The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 17, 1941, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEW'S ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, WLDNESDAY DECEMBER, 17, I94I U.S. SUBMARINES IN ACTION IN PACIFIC NAZIS ADMIT WITHDRAWAL VOL. LVIIL, NO. 8907, INQUEST IN 'BANDY DEATH TOMORROW Local Woman Tells of Af-| tempt on Her Life by Juke Box Operator The break-up of a rocky ro- mance brought death to one per- son and the alleged attempteu killing of a second here last nlght.‘ Dead is John Bandy, local juke | box operator, apparently the vic« tim of a self-inflicted gunshot | wound through the head with a .32 calibre revolver. Investigation | of the death by Deputy U. S. Mar- shal Walter Hellan, and Police Chief Ken Junge, this morning in- dicated that Bandy's death fol- lowed an attempt by him on the life of Rose LaRue, at her home, 835 West Eighth Street. Miss LaRue will testify at a cor-| oner's inquest into the Bandy death . in the office of U. S. Commissioner Felix Gray at 10 a.m. tomorrow morning, it was learned. Jaw Broke in Fight According to the story Miss La- Rue told Deputy Hellan today, she and Bandy had been keeping com- pany until recehtly, when a fight ended woman. She declared that she had talked with Mrs. Mildred Her- mann, local attorney, to bring suit against the music box king for the injury received in the fight, and that since then she hag avoid- | ed Bandy. | At about 20 minutes before mid- | night last night, Miss LaRue said, Bandy came to her home. She said he came to the back door of the. house first, tried the door {ley, one of the members, in a broken jaw for the| and | Inquiry On Two Admirals, Two Gen- erals, Supreme Court Justice on Board ial board appointed by the Presi- dent to investigate the surprise Japanese attack on Hawaii met in Secretary of War Stimson’s office this morning to6 organize and dis- cuss procedure but broke up after half an hour. Board members said they would make no comment until all mem- bers were present. Admiral Stand- had not yet arrived in Washington. Others on the board include Maj. Gen. McCoy, Brig. Gen. McNar- ney, Rear Admiral Reeves and Su- preme Court Associate Justice Owen J. Rohcrts SABOTAGEIN BOLIVIALAID - TONAZIPLOT Plan fo Prevent Export of Metals fo U. S. Included Wrecking of Railroads BUENOS, AIRES, Dec. 17. — A kicked at it, demanding entrance.| German plot to halt the export Miss LaRue declared she tried :oi'of Bolivian metals to the United run out the front door, but that States by sabotaging railways run- Bandy ran around the house and |ning to the Chilean ports of Arica threatened to kick a window out and Antofagasta has been thwart- if he was not admitted. | This time, Miss LaRue turned! and ran out the back door, headed ! for the house of her neighbor Anna Zuboff, to telephone police, she said. As she told authorities she heard the (Continued on Page_ st) J ~ihe My d | ‘WASHINGTON — Overnight this town has changed. Washington was| a boom town one week; now it's a war town. The change is pamy! a matter of visible things, partly( things that are felt without heing. seen . Khaki-clad soldiers, wn.h} tin hnl..s and bayonets, patroling two abreast between the White House and the State Department . Darkness over the Capitol dome, where searchlights are blacked out, for the duration . .. A Jam of volunteers for Civilian | Defense . New flags delivered at Civilian Defense headquarters, two for LaGuardia’s car, two for| Mrs. Roosevelt’s car, six for the motorcyéles . . . The residence of German correspondent Kurt Sell is raided at night and Sell is taken ..into custody by F.B.I Though the Department of Com- merce deals with such innocuous subjects as census figures, its great steel doors are locked, and guards demand credentials at the main entrance . . . Women fliers of Am- erica call a hurried meeting to speed up plans for training . An extra detail of police strolls on the south grounds of the White . House, last trampled by egg-rolling Easter crowds, In his press copference, the President’s voice is so grave and low that a newsman calls out, “Louder, please” . . . Four plain- clothesmen, in two cars, sit parked all day on Waterside Drive, where the bank rises sharply on the back garden of the Japanese Embassy 2 . Even Falla, the President’s . Scottie, feels the change, for the K (Continued on Page Four) | contendere to three ed, according to information ceived here. It also was learned the Bolivian | government has imposed a rigi i censorship, but whether this iscon- re- left the house she|nected with the report of the Nazi | i plot is not made clear. - 'Nazl Cartel Is Dissolved by U. S. Action Four Corporations Enter| Consent Decrees-0f- fer No Defense WASHINGTON, Dec. 17. — The Justice Department today an- nounced actions in Federal Court in Newark, N. J., which officials| said would open a Latin America- | United States chemical industry | without interference by the Ger-| man cartel arrangements, " Two consent decrees were hlrd the department said, to accomplish | this and also to dry up one source | of financing Nazi agents. The decrees were entered by four | corporations and five of their of- ficers, all of whom pleaded nolo informations | law violations. | an aggregate of | | anti-trust fined alleging They were $54,000. e HANGIN' 'ROUND HELENA, Mont., Dec. 17. — The officer who was sent to investigate .la report that a “man was hanging on a lamp post at Edwards and Main streets,” returned with the information that “the fellow was | just a little tired. I sent him to a | hotel for a real rest,” the omoer‘ added. i o INSPECTOR GOES SOUTH | customs i Bill Nelson, Canadian inspector stationed at Tulsequah, B, C., has gone south for a vaca- tion in- southern British Columbia. He came here by plane. s e BUY DEFENSE BONDS Jap Atack REVERSES IN Gels Starf RUSSIAN WAR WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.—A sp&-; | | | OF ITALIAN TROOPS SEEN Reds Claim Invaders Are lalian Submarine from in Headlong Flight- | Libya fo Homeland Sunk Kalinen Recaptured —General Is Missing (BY ASSOCIATED PRE (BY ASSOCIATED PRE Russla today proclaimed a series| On the North African of smashing new victories in the|d8y, British headquarters reported war with Germany for the first|heavy British pressure now time since Hitler's command wi being maintained on the left flank acknowledged the German invasion [Of Hitler's battered desert armies. armies are “shortening their lines”| The British said new progress along the Soviet front in perhaps the gloomiest Nazi communique of the entire war. Giving the German people at| least an inkling that the tide of| conquest has been thrown into reverse, the German command re- ported that “in the course of the transition from aggressive opera- tions to stationary warfare in the| winter months, necessary improve- | ment involving shortening lines | ' AR now is being systematically under- |taken on various sectors of the| eastern front.” Jap Warships Soviet dispatches, however, pic- | tured the Germans' in headlong | laylng Selge storms in the past 24 hours A hint the Italians may already be pulling out of North Africa cropped up in a communique re- ing Italian General Lami and 19 other military officers from Libya | to Italy was sunk Mediterranean. The General not among the 53 survivors. was flight and-by no means affecting A strategic withdrawal. A Moscow communique dcclm‘('d “the fleeing cnemy is being pur- | sued and annibilated by our troops.” Red Army soldiers recaptured strategic Kalinin, 95 miles north- west of Moscow, and said they | found Nazi-built plank beds and houses throughout the Kalinin zone, indicating- the Germans “evi- dently were intending to spend the winter there.” fifications Strong - Lon- | don Continues Gloomy (By Associated Press) front to-| To Hongkongf iColony Dlspakh Says For-| Atfack Made, Johnson Isle, ButIs'Weak' | Navy Maka)ffi(ial An- nouncement Regarding | Action in Pacific WASHINGTON, Dec. 17. — The Navy Department announced today that no injuries occurred to the personnel during the Japanese at- |tack on Johnson Island which was reported late yesterday, The Navy Department’s state- | ment described the action of the Japanese forces as ‘'weak.” FIRST CITY BOY KILLED INJAPRAID Irving Thor;phso'n,- Gradu- ated from Academy Last | June, Among Victims KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Dec. Ensign Irving Thompson, 22, son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Thompson of Ketchikan, was killed in the line of duty when Japanese bombers sank | {the U. 8. S Arizona, on which he | was staioned