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The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-21

WASHINGTON = There was a good reason why Lord Beaverbrook, dynamic Minister of Supply, listed tanks as the No. objective of his visit to the United States. He flew over largely to try to persuade our Army chiefs to lend-lease him the major share of our growing output.
 There is sharp division in the Army over this. Armored unit com manders have been champing at the bit for the tanks now beginning to roll of assembly lines. They need the equipment not only to train their men and officers but to keep up morale - which sags when modern war machines are missing or simu- lated.
 Buck priYates to generals have griped over being forced to play at soldering This was one of the main causes for the strong senti- ment among citizen soldiers against extension of their years service. They could raise no enthusiasm for continuing to train without equip ment.
 On the other hand, the General Staff believes that it is far more vital to the IMMEDIATE security of the U. S. to let our tanks and other armament help hold off the Nazls 5000 miles from our shores.
 The strategists contend that u S. tank is performing infinitely more valuable service knocking out Nazls on the torrid deserts of North Africa, or the bloody steppes of Russia, than using up oil in a training camp m Texas. They favor sending most or our new tanks to Britain for the present. and Beaverbrook's mission is to clinch that argument.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-21
President Tells Congress of Declarations Made at Churchill Conference STRICT PRINCIPLES
 LAID DOWN AT TALK
No Compromise Must Be Considered- in
 World Object Sought

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.-Presi- dent Franklin D. Roosevelt, report ing to Congress on his meeting with British Prime Minister Win ston Churchill, said the declaration of principles agreed upon were so clear they would be difficult to oppose without automatically ad- mitting willingness to accept a compromise with Naziism'
 These principles, the President added in his brief special message to Congress, would also be hard to oppose without admitting willing ness to agree to world peace which would give to Naziism, domination over large numbers of conquered nations inevitabie.' M
 The President said peace would be gift to Naziismto take breath,
 fCopti,,,tcd 0r poue CaUpnl
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-21
Great Sea Base Attacked by Artillery Also
 Stukd Dive Bombers
LENINGRAD ExpE(TED
 TO BE CAPTURED NOW
Fiqht 10 Death Threat of Soviets Challenged by German Hordes
tBY ASSOCIATED PREss)

tbI ASSOCiA1ED TREoct
 Hitler's High Command today re- ported that German troops have smashed the three main bulwarks of Leningrad's outer defense sys- tenn.
 Russians, also, acknowledged the city is in dread danger of falling to the Nazis.
 Death Fight Challenged
 Challenging the official Russian order for a fight to the death to defend the city, the Berlin radio declared today that If the city is defended 1t will suffer the same fate meted out to Warsaw, which was largely destroyed by Nazi Stu- kas and siege guns when the Poles refused to surrender.
 Russ Confidence
 The northwest command of the Red army admitted that Leningrad is under direct threat of attack" but the Russians expressed confi- dence the city's defenses, with an estimated garrison of a million men, will hold on.
 On the southern front, Russia's great seaport of Odessa is reported aflame after being blasted by Ger man artillery and Stuka dive bombers.
 Novgorod Captured
 The German high command also reported that Nazi troops, storm ing toward Leningrad from the south, have captured the ancient walled city of Novgorod, 100 miles below Leningrad, in bitter fighting.
 Berlin also claimed the capture of Narva, 81 miles southwest If Leningrad, and of Kingisepp, the rail gate to Leningrad. 25 miles further east.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-21
Honest Farmer" Is Now Revealed; He Gives Out
 Diff TiI|er's Platform

think the price of milk should be in your territory"
 "One cent more" answered the dairyman, with only second hesitation.
 "One cent more than what?' asked the puzzled lawyer.
 "One cent more than whatever it is anytime said the farmer.
 The story has seeped into Con- gress. Out on the Hill, they tell it over and over-and call it The farmers platform NOT so SECRET WEAPONS
 Information and hints that the British, the Russians, etc, are us-
 (Continued on, Page SiD
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-21
6,00o JEWS
 R0UNDEDUp
 BY GERMANS
Police Swoop Down in Pdris-TraveIIers Also
 Stopped on Roads

VICHY, Aug. 21. The French and German police have arrested 5000 Jews in Paris in a roundup, according to advices reaching here.
 The roundup includes persons suspected of opposing German troops, even in unoccupied France.
 Police have also stopped travel lers on the roads and examined their papers but no arrests have been made on these occasions.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-21
H. JakkuIa
 Passes Away

