considerable gasping among the old Tories in diplomatic cir- cles. bassy; most informal teas at the National Press Club and Women’s | Press Club; a White House lunch- jeon which was called off at the |last minute; a reunion with the| | Duchess' “Aunt Bessy,” Mrs. Bu- chanan Merryman; and the depar- ‘;lurt* for the Duke's ranch near Calgary, Saskatchewan, Canada. On the return, a stopover in| New York caused no greater| flurry than would the visitation | of any other international celebri- | ties, In Maryland, the royal couyle; visited friends and when the Duke went out for a round of golf, the gallery numbered only a few more | than a hundred persons. Mrs. Roo-| sevelt shook hands with the two| in her unpretentious Civiltan De- | fense office on the ninth floor of | the DuPont Circle Apartments, | When, an hour or so later, they dined with the President and a small, informal group at the wmw| LMY House, Mrs. Roosevelt was busy| SAN DIEFO, Cal, Nov. 12.—A set- preparing her weekly broadcast, tlement of the strike of more than and making ready for her flight 10;2.000 A. F. of L. Building Tradesmen Chicago, where the broadcast,was against $25,000,000 United States to be made. |Navy and Marine defense projects was announced last night by labor of the visit leaders and the men were to return ~lat noon today for the afterncon Ishift. This recapitulation (Continued on Puuc‘ Seven) i