The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 22, 1941, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE DR e S—— “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LVIL, NO. 8886. JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1941 R MhMBLR Abe(lAfLD H\lbb PRICE 1 N CLNTS U.S-JAPAN TALK BREAKS DOWN AXIS DESERT ARMIES CAUGHT IN TRAP { | "BLITZ" OF e 2y T o Seiling | EXTR A" FIRSIVPI(T‘URE OF CAPTURE OF ODENWALD CONFERENCE BRITISH IN FULL FORCE Panzer Motorized Units Caught, Make Vain At- tempts o Break Out. > BESIEGED TOBRUK IS NOW LIBERATED Imperial Troops Tighten' Jaws on Both German, | Italian Defachments | vd (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) The ma ve British “blitz”. forc- es in Libya have trapped Axis pan- ' zer units. British military ~ advices direct from British General Sir Alan Cunningham state positively that the five-day old offensive in Libya has scored a decisive vietory in ROOSEVELT WINS OUT, BIG SIRIKE | United Mine Workers Pol-' icy Committee Accepts Arblirahon Plan BULLETIN. Nov: 22 — 1 Mine Workers pelicy cemmittee this afterncen accepted President Rocsevelt’s proposal to refer the captive mine controversy to a bcard of arbitration and ree- cmmended the immediate re- | turn te work of all strikers in both captive and commercial ! mines. J The President immediately named a board consisting of John R. Steelman, head of the 777 | BELIEVED TO BE FAILURE Tokyo Newspapers Declare | Stalemate Appears fo Be Inevitable Now KURUSU'S MISSION BRINGS NO RESULTS fWashing!on?Ees No Room | for Negotiations on Pre- | mier Tojo’s 3 Points TOKYO, Nov. 22.—The Japanese newspapers today forecast failure of Saburo Kurusu's peace or war mis~ sion to the United States. The newspapers declare that a stalemate appears inevitable as the result of the attitude taken by the Washington officials. The newspnprw Nichi Nichi to- ‘day prints a front pege dispatch 'from a Japainc correspondent. in the first collision of massed tank iy Clike Labor ~ Department’s _coneilia- | Washington roporlig that the Unit- armies of the Axis. licn services as public repres- |ed States sece 1o room for further The British forces have smashed Dancer Mary Chase, of Linden, N. J., arrives at New York after a tour entative, Benjamin Fairless, | Inegotiations i/ (he Japanese Gov- back three attempts of the Axis of South America. She revealed that ten minutes before her boat sailed president of the United States ernment continy Lo huse the future units to break out of the trap. | from Rio de Janeiro she nmm«.‘? Vie Vieira, who will join her in New Steel Corperation, representing 3 4 ! poliey .on the thiee points proclaim- ; . i ork later. the steel industry; and John g A g o . IAM&oi”e:ltx:‘e-“l?k?:[y ?::m;,-,:“f e L. Lewis, president of the U.M. Released by the Navy this is the first picture of the capture of the German muumh.p Odenwald by a U. X“dl by ‘::"}:‘ T'X']w ",Mflffl_ "‘!N‘:::e afternoon, sta 5} " s, M. ) 3 i vor an’s ;f srighn bestegen TRMabruk singy W. representing the laborers. | §. cruiser in Atlantic equatorial waters. A boarding crew is nearing the ship which is flying the U. . vmug” ety gm 331» s Jast April, has smashed out of the FFEN E N T D E E The agreement will end the | flag and sailing under the name of Willmoto of Philadelphia. This picture is an Associated Press Tele- oo 0o o maut 40 “co-prosperity Axis encirclement and other Brit- walkout - staged by nearly half mat airmailed to The Empire. |sphere” and refusai of the United ‘ of the nation’s soft coal miners. - T |States to ontinue extending d ish Imperial troops have tightened e o e REASON FOR FORTIFYING PHK"T M A'Y ODENWMD (REW |:|_[[§ is an official announcement from the British headquarters in Cairo. | The British forces are cutting! through the Axis lines and driving SEE H I'I'I.ER ontinued on Page Seven) | i ! “Alaska Gets, o ‘m 12 months as soldiers, sailors, ”i | Thavs the striking title of an | marines and defense crews arrive by |article appearing in the Collier's | the boatloads. | Weekly issue which appeares on | Wants More Bases {the newsstands of the natlon to- |\ (ie do o colored map, g iday with the issue of November 29.