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

A _can't or won't get out of the habit THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS VOL. LVIL, NO.8880. ALL THE TIME” JUNLAU. /\LASKA FRIDM NOVEMBER 14, 1941 MI:MBER ’\bSOCIATl;D PRI;SS PRICE TEN CENTS JAPAN RAISING WAR MACHINE BRITISH STATE ARK ROYAL TORPEDOED Grampus Joins Protectors of Sea Lanes BIG AIRCRAFT CARRIER SUNK BY ITALIANS Ship Slips Beneath Waves | Despite All-Night Bat- tle to Reach Port ATTACKED BY U-BOAT ON WAY TO GIBRALTAR Undisclosed NumberoH ‘ 600 Crew Members Carried fo Death | LONDON, Nov. 14.—The aircraft | carrier Ark Royal, built three years | ago at a cost of $16,000,000, was tor- | pedoed late yesterday and .sank early | | l\vl'n despite a desperate effort to | bring the listing giant safely to port, the British Admiralty announced | this afternoon. The Ark Royal carried an undis- closed number of men down with Ler. Her crew, about 1,600, men | remained aboard in a struggle to save the ship. A very large number of the ship’s company was taken off.” the Admir- alty said. Indications that the pers sonnel losses “fortunately are not Leavy,” it is said. I'he story of the sinking was piec- cd together from the Admiralty’s ' . _ brief anncuncement and word from ! authoritative quarters that the Ark Royal was not in action when tor- pedoed The Uncle Sam adds another submarine to the fast growing fleet of ships, planes and submarines patrolling the | sea lanes which merchar}tn}en must use carrying lend-lease supplies. Photographed off the New England coast, tbe recently 'cqmmusmned Grampus (top), 299 feet long and carrying a three-inch anti-aircraft gun, | | leaves its base to join _t}!e fleet in the Atlantic. With a report that German submarines are active off the | Newfoundlnnq coast vigilance is essential, so the lookout (bottom, left) sweeps the sea with his binoculars raltar from the conning tower. Keeping the radio going as little as possible, Signalman D. G. Hunter (bottom, There was a strong suggestion right) communicates with other naval craft by means of a blinker. ) that an Ttalian sub was the victor, > Al | | wie . QUAKE HITS Diplomatic AXIS BITTER i SUBURBS OF Plane Sill ONREPEALOF : W6z, . LOSANGELES Unreporfed NEUTRALITY Crew Poarsat —=r { | A tabets Al ‘Guesfs Ordered from Hotel No Word from om Ship Carry-| Germany Will Now Shoot 7y N as Bricks Shower Down- | ing Steinhardt, Litvinov | at American Vessels, 760N Gas, PowerLinesDown | and Others fo U. S. | Berlin Source Says Jostesr | LOS ANGELES, Calif, Nov. 14— | TEHERAN, Nov. 14—The Soviet, (BY ASSOC WASHINGTON — It Is an ua- 4 yiglent earthquake, the most se- Emp, tticials toni "ASBOGRARRIL FRFISE) lished but tragic fact that var-' § s 'mbassy officials tonight announced | Bitter reaction exploded today PublEheG itk RE A~ vere in eight years, toppled bricks tnere is still no news regarding the - is alli regional offices of the Securi- i i) " e 8 in capitals of the Axis alliance ove: icus region: i ‘from the cornices of buildings in plane aboard which are United yegierday: 1 ties and Exchange Commission to-|suburban Los Angeles, sent Guests States Ambassador Steinhardt and Seates Neutrali EOH ol ke, Dtred day are preparing for an avalanche fleeing from one damaged hotel, Russian Ambassador Litvinov and tos Heubratip e of bankruptcy cases, expected fs split a 55,000-galion oil .tank and ahout a dozen others all bound for a result of the defense program. |damaged gas and power lines early 'the United States. the next few days will show what Thousands of little business men, | this morning. | The plane has been missing en-|# dangerous path the American| whom the New Deal vowed to| The tremblor struck at 12:42 am. 