at Pearl Harbor, his | parents have been informed by the Navy Department, Young Thompson, who was gmd- uated from the Naval Academy at, Annapolis last June, grew up in Ketchikan and was prominent in| activities of Ketchikan High School. He was graduated from the high school with high lastic honors in 1935. He was appointed to the Naval Academy by Delegate An- 17— | thony J. Dimond. The Navy Department said Thompson was killed. on Sunday, | December 7, in the surprige Japan- ese attack on the Hawallan navy base, - BUY DEFENSE STAMPS |low 21 Japanese warships, bombers and {land batteries today were reported violently pounding seige-bound Hongking. A Reuters dispatch said Japanese is | was registered despite fierce sand- ! porting a Fascist submarine carry- | | in the central | | | { { | | MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS BATAN m Axp g JOLY] ! i W %w forces seized the Portuguese island | of Macao, 45 miles southwest of Hongkong, while London quarters appeared gloomy over the propect of Hongkong holding out. The latest dispatches from the island itself reported Americans Ithere are “all right,” and declared the colony's fortifications are “strong enough to resist all attempts at invasion.” ?REBUKE IS HANDED To Make Successful Aflacks‘§ HOUSE (OM. McCormack Sla ps Those|, Turning Down Pro- posals of FDR WASHINGTON, Dec. 17— Housc| Demceratic leader John W. McCor- mack of Massachusetts, today re- buked the House ilitary Com- mittee and asked the Representa- lives to approve of the legislation |that will require military training | for men rather sive. Criticizing the committee for re- Jecting the request of the President land War Department of men be- to be inducted into the military service, McCormack said: from 19 to 44 inclusive, than from 21 to 44 inclu- |“We cannot have too many leaders in this crisis. I cannot accept the | invade, CHINESE PRESS ON JAPANESE on Nippons-Relieve Hongkong Pressure CHUNGKING, Dec. are reported to have de- ered successful attacks from the to besieged Hongkong and compelling the Japancse Lo |shift reinforcements to cope with {the Chinese threai in the rear of e Tamshui arca. Tamshui arca is abcut 28 miles north on the mainland from the conquered Kowloon Peninsula {and on the Canton-Kowloon rail- | road Information also received declares Japan's conquest of Kow- i | noith { thus | 100n was at a high cost of mechani- cal equipment which was destroyed by British gunfire. Chinese’ forces are also increas-, ing pressure on other mainland Japanese positions particularly in Checkiang Province, just south of shanghai. Judgement of the committee mem-| bers instead of that of the Presi- dent of the United States and his military adviscrs 4 D STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Dec. 17 — Closing |quotation of Alaska Juneau mine steck today is 17/8, American Can 66, Anaconda 25%, Bethlehem Stecl 58', Commonwealth and Southern 8, Curtiss Wright 8, International Harvester 46, Kennecott 34!, New York Central 7%, Northern Pacific 4%, United States Steel 50%, Pound $4.04. o DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today’s Dow, Jones averages: rails 24.56, utilities 13.80. Auto Tires, Tubes ToBeMade Onlyon | Top Defense Orders WASHINGTON, Dec. 17—The Of- tice of Production Management or- ficlals said today that prohibition of the manufacture for sale of auto- |mobile tires and tubes, except to! fill top defense orders, has been extended until the first week in January. PRI 5 When thieves went through the | house of Police Inspector A. L. Hop- | kins in Hongkong, they took not | industrials 10936.‘.on1y silver ornaments but the in-/ |spector’s medals as well, 17—Chinese' here | 2,...“1.‘ |GERMAN- MADE | PLANES BEING USED BY JAPS Aircraft from Relchland Reported in Action in Malaya Flghtmg i | | | | I [ [ LONDON, Dec. | Ministry News Service today de- clared v,m Japanese are using both Messe! '(thll)ldbt, 109 and 110 Ger- man fighting planes in the air bat- tle for Malaya. The Japanesz ported to be manufact planes based on the Mcbscrschmm.l‘ model but there was no indication they possessed plancs made in| Germany. previously were re- uring fighter > oo SCORES KILLED "~ INEARTHQUAKE ~ INS0. FORMOSA TOKYO, Dec. 17—One and 904 persons were kitled and 164] injured this morning in a quake in| Southern Formosa. | This announcement is made by |the Overseas Affairs Ministry. 