The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 5, 1941, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. LVIIL, NO. 8897. “ALL TH EWS ALL THE TIME” ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1941 JAPS MAKE REPLY TO ROOSEVELT'S NOTE NAZIS FLEE AS RUSSIAN ARMIES MOVE Soviet Advefing in South but Invaders Reported Nearing Moscow DEFENDERS’ LINES BROKEN BELOW KLIN | Hitler's légions Driving East Toward Dimitrov, 40 Miles from Capital (By Associated Press) Russia’s Ukraine armies today are | reported to have recaptured 4,000 { square miles of territory near Ros- tov on the Donets River Basin front, wresting “hundreds of villages” from | the fleeing Germans, while in the | north, Soviet dispatches admitted the | § Nazis have opened a violent new | onslaught northeast of Moscow. | The German push, it was reported, broke through Red army defenses | just below Klin, 50 miles north of | Moscow, and continued eastward to- | ward Dimitrov, 40 miles due north of | the capital. On the southern front the Soviet radio said Marshal Timoshenko’s armies, driving west through the| Donets Basin and along the Sea of Azov, reathed the Mius River “where | the Germans are trying to form a new front.” Two Red Army spearheads were | reported racing ahead in an attempt | to hem up the Germans retréating | toward Maruipol, 100 miles west of | Rostov. | Soviet dispatches acknowledge that German rear guard detach- | ments were still holding out in parts of Taganrog, 40 miles west of Ros- tov, but said the Russian flag again | is flying over the city. —————— ~The WASHINGTON.—The first thing honest, earnest. Phil Murray did after his unanimous reelection as CIO president was to summon the | entire national GIO staff before him and deliver avery meaningful lecture on “loyalty.” With a few exceptions the CIO staff was originally' appointed by John L. Lewis, and most of them continued to play close ball with John L, after Murray took over the driver's seat. Prominent among those present at this secret carpet session were: Allan Haywood, organization direc- tor and an old Lewis henchman; John T. Jones, legislative repre- sentative and a long-time Lewis; lieutenant; Lee Pressmah, left- wing general counsel; and comp- troller J. Raymond Bell, \Lewis's brother-in-law. | Murray made no threats, but ne implied plenty. He made it very| clear that he knew what had gone | on behind his back and intended to| have no more of it. Henceforth he was going to be boss in practice as well as in name. “For a year I have said nothing about many things I knew were, taking place,” he said quietly. “I have been aware of everything that | was said and done. But from now on I want you to know that I won't stand for any disloyalty from anyone. This convention has given me a mandate and I intend to see that it is fulfilled. Either you will be loyal to me, or you will get out.” Murray's private lecture was a/ follow-up of his closing speech to| the convention -castigating “thug-| gery” and “jurisdictional raids.” Both blasts were aimed directly at| the United Construction Workers, whose chief, A. D. “Denny” Lewis, | was appointed to the $10,000-a-| | OFFICIA Ice Queen kit Leroy Wilcox, chairman of the GIANT NAVY PLANE MARS CATCHES FIRE Huge Flying Boat's Motor Bursts Into Flames as Water Tests Started BALTIMORE, Deec. 5—Mars, the giant 70-ton flying boat built by the Glenn Martin Company for the United States Navy, caught fire late this aft- ernoon and then went aground as is was being taxied out for water tests. Witnesses said the flying warship began zigg-zagging suddenly, and flames burst from the metor just to the right of the pilot's cabin. .The propel- lor flew off, shivering it, and stoving a hole in the cabin. The plane then went aground In shallew water as the fire Nseared another of its four motors. L OF JAPANESE IS "CALLEDHOME Ambassador to Mexico Is Summoned to Tokyo- Others Selling Out MEXICO CITY, Dec. 5—Japanese Ambassador Yoshiaki Miura an- nounces his government has ordered him home immediately to consult on the “actual situation” in Mexico as the result of the Pacific crisis. Miura said his return to Mexico will