ASTORIA, Ore, Aug. s21.-Heniy Jakkula, 57, United States Mar shal in the Yukon in the gold rush days, died here yesterday. He had engaged in fishing and trapping in Alaska during recent years and was an influential member of the Alaska Fishermen's Union.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-21
By JACK sTINNETT

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2l.--Around Capital Town:
 Over at the Department of Agri- culture they have a favorite story about the honest farmer It's supposed to be true and on the record but I won't vouch for that. It goes like this:
 In New York state, the govern ment was conducting an investiga- ton into milk prices. They called a dairy farmer to the stand from the upstate New York milk shed After routine preliminary questions. the attorney for the government asked. MT. Blank, what do you
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-21
Warship of
 British in
 Drydotk
Aircraft Carrier IIIusfrious Being Repaired in
 American Port

NEW YORK. Aug. 21-Tne Brit lsh News Service announces that the battle scared aircraft carrier Illustrious is now in an American shipyard undergoing repairs.
 The Illustrious was almost des- troyed in Axis plane attacks on January 10 near Sicily ard again at Malta where she had taken ref uge.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-21
LIEUTENANT E KILLED, CRASH
 OF HIS PLANE

WINDSOR LOCKS, Conn, Ang. 2l-Second Lieutenant Eugene Bradley, "A, was killed this after noon in the first plane crash at the air base here.
 Officials of the air base said Bradley failed to come out of a routine dive.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-21
BRITISH NEED

The British need for tanks, par ticularly for the latest type, 32-ton medium tanks, is extremely urgent.
 It was lack of these that caused the rout in Greece and prevents the British from taking the offensive in Libya and on the continent. Also, without medium tanks the British would be in desperate straits should Hitler make his feared overland
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-21
MRS. RIGGS RETURNS

Mrs. Elizabeth Riggs returned to Juneau on the steamer Aleutian this morning after trip to the south.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-21
SHOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, Aug. 21. Y Closing quotation of American Can today is 82H, Anaconda 28ls, Bethlehem Steel 681a, Commonwealth and Southern $, Curtiss Wright g, In- ternational Harvester 53M, Kenne- colt 38lA, New York Central 12 3/4, Northern Pacific 71k, United States Steel 56%. Pound $4.03h.
 DOW, JONES AVERAGES
 The following are today's Dow, Jones averages: indrstrials 12599, rails 30.2l, utilities 1925.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-21
EARL FLAKNE ARRIVES

Earl Flakne, nephew of Joseph T. Flakne, arrived here this morn ing on the Aleutian to visit with MT. and Mrs. Flakne for short time.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-21
Roosevelt Tries Hand,
 SfrikeCase
President Holds Confer enees Today in KedrnY
 Shipbuilding 1ie-up
BY ASSOCIATED pREss)

A second conference with Fed eral Shipbuilding and Drydock Company officials is scheduled by President Roosevelt late today in an effort to end the two weeks old strike at the plant at Kearney, N. J.
 President Roosevelt conferred this morning with L. H. Korndorf, President of the company and My ron Taylor, former Board Chair man of the United States Steel, parent firm.
 RETURNS TO KETCHIKAN
 Mrs. Ralph Bartholomew, who has been visiting here, left on the Alaska for her home in Katchikan
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-21
DOW, JONES AVERAGES

BUY DEFENSE BONDS
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-21

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The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-21

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The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-31

here still not to have said his last
word. The remaining half stands
somewhere in the Libyan coastal
area into which the British now
push on.
For obvious reasons the British
themselves have never revealed
their strength in this war theater
but it is common knowledge that
in their major victories they have
always outnumbered the Italians.
Bengasi, the apparent next OBJ
jective of a 40-day offensive that
has driven the Italians first from
Egypt and then from one crumbled
fortress to another across eastern
Libya, lies $50 miles still further
to the west. 5
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-31
|DERNA IS OCCUPIED
BY BRITISH TROOPS
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Continued From Page One)
rounded and from the first day OF
the general attack, when British
armored forces racing from lob
ruk had reached Derna's outskirts,
the Italians strongly resisted.
The initial clash of tanks went in
British favor, but the Italians re-
tired behind ridges outside the town
and continuously and heavily
shelled the British main forces
massing outside.
These artillery duels were fol-
lowed by two days of heavy ground
fighting.
Show Pluck
Military sources, saying that the
Fascists had shown pluck, re-
marked that they fully expected
further resistance before the Brit
ish could get to Bengasi.
Exactly how many men the 1tal.
ian Marshal Rodolfo Graziani
might have for this effort was not
known here, but informants said
that in view of his series of crush.
ing defeats there could be scarcely
more than 100, 900 first line Italian
troops left in the whole of Libya.
Of these, roughly half are under.
stood to be stationed around Tri.
poll watching French Tunisia,
whose commandments, Gener.
al Maxine Weygand, is presumed
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-31
Holly Ridge Records
Its First Suicide

