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VOL. LVIIL, NO. 8902. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1941 ~ MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS 'WAR IS DECLARED BY UNITED STATES TODAY ON BOTH GERMANY AND ITALY - ; T[le United States declared war against Germany and lfaly foday as both the Senate and House of Represenfafives met in spe . in a special message fo Congress. The request of the President for war declarations against the Axis powers came swilt upon the against the Unifed States, early this morning. "This morning, De_temlger 11, the German government pursued ifs course of world conques in a declaration of war agains! the United Stales,” the President’s brief message began. "Never hefore has a greater challenge been made fo life, liberty and civilization. Delay will incur greafer danger.” The Halian action was not recognized in the message unfil next fo the last paragraph, then only with the brief statement that: "Italy also has declared war against the United States.” The brief messge ended with a call upon Congress fo "'recognize that a sfafe of war exists between this country and Haly and Germany.” A1 9:31 '(Patifit Slanda[d Time), 20 minutes after convening, the Senate passed a declaration of war against Germany b Jeannette Rankin, Representafive from Montana who cast the lone vofe against the Japanese war declaration Monday, was nof on the floor of the (By Associated Press) House fo cast he ial sessions and hurriedly passed declarations of war requesfed by President Roosevelt announcement from Europe that the two Axis nations had declared a slafe of war yavoleof90100. Af9:35 (PST) reading of the message began on the floor of the House. r vole but waiched proceedings from the gallery. In I'tome, Prerpier Benifo Mus'solini announced this morning that war has been declared against the Unifed States. Later, in Berlin, Adolf Hiler, before the Reichstag, announced fhat a state of war has been de- clared agains! the United Stafes, stafing further that both Germany and Htaly “now come valianly and confidently fo the aid of our Axis partner, Japan.” Mussolini fold cheering crowds in Rome that "it is an honor lo fight fogether with the Japanese.” Hifler declared the war will determine history for hundreds of years fo come. The Duce shouted, in his declara- fion, "'ltalian men and women, once again | fell you, in this great hour we shall be viclorious.” Official comment from many sections was ""so what”" and comment is made that the Eurcpean dictators are offering Japan moral support rather than hen Early Announces Japanese Affack (B16 JAP WASHINGTON — Recently THE WASHINGTON MERRY GO ROUND revealed that the House) Naval Affairs Committee had un- earthed sensational evidence about huge profits being made by ship- Builders, aircraft manufacturers and | other defense firms. Further de- KnudsenSays Speed-Up in | Work Is Vital Must Boos{l;r—odudion on 168-Hour-Week in Five Industries WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 Wil- liam Knudsen put himself on re- cord here today as ready to “work or fight” to maintain a heavy de- fense program in American indus- { any possibility of fighting aid, especially in a big way. EXTRA! 5 Partial Blackouts Starling Frank Metcalf announced at 3:30 o'clock this aftel effective at 5:30 o afternoon and continuing until 7:45 oclock toomrrow morning and Jdor the next three days at least on the same hours, Ju- | JAPANNOW WARSHIP PUT UPON BLASTED AXIS PAN Army Bombers Sink 29,-;Cannoi MaKSeparate 000-fon Haruna Off Peace Until Given Ap- Coast of Luzon proval by Pariners FIRM ITREMENDOUS WAVE OF NAVY CONFIRMS FIRST REPORTS| APPROVAL SWEEPS U.5. tails on this will be unlo!do(; whcr”[ | e ‘} kes public its! try. 3 Ry ik | A it Z 4 B | nuition Naclared e viaiclion | Mat et T | \Enemy Parachutists Seize Churchill Says Democracies Contract _ protiteering, nowever, 0f heavy four-engined bombers| This means no unnecessary | Aipr” at ||igan -War- | Have Better Fleet than lights showing from windows “'won't be the only bomshell in this|must be boosted to 1,000 a month, or entrances to home or apart- report. | The committee also will disclose some startling facts about .labor | jon finances. The committee sent; t questionnaires to 162 AFL and| CIO international unions. So far! 101, or about two-thirds, have re- plied. A digest of their reports re-| veals the interesting fact that these! unions had more than $73,000,000 salted away in their treasuries as; of April 1, 1941. Acquired through fees, per capita! taxes and special assessments, the $73,000,000 represented an increase of about 25 per cent over assets on September 1, 1939. The interna- Xcmn] unions profit to the extent of early $20,000,000 from the defense ‘ogram. “ In other words, these unions, like | the contractors, did right smart for | themselves out of the national em-| ergency. One of the biggest union bene-| ciaries of the defense program, C.OFC twice the present goal He told a press conference that the 168-hour, seven-day work week, | urged by the President, must gdi into effect rapidly as possible in| five more industries. Guns, planes, | tanks, ammunition and shipbuild- ing were the five fields he named.