'route here from Kuibyshev, at pres- | Congress has taken. help, will have to close their doors“‘“d lasted from 18 to 20 seconds. |ent the seat of the Russian Gov-| In Rome, the Fascist headquar- because of the dearth of raw ma-| Torrance, Gardena and Long |ernment and where all diplomats are !ters voiced a similar theme, as- terials; and the SEC, established | Beach were the hardest hit areas. noused since leaving Moscow. | serting that the action of Congress to ald In the reglstration of new |CGuSsts fled.from the 90:room Hotel . The British Legafion Here reports in permitting U. 8. sfips 1o ‘enter | B siness. 15 now. charged with the|LCTTance as the quake showered tnat an American woman journal-|blockade zones will soon It i el i e W bricks from the two-story structure . ¥ P In b of officiating.at the funeral. y structure. js;, Alice Moats, and an American attacks on those vessels. | 308 B 5 Fire inspectors condemned the build- | magazine writer, Quentin Reynolds, | ap th Companies manufacturing ena- jng and ordered guests, the number b e peeseneers on th authorized Berlin quarter are among the D g N the charged that President Roosevelt vessel was enroute to Gib- (Continued on i’age éeven) nie Germans declared bluntly that registers, now not so essential; bi- Hodg)ngs elsewhere. cycles and scores of other com-! Inspectors said a few other build- ! had duped Congress by false rep- modities, are having increasing dif.\lngb would be condemned as a result resentations of facts and said in! any case that Germany will now and other essential metals. Meanwhile, in Washingwn. F‘loyd munitions. oot vhe’one. togh e 5o RED CROSS Oflgll\}m v 'ON WAY '|'0 mel, now considered a luxury; cash | of whom was not available, to find | missing plane jand Secretar. | a y of State Cordell Hull ficulty getting steel, copper, brsss | of the quake and or dered wm down. 3 |shoot at American ships carrying in a terrific struggle, has signed a truce and is in charge of a new office to save little business. Od-| Frank E. Hull addre: Dr. Jum was one of the biggest opera- tors on Wall Street, amhsedpfml_jwomcn of Junean and Douglas um ‘“wa YORK, N_ov 14 — Closing Jions. But this is the toughest op-|afternoon at a tea in the Gove \‘llc(;;“fc):hsl iAl' aAJ'me"" "(”W e rranged b 1h:~ : ay is merican Can | cration he has ever tackled. |nor’s Mansion arranged by i6%. Anaconda 26%, Bethlehem| ‘Women’s Voluntary Ser- WASHINGTON, Nov. 14. — With Steel 58%, Curtiss Wright 8%, 1 the approval of the House, An- tornational Harve;tcrmj’xn:l " JK‘.:;. thony J. Dimonds bill was today necott 327/8, New York Central sent to the White House. The bill 915 Northern Pacific 5%, United authorizes Ketchikan to undertake gtates Steel 5217/8, pu,,l;(( $4.04, certain public works and to issue Commonwealth and'Southcrn % $250.000 in bonds for the project Included in the project are the' public schools and the fire hall. BUY DEFENSE BONDS So far he has been stymied byIAmerlcan . military red tape and the fact | Vices. Dr. Hull spoke on the aims {hat Army ordnance men either|0f Red Cross work and on his . work in the Territory teaching in- structors in First Aid work so that they may teach future classes. I Dr. Hull will meet with inter- 'ested persons tonight at 7:30 o'- clock in the Steamboat Inspector’s |office in the Federal Building, so .thav, classes can be arranged. | ' of ordering from the same big companies. Odlum has received excellent co-| operation from Under-Secretary of war Patterson and the Army men DOW, JONES AVERAGES The fcllowing are today's Dow | Jones averages: industrials 116.81 |rails 27.46, utilities 15.70. “(Continued on Page Four) ) | offensive, | out ‘lhat tank-led German shock casualties. SOVIET RALLY Roosevelt Warns Union FORCES NAZIS Government Won't Back INTO RETREAT Invaders D;i\Ten from 20 Villages Around Moscow | as Reds Counter Attack ' BATTLEGROUND MARKED BY GERMAN (ORPSES Bullefin from Hitler Head- quarters Claims City, Har- bor of Kerch Under Fire (By Associated Press) Russia’s armies before Moscow, pressing tempestuously in a counter today were reported to have driven the German invaders of 20 villages in the past 24 hours in the Kalinin sector, while on | the northern