Holly Ridges first suicide was
recorded yesterday when vii.
liam Allan Hubbard, 40, former
iy Of South Hill, Va, shot him.
self i'll the heart with a shotgun
In a small shack behind the
boarding house his wife was
running in Folkstone, about four
miles from the camp site.
Neighbors heard the shot about
8 o'clock yesterday morning, and
found Hubbard dead when they
arrived at the dwelling. He ar
rived in Folkstone Tuesday after
working three weeks at Camp
Lee in Virginia.
He and his wife leased the
boarding house before Christ
mas. No apparent reason for tine
suicide was found. Neishbors
said he had been drinking a
little.
Only his wife, formerly Man.
ME Hatcher, of Mount Olive, sur
wives.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-31
nKEE IS CLEARED
U N COUNTY COURT
r,on,as Crabtree Given u
Months for Drunken and
Hit.and-Run Driving

u,.,oas Mckee, city employe
l l':.a at 5O7 Bladen street.
1s'D' .couitted yesterday in re-
vas ,,r ~ court of drunken driving
fD' arising from an automo-
's !, sccident Jan. 6 at the intersec-
. tnr Of wrightsville avenue and
Aa ,[.ree was alleged in a COM
wv .isned by Ralph Horton OF
aIa a-ry avenue. TO have b e e n
'D -.+ino a city-owned truck
op' under the influence of in
,.+eating liquor. Testimony Of a
',.,;ciap and Charles H. Casteen'
p D.:s+snt chief of police, that Nc
r ss vas not in an intoxicated con-
'.;,r Immediately after the acct
n.t was presented TO Judge Al
dsn'' ennon Mayor T. E. Cooper
ton other city officials appeared
al snu ,baracter Witnesses for Mckee:
as rsonas Newton Crabtree, of 425
c,nnel Hill street, Durham, re-
Cndp. % months on the roads on
esirvs Of drunken and hit-and-
c'al 5riving with damages to prop
run resulting. Defendant was
e s.snted a /. day stay of judgment
sr an appearance bond of $3.50
"q Tbo Ease of William Bostic, alias
"pnneve" charged with assault
,-+b a deadly weapon with serious
.rias resulting, was continued
, m February 7 under $500 bond.
Dl Carl Joyner was bound over I'M
dor $3.50 bond for trial at the next
,riminal term of New Hanover
s,,nerior court after probable cause
n,as found during e preliminary
bearing on charges of larceny and
receiving.
,1ovner is chrged with the lar
conv If a 1892 model V-8 Ford
coach. valued at $3.50, the proper
w Of W. L. Gore. and parked at
Fourth and Harnett streets on
January Is.
IS. Tilden. of Winter Park, was
found not guilty of charges of
reckless driving with damages to
personal property resulting.
Frank Joseph Gross, Jr., of Del
CO., was found not guilty of charges
of fast and reckless driving, but
was fined $40 and taxed with the
costs on charges of improper muff-
Ter, brakes, and lights.
Trial of R. H. Lewis, alias
Slim" of 221l Chestnut street,
charged with assault on a female,
was continued until February 3
under 500 bond.
w., 7. Swain, of 5l1 Maple street,
Elizabeth City, was fined $40 and
taxed with the costs on charges of
speeding. Case of Levi Baldwin,
Of Leland, charged with reckless
driving, was continued until Feb
ruary 6 under $3.50 bond.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-31
ARE HURT
IN TRUCK CRASH
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ing in the opposite direction when
the mishap occurred on highway "a
in Brunswick county, about 200
yards east of the Columbus county
line, officers said.
The two machines sideswiped, left
the highway, and ran into the ditch.
with heavy damages resulting, after
Cheek had attempted to pass another
a while the gasoline transport YVES
approaching, officers said.
Neither of the machines overturn-
ed. Cheek and Lashley received
treatment for their injuries at James
Walker Memorial hospital.
Cucumbers may be forced to
t'ow straight by slipping a glass
tube over them when they are
small. 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-31
Many Nurses Respond
To Listing Campaign