| -ASKS TUNNEL FOR SCHOOL USE Urge Councfllevy Spec- ial Tax and Drive Shaft ments will be permitted. Pull down shades, and then only keep lights in rooms that are neces- sarily occupied. Merchants will douse their lights and only lights over safes or elsewhere necessary will be permitted and these lights must be shaded. Street lights will also be off, also all merchant displaying lighting. This is a voluntary partial blackout and in case of com- plete blackout the siren will give the usual signal. Grim-faced Stephen Early (left), | Japan had attacked United States naval and military bases had been indlicted in the attack on Hawaii. ~ DRAFT BILL FIRE RAZES VOLUNIEERS CROWDING THREE NOME v, Navy Presidential Press Secretary, told reporters in the Pacific. This telemat of Associated Press airmailed to The Empire. FOR WOMEN al the White House that Early said that heavy damage i FOOD GROWERS UNDER CHECK | IN CALIFORNIA Japanese Truck Garden planesBeing Reinforced | WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 — The cinking of the 29,000-ton Japanese battleship Haruna by army bombers Three Pact Signers (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) | Dispatches this afternoon from Tokyo said Germany, Italy and 1Japan have signed a pact pledging cff the northern coast of Luzon in the Philippines was announced to-|the “solemn word” of Japan that Gay by Secretary of War Stimson.|the Nippon Nation will not make Stimson said the Navy Depart-/a separate peace “without complete ment confirmed the sinking, pre-|understanding” by the other two viously reported by the army to|Axis partners and until the com- have been a battleship of the Har- mon war against Great Britain and una class. |the United States is successfuily Determined resistance to Ameri- concluded. can forces, Stimson reported, was | Churchill’s Statement confined to Japanese landings on| 1, rondon, Prime Minister Win- Luzon in the vicinity of Aparri on| .. churchill gravely commented ithe extreme northern tip of thel iy seriousness of the Britisn island. osses From Manila, however, came "_;nnd United States naval I in, b 4 2 |the Pacific but declared confidently ports that Japanese parachutists have seized an airport six miles that the combined shrensnl of the from Iligan on eastern Luzon. two Allied democracies “Is still Stimson sald there were contin-|largely superior to the combined forces of the three Axis powers.” ued attacks by Japanese aircraft g in the vicinity of Manlla yesterday,| In Berlin, Hitler in making the B> the committee report will show, is| . 1 | g the United Mine Workers, bossed | Thr ough Hill to Bowl | | SWASHING BON, Broe 3 — partially against the air flelds near|declaration of war said the “great- by John L. Lewis. | ‘Swamped by patriotic volunteers i Cavite. iest decision of the German people The questionnaire received back| The Juneau Chamber of Com- | ‘;ag” L; help d;(e&d th:n;:country, S ! opera'ors Are '0 Be | stimson declared that losses of |stands before us.” from him disclosed that the UMW merce today was unanimous in urg- | [Army, Navy and Murine Sope, re- i ¥ et 1 . {planes in the attack on Hawali Sun-| Tokyo Forecasts Move BT A ht i elaten nlins Dt ey ks mamedinte | NOME; Alaska, Deg 1 -Mirg .of | arulting stations npughoul ki Rengfl’BilOfl and Classifi- |nVeS||gafed day, although heavy, already are| The two dictators began thelr ATFiL of ‘SACTL(GDAD: Binge' the,|action i driving & banbe! through | EROPn. origin joompletely <de-countey lodey Jepariocaciremm- | o e sy {being replaced. He reported aladdresses almost simultancously stroyed the Lomen Commercial|dous increase in recruits. (ahon of A" Able Bod‘ed | LOS ANGELES, Caw., Dec. 11!flight of four-motored army bomb- about 5 o'clock this morning (Pa- ere has been at least one special| essment, reported to have yielded; another $1,000,000. | the hill behind the public schools, throngh into Evergreen Bowl, to serve the double purpose of emer- In many places extra office per- Company’s large office, dock and| hired to handle the storage buildings here. The fire, which started at 10| crowds of men who stood in line sonnel was Adults Contemplated |—sState and federal authorities to- day launched a wholesale investiga- tion of all Japanese produce grower.s‘ ers arrived at Hawall during the|cific Coast time), but the decision Japanese attack. One plane was of the dictators in declaring war shot down but crews of the remain-!had been forecast from Tokyo when NOTE- Representative Carl Vin-| gency bomb shelter for school chil- ’ el | : i ’ son of eorgia, committee chair-| gren” and thoroughfare from the am., was kept under control by for hours to receive application| wASHINGTON, Dec. 11. — The|in Southern California, including a'ing ships, with only a few moments|ihe Japanese spokesman said yes= man is quietly planning to ‘°l'°w\busines> district into the recrea- dynamiting many smaller buxldings.