| : e gl |day wiih eege along with the article, nowns now ANNOUNcement of Mar- Written: by Gowey . Foml ostions |y, Aleutian Islands lie along the ally known writer who spent the | (o o TR U € kv ana. Shal's Visit fo German SUIIIEE. o aud }’"‘f“’“"‘f’ Sea sorhething few residents of . . round Alaska, in company with |11 ‘gl &0 e of merest, OCCUpied Zone Made “E_”"“ ?"‘b"' Dan Holland, "v)‘_e alse, is his stand that mcre h,x.w.\' pece is the most comprehensive gp,ouiq be built at Adak, Kiska and| VICHY, Nov. 22—An authorized {digest of the way this Territory i | sy fortifying the Aleutian chain'source today said Marshal Petain |preparing for military activity yet 'y, the very tip. 18 ‘going: 1o Leh ClevR i o i A REREINE an occupied | S0 appaar; I & TAEREIE, Alaska is being made ready, the zone of France to . ,xl,, Ford, in his article, starts at|qg S 9 meet [“a high \Crlhm article assures the reader, German persor " i Lok b Dutch Harbor, then goes to Kodiak | hen Ford asks: REIROUaye. John L. Lewis Is toddy en- |, nn,11y to Sitka in his story | epeady for what? Invasion? Mui-| Bovever “the spokesmah woull gaged in a mighty “tug of war” | =, = Co0 0 iracle of turning ¥ 3 ? g0 no further than to acknowledge with elected heads of the United - tary experts generally scoff at the d tundra and rocky islands into .. a parallel between this journey and States. Never perhaps in the > i idea that an enemy would attempt 2 < bccsis I!Pp blic has streamlined naval bascs within “;L* capture a territory so far from the trip the chief-of-state made » history of our REpul year. Colorful, he paints the pic- i 1y led last October to meet Hitler. any man dared issue such a home, so sparsely settled and un- 5 ture of $100,600,000 being poured geveloped that it would be impos-| T1e announcement follows re- challenge. into Alaska to make it ready, and " 4 cent reliable advices to The Asso $ AEAR LSRR Ry ot 550~ N:Y:.il '5“:"': ':::"h'e” b‘;fl;g the white population doubling with- | (Continued on Pagv Eight) clated Press that high French and what he is? What are likely R o R i S German leaders will hold a meet- to be the results of this battle ing soon to de_clde some new form of Titans? a or I(Ia s o of collaboration, perhaps full The answer is contained in French membersmp in the Axis. today’s WASHINGTON MERRY - GO - DOUND which presents a vital and revealing ov us e FR AN » pen portrait of the Labor Czar. b, L] L] L] It is a true story that every American should read in this I efore Taking Their Jobs . (A brass ring and a free ride 3 the WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND goes to i FAT I R TENY John L. Lewis, the m:n o | By JACK STINNETT more than 12 percent under the has done more to build up | WASHINGTON, Nov. 22. — None | World War high and 35 percent Jabor and tear it down than |Of the major officials and few ofbelow the all-time top in 1920. The { s any man in America.) the clerks and stenos in govern-|1929 cost of living in Washington Members of the crew of the German ship Odenwald, captured in the jment defense agencies these days|was about the same as at the end: NEW YORK, Nov. 22—Germany Atlantic fying the U. S. flag, attempt to flee the ship as a boarding - WASHINGTON — John L. Lewis are getting the come-to-work sig-|of the World War period. iis prepared to transform her ar- parly (forcground) from a U. S. eruiser approaches. As ‘uu- boarding was two years old when his family,| nal without an all-clear from the — | mistice with France into a form:l party reached the side of the ship th were two explosions and the in Lucas, Iowa, participated in a;FBI. One of the growing government P€ace settlement in return for crew said it would sink in 20 or 30 minutes, This official Navy picture labor strike. He was seen years old} R | headaches is trying to keep down SWEEPINg concessions in North Af- was made by a member of the boarding party. The explosions did when he left school to work with! Biggest material contribution|STATE taxes on national defense i3 reliable sources in E much damage but the boarding party and also members of the crew his Mafprop A mm‘;‘s, He was 21! made to China, so far, is said to| inductries. jinformed The Associated Pre:s - of the Odenwald were put to work repairing the damage and the craft '\pflrrr: t;)\lx%uwl:‘e;:ehxeninei; :?