front the Soviet radio | said Red troops had scored a break- through on the Nazi siege ring out- | side Leningrad | Shockers Thrown Back t ‘Tass, Russian news ager ro0ps | were thrown back to the outskirts of Tula, 100 miles south of Moscow | Tass said, “the Germans were here yesterday. Today only their corpses jare here.” The Germans hurled 15 consecu- tive tank attacks against the little \lll.u,l' of Rodezhesny, Tass added, .md gained a temporary foothold on | the southern outskirts of Tulsa be- I: re being smashed back with heavy Crimean Campaign In the Crimea campaign, a bulle- tin from Hitler's field headquarters asserted, German troops “are in front of Kerch,” gateway to the Caucasus oil fields. Both city and harbor are under fire of Nazi artillery, the bulletin laimed U. 5. MARINES LEAVE CHINA DECLARES FDR }Wiihdrawamnounced by President-No Explan- ation Is Made WASHINGTON, Nov. 14.—Presi- | dent Roosevelt announced this after- noon that the United States Gov- lernment has decided to withdraw American Marines from Shanghal, | Tientsin and ‘Peiping, thus taking all American Marines out of China. President Roosevelt made the an- nouncement at a conference with the newsmen and added that about 750 Marines are stationed in the three cities in China. The President would not discuss capital speculations about the with- | drawal of the Marines as linked in efforts to obtain a better under- ‘.\mndmg between the United 5"“”*‘\1\(0 1 example of busynes and Japan. ! ARMY OFFICERS FLY | T0 SITKA NAVY BASE Pilots Shell Slmmom and Alex Holden made Alaska Coastal Air- lines trips to Sitka today, Sim- mons going by way of Hirst and Holden flying direct to the navy city with five Army officers. Both |planes were to return late this af- ternoon with full passenger loads. Outbound passengers were Lieut. Cols. 3. W. Hendricks, N. W. Walk- er and J. K. Tully, Major E. D., Post ‘and Capt, Frank Boggrt. | ‘ Closed Shop Agitation WA S HIN GTON, Nov. 14.— President Roosevelt, in asking CIO United Mine Workers and steel company heads to continue their negotiations to avert a strike in the nation’s captive coal mines, today told them, | “the government never will com- pel a minority of non-union miners affected by the dispute to join the union.” “I tell you frankly,” he added, “the government of the United States will not order nor will Congress pass legislation order- ing the so-called closed shop.” The union is asking the closed shop in the captive mines, which | are owned and operated by the | | | | I steel companies for their own use. The mines supply to steel mills which are busy with defense orders. The President asked the mine union leaders and steel company representatives to give him a report of their reement (o continue prodm-uon by Monday or at least report progress. Shortly after the Presidential request was made, a ~<|mluwmun for the mine workers nnnolln("l they will a de to the request dor three days of direct negotia- tion of the dispute. President Roosevelt also, said indisputable obliga- of the President to see that “necessary coal produc- tion be continued and not stopped.” He remarked that if legis- lation became necessary, Con- gress will be asked for it with- ocut question. “Pm telling you this with ab- solutely no element of threat to this conference,” President Roosevelt declared, “I'm -stat- ing a simple fact. Ihope, there- fore, you will work out some method for the continued pro- duction of coal Referving to a proposed closed shop agreement, a Unit- ed Mine Workers spokesman declarea after the conference that “all we ever wanted was a chance to negotiate directly with the steél people on this qnfstlm' it tion™ “is an Governor Is New U.S. Senator Maybank succeeds to the post held Vice President Henry A. Wallace, tor Ellison D. Smith, second from I F. Byrnes of the U. S. supreme court, right, look on. President Keeps Rushing In ceremonies in Washington, former Governor Burnet R. Maybank of South