The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 26, 1941, Page 1

HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LVIL, NO. 8889. JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1941 MLMBLR Abe(.lATLD PRL‘)b _ PRICE H:.N CENTA STEAMER ALEUTIAN HITS ROCK 'SECOND DESERT BATTLE LOOMS AT REZGH LATIN AIRLINES ‘GO AMERICAN’ BRITIfii ERS Jap-American Peace Talks ENCIRCLED Reach Crifical Stage As BY GERMANS Nazis C|aim’M—ore than 5,- 000 Prisoners Captured South of Tank Battle BOTH FORCES RUSHING NEW REINFORCEMENTS Imperial Armies Set for Long Strugale in Drive fo Relieve Tobruk ASSOCIATED PRE: ntline dispatches declared British troops south of 1at scene of a three-day des- ery battle of massed tanks, have been encircled and “annihilated,” with more than 5,000 prisoners cap- tured German’ military quarters as- that the Libyan des- could no longer be a British -offensive. ten miles south of To~ ser ert ¥ fiatly campaign rded as Rezegh is bruk British tr Middle East headquar- said the Germans have rushed up reinforcements to Rezegh and another big battle is expected momentarily. that there A bulletin from Cairo reported the British garrison at Tobruk smashed deeper into the Axis seige lines and declared strong British (Continued on Paut‘ Seven) &N e )M 8 G Drew Pearsoe ed Robert S Alles % 60 WASHINGTON—An old friend of the President, outraged over the second shutdown of the captive coal mines, sent this message to the White House: “You know I have long been a strong supporter of your liberal labor policies, but you cannot allow Lewis to get away with this. Frankly, it would greatly impair your influence;, not only at home but abroad. is challenging the government at a time of great national need and the people expect you as President to deal with him promptly and force- fully. They are overwhelmingly with vou, if you will act with vigor.” Here is the substance of the White House reply in the darkest period of the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln was insulted and flouted by the commanding of- of the Union armies, General President and commander-in- chief, residence to talk with him about the conduct of the war. McClellan w3 not ed for him to return. When the general entered the house and was informed that the President was waiting for him, Mc- Clellan stalked upstairs and sent down word that he was too fatigued | to see the President of the United | States. y urged him to remove Mc- Clellan at once. But Lincoln did not lose his temper. He refused to be .wayed by anger. No matter how great the personal affront, he was willing to suppress his own griev- ances in the national interest. If McClellan would bring victory to Lewis ! | stroyed home, so Lincoln patiently wait- | Estimates of the damage run from e McClellan, Although he was | the Tokyo War Gloom Mounis NAZI REPORL WASHINGTON, Nov. 26.—Lengthy Japanese-American diplomatic talks may be resumed later today, Secre- of State Cordell Hull indicated at his conference with newsmen this forenoon while reports spread that the discussions are close to the crit- ical final stages. Hull, however on any phase of situation tare refused to comment the Far Eastern JAPAN TOKYO, Nov GLOOMY Secretary of 26 State Cordell Hull's continued con- e and caused ference with other ABCD authoritative Japanese quarters to take a gloomy view of the outlook on the Washington negotiations which are seeking the lessening of Japanese-American tension This prevailing glumness coincided with renewed pressure by the auth- orities to get foreign nationals to leave Japan, There are 360 white Americans, mostly missionaries, still in the Jap- anese Empire. Japan’s envoys powers today SRR— FA R EAST C ITY —important to Russia is Vladivostok (above), trans-Siberian railroad terminus and good harbor city. It's on the Sea of Japan where a Japanese steamer, Kehi Maru, recently sank—due, said the Japanese, to a floating Russian mine. Seward Ashes Hardly Cool as Work Starls On Rebuilding City SEWARD, Als Army bulldozers and are busy clearing and leveling burned areas of Sewan Avenue, ge ting ready for ka, Nov. 26. — caterpillars off Fourth Lincoln went to McClellan’s | the rebuilding of a large section of district, de- early Monday. business flames the city's by | $256,000 to $750.C00 Citizens are going at it with vim, determined to make Seward a be‘- ter city than ever before. Govern- ment agencies have been appealed lto for grants and loans to assist lin the building Members of Lincoln’s staff vig-|to order a shipload of lumber for is planned and it | the work. All stores on the opposite side of the street from the fire were more damaged than it was at first believed, due to glass breakage. In- teriors of some stores were