—:aw M; be what Américan highway and 3 |day. soon got up steam, and under escort of Navy vessels proceeded to o Wost. and later to become a| [2flc technicians have accom-| ogt thankless job in Washing-| These sources sald Germany: ic-' gan Juan, Puerto Rico, where the vessel was placed under jurisdiction L plished, in keeping trucks moVing| oy foday: that of Secretary of the|Sir¢ for air bases and routes 0 of yhe United States Federal Court under the international libel law. tough union organizer. Fabulous stories were told about ven at that time: that he ate AT, Ly » :‘)m‘:‘xaw beefsteaks, that he had| Ine Bureau of Labor Statistics once felled a mine mule with a says the overall cost of living .n blow of his fist, that he pounded Washington is up 3.4 percent in on the desks until trembling state the last three months and 7 per- cent over a year ago. The Bureau \Conunued on Page Four) points out, however, that is still is on the Burma Road. Treasury Morgenthau, He not ansport men and supplies 'O phis pieture is an Associated Press telemat airmailed to The Empi only has to go out and beat the N€lP Wwithstand the British oficr — — brush for defense dollar-raising’ 5iVe In Africa is behind the ne:o- DAWSON PIONEER DI { In an experiment at Cornell Uni- plans but he has to collect them. !iations which have been pushe Franklin H, Osborn, Sr. pioneer versity Agricltural Experiment Sta- The irony of it is that Mr. Morgen- |vigorously in the past ten days resident of Dawson, dies there 1, butter was kept for six years thau used to be considered a con-| - The Masons and Eastern Star in sub:zero refrigérators, and when MK b5 Cactus fiber is used in padding burial services were held for the! removed was almost as good as the " (Continued on Page Seven) iuphomery of some motor ca: deceased, ‘;“‘Mh product, e ~ (CAPTURE OF FOURPOWER KEY OIL (ITY CONFERENCE New Drive E;;;orted fo Be (o M I NG up nounces important Meet- BERLIN, Nov. 22.—Reports !rom Hitler’s field headquarters today sald mg Rela'lve '0 Pa(lh( storm trcops have captured Rostov- . on-Don, described “the spigot of | WASHINGTON, Nov, 22. — The the Russian oil barrel,” and cut off | giate Department today announced the vital flow of oil to Central Rus- ‘armnsing for a four-power confer- sia. {ence for discussion of the threat- Also Nazi Central Front armies ' ening situation on the Pacific. were said to have launched a mighty | a¢ {he conference will be Secre- new drive against Moscow. !tary of State Cordell Hull, Viscount The Caucasus is the source of palifax of Great Britain, Richard 90 per cent of Soviet oil. | Casey, Australian Minister, and Dr. R | A. Loudon, Dutch Minister. The State Departmient’s spokes- man said the conference will be for a genernl exchange of information fll’ld it Is not expected to make any declsmns It is also generally under- zumd that the recent Japanese-Am= , wr!can conversations will be part of the topies diseussed. PRESENTWAR cpyrpr: Hitlers Fi Are Given, < “Soys Borin, Ater | KILLED General Survey A-I- FRONT BERLIN, Nov. 22. — Authorized German sources today sald 10,000.- 000 Russians have been killed,| BERIIN, Nov. 22. — The High wounded or captured in the five command today announced Gen- months’ war with Russia which ends | era] Kurt von Briesen, 58, Nazi today. |infanty commander, was killed on The figure is cited from what is ;e Fastern Frout Thursday. termd a “survey of Hitler's strategy | von Briesen’s father also was kill- of destruction.” led in battle, meeting death on an The same sources listed 3,792,000 | Austrian battleficid in the World Russians as prisoners. | War. No mention is made of the losses | S R of the Germans in the five-month| * campaign. | 0. H. WOOD IN JUNEAU e T SO | 0. H Wool minent man of Arkansas has a surface more Hoonah and in the crab industry, diversitied than that of any cen-iis in Juneap for several days on tral Mississippi Valley state. ibuflm.;a.