1t is further anuounced that 612} houses were razed and some dam- | lage done to railways and other| "mmmummuom . PLASIERER TALE | hundred| Dec. 17.—Here is Patrolman Earl Holman's report covering a night call: “A plasterer by name of Harry was so plastered I put his car in garage to keev” him from driving while plastered ‘and to keep him from plastering| | himself against a wall or some- |thing. This was done at requgt of |the plasterer's friends, fellow plas-| terers.” — e — BUTTE, Mont., Philippines Attacked by Japan 1 BLOCKADE OF JAPAN IS BEGUN IndicationU.S. Naval Forces Tightening Web on Mikado's Empire 26 NIPPON PLANES REPORTED DESTROYED 'Shelling of Island of Maui Said fo Be Casual-Not Single Casualty (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) Japan today took alarm at the reported presence of 20 United States submarines operating in Japanese waters even as Admiral Hart, Commander of the Pacific Fleet, announced that American submarines have gone into actiofi for the first time in the conflict and scored a success in two out of three attacks. Jap Planes Destroyed The United States Army Head- quarters in Manila reported that at least 26 Japanese planes were destroyed yesterday at Vigan where the Japanese still maintain one of three toe-holds on Luzon Is- land. | Sea Attack Admiral Hart's cryptic statement did not identify the victims of the American counterblows, whether they were Japanese warships or {merchant eraft or local sinkings. Tightening Blockade It however seems plausible that the United States naval forces are tightening the blockade around the Mikado's densely populated island | empire. Casual Shelling were |Odekirk, Roy Snyder, trmrviine B Above is a splendid map of the main American islands in the Pacific the Nippon forces are attempting to (,hp it out and keep it for reference. JAP FORCES INLANDING ATSARAWAK | Location Is Withm Three B he x| Hundred Miles of Bomb- | ing Range, Singapore (By Associated Press) British headquarters at Singapore today acknowledged Japanese troops have landed .at Sarawak on the northeast coast of Borneo in the | British-protected domain of the famous “white rajah,” $ir Charles i Brooke. Sarawak i5 within 300 miles bombing range of Singapore, N.ru:lrK only 600 miles from Manila. D 'NEW ALASKAN (LUB IS.FORMED AT KODIAK Articles of incorporation for a new Alaskan social organization filed totdlay in the office of Territorial Auditor Frank A. Boyle. Called the Club Montmartre, the| organization will have its head- quarters in Kodiak. Listed among. the aims of the new organization are: “To establish and maintain recreational and s0- :u'|l centers for the use and enjoy-| ment of the residents of Alaska, iwho apply- for, and are admitted as| members of the corporation.” Direclors of the Club Montmartre, all Kodiak residonts, are Clark Jack ~All- man, James H. Peirce. Stewart Nuckols, - VISITS AT VICTORIA It was reported yesterday that Mrs. Frank Boyle returned here with Territorial Auditor Prank A, Boyle recently. Mrs. Boyle is at Victoria, B. C.,, where she is visit- ing with her mother and sister. - BUY DEFENSE STAMPS BUY DEFENSE BONDS i The War Department’s commu- nique from Washington this morn- {ing dismissed the shelling of Ka- hulul on the Hawaiian island of Maui as damaging only the con- pineapple company. Only ten shells were fired, the official communique says, without a single casualty. | In the Philippines In the Philippine war theatre, the War Department reports “no discernible enemy activity during the past 24 hours” and added there was nothing to report from other areas. STRIKES MUST BE CURBED, IS F.D.R.APPEAL President Addresses Con- ference - Declares He Wams Speed Now WAbHIN(J’I‘ON Dec. 17--Presi- Idrnt Roosevelt told labor and |industrial leaders at a ‘conference today to curb wartime strikes now that we are at war. “These have been going on for a long time,” declared the president and he appealed to both sides for an unanimous agreement by Fri- |day night to a plan to speed up de- fense production without hinder- ance. | “I want speed” the - President |said at an Informal address lo the | conferees. — s | | The wattle is the national flower of Australia. pfri0LG 21;,74 Ll Chritdmas