demol- ished. The Osbos eetric Supplies store, which caught fire from the the Union, Lincoln was willing 0| 051 yeported its stock completely suffer personal insult from him. The spite and hatred of one man 7\Comr’uxued on Page Four) destroyed. Wires Grueniig Mayor W. R. Benson yesterday communicated with Gov. Ernest Gruening, at Juneau, telling the dire need for aid in rebuilding and asking help from the Territorial Government. The American Red Cross headquarters at San Fran- cisco responded with a grant of $2,000 and indicated the organiza- tion would lend full aid in hous- ing and ftaking care of the gener- ally homeless hundreds driven from shelter by the blaze. An unidentified soldier was the real fire hero. He threw sticks of dynamite with his naked hands in- to the burning buildings, running | away until after the blast. then re- turning to continue his work. The Alaska Railrcad is providing dining cars for substitute cafes for those burned out. Lodge rooms are turned into eating spots and lodg- | ing homes are filled to capacity. False Alarm A smoking furnace in the Brown and Hawkins store caused the fire alarm to ring early yesterday morn- | \Conlmufii on Fage Eight) : l ) + fied GAINS NEAR MOSCOW, 1S Broadcast from Vichy As- serts Forces 16 Miles from Soviet Capital RUSSIAN STATEMENTS ARE NOT OPTIMISTIC Red Army Does Claim Counter Aftacks in Ukraine Succeed SO(‘IATE[) PRESS) (BY A On the Russo-German war front, the Russians admit today there have been serious German gains on the northern and southern flanks of Moscow’s defense arc but declared the Red Army counter attacks in the Ukraine area have | thrown the Nazis back more than six miles northwest of Rostev, In the sector where the Germans have | already lost 37 to 60 miles A radio br from quotes a “German front as stating the Nazis mechanized forces have slashed through ihe Red Army defense to within less than 16 miles from Moscow, the closest approach since Hitler start- ed his huge drive on Octo- ber 2. The Vichy radio, which lieved German controlled German spearheads hA\L broken through the Soviet lines at Klin, 50 miles northwest of Moscow. There is no confirmation of the repoits of the Germans closing in on Moscow to a distance of 16 miies from any other source.than Vichy blox\d § RIBBENTROP HURLS D‘EFY AT AMERICA Entrance of Unifed States ' Info European War Won't Help Allies, He Declares BERLIN, Nov. 26—Jdhchim Von Ribbentrop declared today :that aven if the United States entered the war against the Axis it could not prevent the triumph cf Ger- many and her allies. He told the signers of the Nazi- sponsored anti-Comintern Pact that Germany already has won her campaign against Russia and said the war now lines up as a fight against Britian and her ‘“trans- Atlantic helpers.” The American people will pay dearly for President Rcoseveltls pol icies, Ribbentrop declared. “I believe the American catas- trophe of 1929 will be child’s play in comparison,” Ribbentrop shouted “I believe the day is coming when the American people will call the Vichy scale is be- ilso said | President and his Jewish councel lors to account.” ————— Insurance Company Cualified in Alacka The Eagle River Company. of New York, handlers of fire and marire insurance, were today quali- by Territorial Auditor Frank Boyle to do business in Alaska. Agent for the company in Alasku is R, M. Shepard, of Juneau E—— BUY DEFENSE BONI dispatch” | PORT OF SPAIN N\ Georgetown PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS AND SOUTH AMERICAN AFFILIATES GERMAN, ITALIAN, FRENCH, DUTCH OWNIED OR INFLUENCID e guay, Chile, In | In a little more than two years U. S.-owned | airlines and their affiliates operating over the vast continent of South America have reversed the amount of air route mileage flown by themselves and by European-owned lines and their affiliates— in favor of the United States In September, 1639, European-controlied hines regularly served the whole of Colombia and In the nections with air- parts of Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uru- transatlantic guay, Argentina, the Guianas, Brazil and Chile. indicated by Their route mileage totalled 33.7 as against 18,- swastikas. 463 for U. S.-controlled lines. The latter served U. 8 Brazil, the Guianas, Argentina, Paraguay, Uru- Brazil Damels Leaves Mcx1co Clty 4 President Avila Camacho and Josephus Daniels Retiring as U. S. ambassador to Mexico, Josephus Daniels is pic- tured in Mexico City being embraced by President Manuel Avila Camacho. In his letter of resignation to President Roosevelt, Daniels said that his wife's ill health forced him to make the move. Neutrality Bill Debate Revealed Horse-frading Of Far Reaching Effect Senator Byrd of Tydings By JACK STINNETT Neither WASHINGTON, Nov. 26—Behind | ginia cenes in congressional debate nor ne { { rort o sean Ve Cuovg'm Bolivia, November, Foreign-controlled airlines, S.