depend “on circumstances and what my government decides.” Many Japanese residents are pre- paring to depart and are attempt- ing to sell their Mexican holdings. | Alaska Due 1 Tonigh Steamer Alaska, scheduled early this afternoon as due to arrive at 5 o'clock, will not arrive until 7 o'clock this evening. This is ac- cording at 3:30 o'clock this afternoon radiogram received by Horace O. Adams from the ship, to a (Continued on Page Four) discharging cans at Taku Harbor. Joins Red Cross Ice queen Sonja Henie, wearing her rink costume, signs up with the American Red Cross in Omaha, Nebr., where she is performing. W. BRITISH BEAT OFF ATTACKS {Axis Troopfififer Heavily as Triple Assaulton | Elduda Fails (By Associated Press) Britain’s North Africa armies to- day were credited with beating off |the heavy Axis attacks on Elduda | |in the bloody battle zone south of | Tobruk, but a new setback was ac- | knowledged in the loss of Gamut, | British supply base 40 miles east lof Tobruk. | Authoritative London conceded that Axis troops reoccu- pied Gambut, which the eral Cunningham’s 18-day-old of- fensive in Libya. British headquarters said the Axis troops attacked Elduda in three waves, suffering heavy casualties. The first two assaults gained slight- ly but the third saw Imperial quarters | British | captured on the second day of Gen- | This German soldier seems amused as he examines the blasted 1auzzle by the retreating Russians. The steel of the barre! counter attacks regain most of the lost ground . The Axis forces again suffered heavily in killed and wounded as the third attack failed. | A British bulletin said New Zea- land troops, mopping up along the Egyptian-Libyan frontier, routed remnants of the German-Italian {column which fled westward. e L I. N. Phonephoto Roll Call, is with Miss Henie. LARGER ARMy AUSTRALIA | PREPARES WILLBOOST | DRAFTRATE WARPLANS 'Defense Mechanism SefUp at Cabinet Meeting- Blockade Studied | MELBOURNE, Australia, Dec. 5.— 4 i An important defense decision was WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.—A sharp taken by the Australian War Cab- }Aplurn in the rate of Selective Serv- jnet at jts meeting today but of- ice inductions was pr(‘edicted today ficials did not reveal the nature of because of the Army’s announced the step and emphasized that it does plans to expand its land and air pnot mean war is inevitable. strength by some 2,000,000 officers An Australian broadcast quoting and men begining shortly after the | the Melbourne Herald said the cab- 10lidays. _|inet planned “to complete an elabor- Officials expect dra_ft boards will gte and complicated mechanism be called on to provide recruits in | which can be set in motion by serv- larger numbers than at any time in | jce chiefs if war should come to the previous months, while at the same | pacific. This mechanism not only time efforts will be intensified w;auects the disposition of ships, accelerate three-year enlistments in | planes and troops over a vast area the Army Air Corps and its related pyt also imposes great changes on branches which are manned by |the home front.” specifically qualified volunteers. The broadcast said defense against B TN | a possible blockade of Australia was Germ a “ I s considered at the meeting. INTERIOR By Cydlist FUR RING Two Millionmre Men and | Officers to Be Called fo Colors After Holidays Toys for British Children Sally Ferguson, ten-year-old stage actress, is receiving a bouquet from George Woolf of the British War Relief Society’s Christmas Gift shop in New York for selling 80 one-dollar gift coupons ‘o members of the cast of “Lady in'the Dark,” the Gertrude Lawrer e play in which she is featured. The proceeds will be used to provide toys for children in England. Unde Sam Sels Big "Bear Trap” fo Calch All Forgetful Debtors jcrawled up to around 5,000, while settlements are being made at the rate of only 600 a nfonth. At that, Uncle Sam may forgive his debt-|the United States is no slouch at o . 4 collecting its bad debts from in- o .b\!t I;;l d“G(""[. lror‘:et 1‘]:‘[‘;::idividuals and corporations. From ver in the “General ACCOUDUBB|, pa)r million to a million dol- Office are ten clerks who do noth- rolls-iinto the federal By JACK STINNETT WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.