Numerous responses to the drive
that is being conducted locally to
secure a list of all graduate nurses.
active or inactive. was reported
here yesterday.
Members of the North Carolina
Nurses association living in dis
trlct 9 ask that all graduate nurses
whether active or inactive, send in
their names to the Wilmington
registry, 507 North Fifth street,
or to Miss Edna L. Heinzerling,
executive secretary, AS CONNER
clal building, Raleigh.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-31
GIVES %ORPHANAGE Sc, 900

BARIUM SPRINGS, Jan. 3o.-R
Franklin Avery Sheriff. of States
VILE has given the Presbyterian
orphans Home here S., 900 for a
printing office and shoe shop build
ing in memory of his wife the
late Mrs. Jennie White onerill. S
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-31

when used according to directions
indicated on each package. we
think you'll agree that BIC" works
last and relieves in a hurry. Also
relieves headaches. muscular
aches and functional periodic
pains. Consult a physician when
pains persist or recur frequently.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-31
PLANS TO RESIGN

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 3O.-R-
DR.. Charles E. Beury, president
OF Temple university since 1886,
announced tonight he will resign
some time after August L." l
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-31
WEATHER
Continued From Page One)

WASHINGTON, Jan. 80. - (R) -
Weather bureau records of temperature
and rainfall for the "a hours ending
s p. m.:
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-11
Americans Arrested
lin NaZi Retaliation

Reuters news agency reported
today that a number of American
citizens and news correspondents
were arrested today in Germany
Reuters quoted DNB, German
news agency, as announcing:
AS a reprisal for President
RoOsevelt's order, which is con-
trary to international law, for
the arrest of German press cor
respondents and Italian and
German nationals in the United
States, North American press
men and number of North
American nationals were ar
rested I'm Germany today"
(In Washington the state de-
partment revealed that the Ger
man embassy had been in
formed that st was hoped" a
number of German newspaper
correspondents detained by the
Federal Bureau of Investigation
would be released after the FBI
had concluded its investigation.)
(In New York MIC an
.nounced 1t had been advised by
its Berne. Switzerland, CORE
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-11
STRATEGY FAILS

The statement said that escort
ng destroyers Immediately went
10 the rescue OF the two warships
and have arrived in Singapore,
crowded with survivors"
ct appears" the statement
continued, "that Admiral Phillips
undertook a thoroughly sound
offensive.
THE ships reached the right
point at the right moment and
in every respect were suited to
the task assigned to them. They
proceeded on the basis that
clouds, which were extremely
low. would afford effective pro-
lection Of the offensive stroke
which was being made.
But a lift in the clouds en-
abled the movements Of the
ships to he discerned. and on the
way back conditions became
favorable for an air attack.
I'VE cannot give any gIaran-
tee that ships will not have To
engage without protection from
aircraft carrier or shore-based
aircraft. My information Is that
what was done was rightly and
wisely done"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-11
Urge JobIess Enroll
For Defense Tasks

Apprentice seamen and radio
operators will be enrolled by all
the Offices Of the Michigan I'm
employment Compensation Com
mission and will be given free
training, during which they will
be paid, for ultimate service in
the merchant marine, Wendell
Lund. executive director of the
commission announced today.
Lund also appealed TO unem-
ployed workers who possess any
skill disable in defense industries
TO register at once with the COM
mission so they can be placed IN
inhS
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-11
Congress Swept
By Demand for
Airf|eet
O'Mahoney Calls Plane
Defense Most important
Asks Network Of Bases
BY PHILLIPS j. PECK

Intl news service Sthu correspondent
WASHINGTON, Dec. IL. - AS
result of the death blows rained
on huge battleships from the air,
a demand swept through Congress
today that the United States build
the mightiest air fleet on earth.
Many members declared that
Japanese successes in the Pacific
forecast diminishing Importance of
large naval battle wagons, and
placed additional emphasis on air
power.
Coupled with the demand for
[ r m e ndouS American offensive
air power was an equally insistent
demand for strengthening the ma
tons air defense 10 the point that
the country would be virtually
impregnable to air attack.
NETWORK OF BASES
Senator OMahoney CD of Wy
oming, urged expansion of the
more than S8,000,000,000 supple
mental defense appropriation bill
now before a Senate appropria-
tions subcommittee TO provide for
nationwide network of air bases.
OMahoney declared that the
sinking of the British battleship
Prince of Wales and the battle
cruiser Repulse lis clear proof that
the air arm is the most necessary
and vital arm of offense and de-
Tense
ut IL incumbent on Congress
to put in immediate effect a COM
pIete and all inclusive program
of air Defense" he said. I'm July
a year ago, 1 urged the full APP
preparation requested by the
civil aeronautics authority for
the building of auxiliary airfields.
because 1 knew that no air force
would be completely effective
unless IL has fields from which
to arise"
I03 LANDING FIELDS
1.-THE appropriation was cut
down in 1910. 1t In clear now
that the fullest authority be
granted in the appropriation bill
which has come from the House.
THE bill authorizes lOS land
ing fields. The CAA believes
that there ought to be 2S9 adj
ditional fields and that, with
construction expanded, our air
forces would be able to provide
certain and adequate defense"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-11