‘blunm and then take physical ex-|(jed States is studying the thorough check on all food supplies| warning, brought their planes into|ierday that “Japan expects Ger- @p his report with a bill to tax| international unions the same as tional area. the Lomen Company being the only | aminations. property loser. The loss was partly ———————— vroadening of the Selective Serv- ice Act to register and classify all| |coming into the city’s markets. Possible sabotage of the city's various surrounding fields on the . ,many and Italy to declare war on island. Only two of the planes suf-|y,o United States on Thursday to \ ti onstruct the T . ¢ 4 e g o "s'g:mimfi'ml MV-\wx°p:i"b;°Dr° i e sounnel | covered by insurance. | o idtia e and- Woshies: of | {000 Stocks 'by-ygewers) will Delfsred any datiAge: | fulfill the Rome, Berlin, Tokyo al- cally exe: ; PRI J : . guarded against at every hand ———r——— | e o labor organizations. Under rsf:‘immedlawly after its passage Allen rTSf company reported ‘(‘;‘"f‘ C“f;; HE KNows BEST { he nation for “military and mvu-‘fi:;’;f;"‘w:‘g;v:l’m_r:_ L bt o lliance of Totalitarianism ~against ’s bill international unions would|Shattuck moved that a special two : te Kogruk rallrn;d Ang severali jan defense, Brig, Gen. Hershey, | " a i | Democracy.” be taxed but local unions would|and a half mill tax levy be de- g or:.o;:;:;r ‘:‘;”fl" I ! ‘wu-mr of Selective Service, said | In United States continue to be exempted. clared by the city to finance the| o TS NEWS | HASKELL. OKla., Dec. 11.—Flood | ioday. Expl ANA"ON | In Washington, the unanimous tunnel construction, estimated tof -~ lpaILEL . Dec. 11{-7&1”&; Lo-!waters swirled around the home of | He added that of 40,000,000 in | | decision of Congress to fight botlx S s rt owner ' of e men | Moore, 55, for kell | the ahoi e-fourth could | | Gern d Ital; f cost between $20,000 and $30,000. 4 | Stacy oore, 3 rmer Haskell the nation, about one-fou el g many an taly, after taking s ISOLATIONIST TARZAN iThis motion also met with unani. | Commercial Compariy, said today County sheriff, but he spurned res- | cventually be made available to| OCONTO, Wis., I 11. — After | {on Japan, caused a wild hurrah of “yembehmob(;li Cong have many 14,0 approval. he had been notified that fire de-|cuers who dutifully rowed out threc | ihe Army and Navy and said, “we explaining how to detect counter- | | patriotism, loyalty and individual w!umf“”fi'fl;d‘:‘b:m;e Of| “The action came at a Chamber|SUoved the company’s office and|iimes. “If the house goes down,|undoubtedly soon are going to|feit money, secret scrvice agent) /|support that swept the entire Unit- FEt Kanasx whiah gd;““:::;mncheon at the Baranof Hotel, {k:':ex oi_‘"::":z"“ :‘ :""’l‘&-’ :); said|T'll go with it,” Moore shouted. The | consider registration of women.” |John Voss passed around a spuri-| led States and was a unanimous took; and Hepresentaive u;nul‘”’“‘h was crowded with sugges- iy gandr agcenernl 'ca.r oes‘ureason: In Moore’s attic were 90 —————— - - ous $5 bill at a women's club mee'- | verdict of “fight them all and Burdick of North Dakota, who| tionS for defense of the city against|, . .©0 W5 00 B Prom the wim_lwhme leghorn chickens which he 1 ing. p [ {win.” makes a hobby of collecting. hobbies, | "id5 and protection of civilians B e sinios thai ek BAa deliv-‘?admmedly didn’t want to leave H v' H ! A genuine $5 bill was returned AT - —ee However, the oddest hobby of all event of a bombing. ‘e“d tham. Lommr~Stidi At h;alone for fear someone would steal to him. One of the womgn, com- WASHINGTON, Dec. 11—Presi- VANCOUVER BLACKOUTS is claimed by Representative John| COPstruction of the tunnel, 1t . 0= o™ o T e 0“8“ them. ['ULSA, OKla., Dec. 11.—Bert Cov- | baring Dbills and becoming con- dent Roosevelt today sent a cheer-) v o M. Vorys, militant Ohio isolationist| Was Pointed out, was urged here'N nthl I 10, Lo e | i A crt. 18-year-old high school stu- fused, kept the wrong one. Voss|ing message to China’s Generalis-| VANCOUVER, B. C. Dec. 11— and Roosevelt-hater. Vorys' pet!Years ago by R. E. Robertson, at- °"_1€d"m bel;]e h;n :flE" Bx-! According to statistics compiled t, has built an unusual busi- came to the rescue. i*ima Chiang Kai Shek, assuring This city is prepared to go again o Pastime is climbing trees. Weather|lOrmey, as a method of entrance pressed the belief that there willlby The Conference Board cover- He supplies, among other - i him that although the struggle!for the third night on a blackout. permitting he sallies forth in old(m'-o Evergreen Bowl from the | 0 DO food shortage as the army ing about two million wage earn- s hay for hayrack rides in The Department of Comwmerce|against the Axis nations may be|/Both Naval and Army Patrols will and other mercantile companies|ers, the present wave of wage in- ch city folks occasionally in- says that 4,500,000 motor trucks |hard and long, the democracies are be on guard, augmenting the regular (Continved on Page Four) ” (Continued on Page Three) | have large stocks there. lcreases is the fourth since 1933, | culze—behind rented horses move over the nation’s highway: | certain of eventual victory. .fcny Police Force, }