Carolina is swon in as new U. S. senator from that state. Py 9 temporarily by Roger C. Peace. left, swears in Maybank as Sena- eft, and Associate Justice James As Capital's Busiest Man; Each Day's Schedule Full By .IA('K WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 The | nation’s capital probably is work- | ing overtime these days harde longer than any other city in the| United States, but W | shington’s | s as usual Roose- D. is President Frankiin veit. No two days al the White are exactly alike bul the is sufficiently set, so that a cal day” can be described out exaggeration Awake with the squirrels on the White House lawn, the President |starts work even before he has dressed or had breakfast. First off is his conference with his White House right-handers, the little | group of men who help him work | out the plans for the day and see that the schedule comes off with-| out a hitch, House | pattern “typi- with- | House’s star I(mrlnuldm of this little group Stephen Early, who not only eyes and ears for the Preside While his Preside) world he and eating breakfast, the plans for the day, ticl appointments, and wise gets “his ducks in a straig line” for a stretch of work may run from 10 to 16 hours. Often present for these morning i is the boarder, as administrator and a member of over-all National Defense cil, is the President’s finger just about all the important | there are in Washington the whole dressing hearty lays his off his kins, who, lend-lease | days. Off to his m\(;‘ummued on Pa,ge Eight) othe: tha ear! White Harry Hop- the Coun- pie: these | study in the White, BIG BUDGET ~ APPROVED BY CABINET Measure Will Be Submit- ted af Special Session of | Parliament Tomorrow 'NIPPON NATION FACING " GREAT QUESTION NOW :U. $. Revision of Neutrality | Act Aggravates Sit- uation on Pacific TOKYO, Nov. 14. — Japan today | strengthened her war machine on the eve of the special ion of Par- liament opening tomorrow to face | one of the gravest, crises in her mod- ‘ern history. | The Cabinet has approved for sub- mission to the Diet the extraordinary | war fund of $884,000,000, while the Wm' Office announced a drastic re- vh«mn of conscription regulations, making scores of thousands of men, hitherto exempted, liable for early “Summons into military service. f These steps were taken as Domel, ! Japanese news service, quoted well |informed Japanese circles as saying | that revision of the United States {nentrality law “certainly aggravates | the situation, not only on the At- !lantic but on the Pacific.” | Nevertheless, many Japanese look- | ed to Washington with signs of hope | for the mission of the special Jap- envoy, Saburo Kurusu, due to !reach San Francisco today enroute to Washington for talks on the Pa- | cific crisis. i Major speeches in the Diet have been set for later dates, apparently {to give more time for -Kurusu to | report. HOLDS HOPE FOR PEACE, JAPAN-U.S. !Kurusu, Sp;i_;l Envoy Fly- ' ing fo Washingfon, | Makes Statement | | SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 14.—Sa- buro Kurusu, one of Japan's top diplomats, said today that if he did not hold hopes of peace on the Pacific, “why do you think I came Puch a long way?” Hurrying to his Washington con- | ference with President Roosevelt, Kurusu reached San Francisco by a Pan American clipper, which cruised over the fog shrouded bay for two houxs hP(me it was able to land. REDSREJECT | | | \ | | is is at " ,““”buL is his liaison man with urr-s» |and radio and through them with! (lAIMS ON g : is usually | nt| ks SUNK SHIP ht | At | TOKYO, Nov. l4—Russia has replied to Japan's protest over the sinking of the liner Kehi Maru in the Sea of Japan. on November 5, of | informed sources said today, and it is understood that all major Japanese claims have been re- I jected by Russia. Japan’s protest alleged that the ship sank after hitting a drifting | Russian mine. Japanese put the | dead and missing at 126. -, BUY DEFENSE BONDS ly