—Capital ors How Reds Leave Guns for the Nazis 3 of a Red army field gun left behind 1 looks like a banana peel, and the Red artillerist who did the job appears to know what sabotage means. CompanySays 'A. J. Closing RumorlsFalse ! intendent Stymies Re- ports of Suspension Widespread reperts that the Al- aska Juneau Gold Mining Company is contemplating closing its opera- tions here were blasted today by | General Superintendent J. A. Wil- liams, who termed the reports as | “nothing but rumor and not true.” | However, Mr. Williams pointed out, many persons unacquainted with the company have given cur- rency to the rumor and for that (reason it seemed advisable to ac- | quaint the public with the true facts. Williams added that the mine is {“about 100 men short” and would |like to see qualified miners, prefer- | ably with families, move to Juneau. Recent action of the company's |board of directors in passing the | quarterly dividend, due to increased | operating costs, was blamed by the | superintendent for the rumor. Williams described the labor short- age and high labor turnover as per- (haps the most serious problem now | affecting the company, pointing out that both present production and rdevelopment work for future pro- !ducuon are affected by lack of work- jers. He also listed difficulties in obtaining supplies and materials, increasing prices, direct Federal | taxes and increased indirect taxes as part of the burden which the com- | pany is carrying. | “However, the management has ‘na thought of closing operations as long as it is possible to continue,” i | Williams said, “and we intend to | carry on as long as we can. We are | confident that we will have the full- hearted cooperation of the penple1 Gold Mine General Super- | Nazi Major—Wounded in Paris - Two Bullets | Find Mark in Hip VICHY, Dec. 5.—A German major was wounded seriously last night by | |two pistol shots fired by a cyclist | while pedaling along the Rue de Seine in the Latin quarter of Paris where anti-Nazi attacks flared anew. The German major fell from shots in the hip as the cycliest pedaled | | swiftly away, escaping capture. | IN COURT Investigation of Beaver Pelt Affidavits Signed by Native Children An action which may bring an end to the activities of an alleged fur ring believed by the Alaska Game Commission to have been operating for a number of years to dispose of beaver pelts in ex- cess of the legal bag limit of 10 skins per trapper was started in Federal District Court at Fair- |banks today, according to an an- ing but be sure that the people who owe Uncle Sam money aren't for- gotten. This little division of GAO was started only a few years ago and in its beginnings had only one clerk. Since then, the division hss grewn to such proportions that government employee circles it has acquired the nickname of “the beartrap.” Caught in the trap when it was last run were more than 300,000 persons who owe the government the staggering sum of more than $1,650,000,000. (These ire individual and company debts and have nothing whatever to do with unpaid foreign loans.) |lars a year . of Juneau and Dougl | coffers as result of - | collection poliey. | There's a curious reason behind R the government’s establishment o((ollApSE TWO internment camps and why | {the Italian sailors (interned when OF BRlDGE their ships were seized in Ameri- | can harbors) are held at Fort Ml»-; [Connecticut Span Tosses Workers Into Water- GAO's new DELIVERY OF BIG MESSAGE MADETODAY Nippon Statement Regard- ing Massing of Troops Handed Department SPECIAL ENVOYS GIVE INTERVIEWS Hull Expected fo Inform President of Contents This Afternoon BULLETIN WASHING- TON, Dec. 5-~The Japanese Government has informed Pres- ident Roosevelt that Japanese troops in French Indo-China are there by an agreement with the French Government and their presence is required be- cause of the China menace to the French colony. The Japanese communication declared that the treaty be- tweén Japan and the Vichy Government provided for a “joint defense” in Indo-China and the Japanese troops now there didn’t exceed the number specified in the pact. This statement was released by the State Department this afternoon and is a reply to President Roosevelt's réquest “why Japan is massing troops in Indo-China.” REPLY IS MADE | WASHINGTON, Dec. 5-—Japan’'s |envoys took 26 minutes today to give the State Department their Government's reply to President Roosevelt's query as to why the Japanese troops are being massed in French Indo-China but they withheld any public word as to what the reply was. Ambassador Nomura, asked by veporters whether there would be any future American-Japanese con- ferences, said: | “As far as we are concerned, we are always willing to talk. After all, we are a_friendly Nation.” Special Japanese envoy Saburo Kurusu said merely that nothing definite had been decided and de- clined to go into any details con- | (Continued on Page Six) JAPANESE NATIONALS SUMMONED iNipponese Repatriated as Signs of Trouble with U. S. Increase | TOKYO, Dec. 5.—Repatriation of | Japanees nationals from strategic |areas in the Pacific gained at an | ominous pace today amid signs of deteriorating relations with the | United States and associated pow- | ers, including a new skirmish with the Russians on the Manchoukuo frontier. Emperor Hirohito called an Army section to Imperial Headquarters where it received an audience with General Sugiyama, Chief of the Gen- | eral Staff, who, is was formally announced, reported on “matters in his jurisdiction.” Hirohito alos gave an audiente to the headquarter staff. STOCK QUOTATIONS nouncement by Frank Dufresn¢ NEW YORK, Dec. 5. — Alaska | | Juneau mine stock closed today at |2', American Can T75%, Bethle- {hem Steel 587, Commonwealth and | | Southern 7/30, Curtiss Wright 8%, | | International Harvester 46, Kenne-| cott 33%, New York Central 9%, Northern Pacific 8%, United States | Steel 52, Pound $4.04. | DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today's Dow, executive officer of the commission The court action was signaled by the arrival in Fairbanks yesterday of Webster H. Ransom, Seattle agent of the Fish and Wildlif: Service, who seized 170 beaver skins alleged to have been illegally caught. Star witnesses who will appear in court will include 17 native chil- dren, ranging in age from two to eight years of age, Dufresne Jones averages: industrials 115.90,' ‘luils 27.20, utilities 1597, said, who executed affidavits which (Conttnuer on_Pn‘aa Three) Probably the reason that Uncle's); Germany and Ifaly were arrested | nephews and nieces gave the|in the same harbors, they were| ‘beartrap” - its nickname is lhat:kt'pt far enough apart so that! housands of them have had their|they couldn't even threaten each| fingers nipped in it. Whenever a|other. i ;overnment employe quits, owing| When I asked a government of- the government for extra time off, | ficial who has been connected with | overpayment for expenses, etc., hib;mwrnment of the sailors what rd goes into the file. And if he|made them fight, he shrugged his ever steps into government service |ghoulders and said: “All I can get again (as thousands have since na-|out of them is that they hate each tional defense started), he pays his: other like poison.” debi G, ghee. Paul V. McNutt, Federal Secur- Uncle Sam's debtor list is grow- ity administrator, has started a by leaps and bounds. The av- Al e S—— - erage monthly additions now have (Continued on Page Six) |least teen soula, Mont., and the German sail- Many Hurt, Missing tors at Fort Lincoln, N. D. That reason—and the only one HARTFORD, Conn, Deec. 5—At three men were killed, nine- —Is that the government doesn't more injured, and an unde- jdare keep these sons of the Axis {powers together because they constantly fight. termined number of others missing because a section of the new $1,- 900,000 Connecticut River Bridge, Even in transporting them, al- though many seamen from both connecting Hartford and East Hartford, collapsed. S /10/1»_72 ng _\ba;.i Ll The fall of the section tossed the men ninety feet into the water, in- juring and seriously hurting many. - e — BUY DEFENSE STAMPS