-controlled, 33,519. doned Ecuador, of Colombia and part of their operations in Brazil. accompanying charts Axis airline con- Europe via line, are shown. American flags, European lines by The other flags indicate subsidiaries of lines in Venezuela, of Mnrvlund | has been too friendly with the ad- \v'fi Peru, Colombia and Ecuador. 1941, this was the situation: 20,020 route miles; U. European airlines had aban- Peru and Bolivia, almost the whole “Lati," Italian-operated U. S. airlines are Colombia, Argentina and BELGRADE IS TO BE DESTROYED \Germans to o Raze Former Capital City, Says U. S. Intelligence Report WASHINGTON, Nov. 26. — The White House discloses the governs: ment’s Intelligence Service reports that Germany is preparing to raze Belgrade, former capital city of con- quered Yugoslavia. The reports declare the Germans are convinced Chetniks and Serbian guerillas are using Belgrade as a base of operations. | I | * | Stephen Early, the President's Secretar id the report from the Intelligence Service came in last night. Asked for the purpose of making the disclosure, Early told the news- imen he expected to see the repoit printed officially in Berlin. He further declared that according to the declaration of a high German official the “bombardment which Belgrade has been subjected to will be nothing to what is now in store for the (ity" ROMEO HOYT " PASSES AWAY AT FAIRBANKS - on revision of the neutrality bill,| ministration, but both have for an interesting little movement de-|the most part, strung along and veloped which may have far-reach- | even fought for national defense. PAIRBANKS, Alaska, Nov. 26. — ing effect Now they have intimated publicly; Romeo Nelson Hoyt, 64, resident of The most effeckive way of get-|that they will no longer be inter-|Alaska for 54 years and one of the {ing things accomplished in our ested in furthering administration best known of Alaskans, died here foreign policy legislation until the yesterday as the result of an at- form of government is by a bit of e-trading. Recently members in both Houses threw out hinfs that they would no longer string along with the administration on foreign policy and national defense unless | ome things were done to straight- en out a few domestic messes principally national defense strikes and non-defense economies. 101 |internal affairs. In the Hous of Georgia, strongly in favor (Continued on Page Seven) White House gives the green light ta | to measures designed to clean up . Representative Cox — | revising the neutrality act, told the, of the heart. | Hoyt was the son of the late former Judge Romeo Hoyt of Ju- |neau, He is survived by his widow, in Fairbanks, and his aged mother, Mrs. Lenora Nelson Hoyt, 84, now neblding in California. D BUY DEFENSE STAMPS " LA NORTHBOUND SHIP STRIKES SEYMOUR RK. Craft Hur!éflground by Swirling Tide, !s Report Made fo Company DOUBLE BOTTOM OF VESSEL IS DAMAGED Captain Turns Around and Heads for Seattle with Passenqers Aboard 8 bewut pa ;. = North- 1. with 226 PATTLE, No I steamer Al cogers, including 31 steerage abouard, struck Kipple Rock in Seymour Narvrows carly today and recelved cxtonsive damage to her boltom, the Aloska Steamshlp Company officials re- port. The shin's pumps are koeping the water under conirol The steamer has tuvnod around and i headed for seat- tle unde own power. The brief message from the Aleutian said a swirling tide car- ried the steamer onto the rock and the entire double bottom is damaged. The Aleutian is expected in Secattle seme time lonight. Passcngers may be transferred to the Yukon, scheduled to sail north tomorrow, or to the Bar- anof scheduled to sail Saturday. Passengers for Juneau aboard the Aleutian include the following: Wwilliam Riese and wife, M. F. Benedict and family, Walt Engle- harto, Mrs. Everett Wrede and child,, Mrs. W. G. Beard, Joe Transel, Mrs. Jack Kane and son, Mrs. George slmpkim SHIP'S OWN BOMBS SLEW JAMES (REW Torpedoed_l?;stro yer's Depth Charges Went Off When Vessel Sank NEW YORK, Nov. 26.—An un- determined uurber of the 100 men who perished with the torpedoed American de iroyer Reuben James {died in the explosions of the ship's own depth charges while thrashing around in the icy Atlantic waters on the night of October 31. Survivors who reached here yes- terday saild today that these men were mm 1 to bits as they clung to flunsy life rafts in the darkness as | their own explosives went off below { them. The survivors said the depth charges were set to explode at 50- and 100-foot depths. At least two went off when the sinking hulk reached those le (Continued o1 i*o Eight)