forget. / was barely able TO keep
myself afloat. / could no longer
see the others who had jumped in
with me.
A feeling Of numbneSs came
over me and | would have persisted
except for the fact that a naval
rescue ship sighted me and petty
officer jumped overheard and
roped me aboard his boat. He was
Eric Monaghan of Edinburgh. the
British navy's youngest petty Of
ficer.
Along with the other survivors.
/ was brought back to Singapore.
As / write this dispatch | am try
ing 10 recover from terrible fa-
tigue, as are the others who were
rescued.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-11
1000 i'm Crews Saved
On British WarShipS
BY CHARLES A. SMITH
IntJ New. Service stan Correspondent

Ia suffer very considerable
punishment, but we shall de-
fend ourselves everywhere with
utmost vigor I'm close co-Opera-
ton with the United States and
the Netherlands navy.
WORST BLOW IN HISTORY
mo one can underrate the
gravity of the losses inflicted on
the United States or under
rate the length Of time II will
take to marshal the great forces
necessary I'm the Far East for
an absolute victory.
'In our whole experience we
do not remember any naval blow
so painful as loss of the Prince
of Wales and the Repulse.
I'VE cannot doubt now that
10000, 900 people In the United
States have bound themselves 10
this war and that once they get
settled down and bend them
selves to IL rs their main pur-
pose In life the flow of munitions
and aid Of every kind will vastly
exceed anything that could be
expected at present
But meanwhile we must ex-
pect the volume Of American
supplies TO Britain and the de-
gree OF help from the United
states navy to be reduced :.
The gap must and can only he
filled by our own efforts"
AIR FORCE WEAK
Pointing out that China has de
cided TO declare war on Japan
Germany and Italy, the Statement
cotinued:
THE naval power Of Britain
and the United States was
largely superior 10 that OF the
combined Axis. but no one can
underrate the gravity OF the
losses inflicted at Malaga or Ha-
wall or the power Of the new
antagonist who hs fallen upon
Us.
1T was impossible for shore
based aircraft 10 give support to
the Prince Of Wales and Re-
julse because attacks were made
on their airdromes.
I'VE sent all the aerial rein
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-11

LONDON. Dec. 11.-Admiral
Sir Tom Phillips. communicating
chief of the British Far Eastern
feet, is missing as a result OF the
japanese attack that sank the bat
tleship Prince of Wales and the
battle cruiser Repulse of Malaga
Prime Minister Churchill an
nounced today.
Can official British announce
rnent issued IN Singapore stated
that more than 1000 survivors had
been rescued from the two war
ships.
This number would be approx
mately two-thirds the total COM
elements Of the two ships.
"a British radio broadcast heard
by CHS said the commander of the
Repulse. Capt. w. G. Tenant, was
reported among the survivors.
CAN correspondents aboard the
Prince of Wales and Repulse were
rescued. il was said.
At least seven japanese aircraft
were destroyed in the attack on
the two vessels. IL was reported.
Churchill's statement said:
Loss of life aboard the Prince
OF Wales and Repulse was not
as heavy "a first feared, but Ad-
miral Phillips Is missing.
1.-THE Prince OF Wales and Re-
pulse were sunk by repeated
attacks by bombers and torpedo
aircraft.
There IL no reason 10 sup
pose any new weapons or eN-
plosives were employed.
ATTACKED IN WAVES
There were two high level
attacks, and three waves OF
torpedo aircraft.
THE attacks on the Prince Of
Wales and Repulse were de-
livered with skill and determine
tion. There IL no reason 10
suppose they employed bombs
or torpedoes of exceptional size.
I'VE cannot discuss the re-
sulting Far East or Pacific
situation or the measures which
must he taken.
'1t may well be we shall have
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-11
u. 5. Releases Funds
For Jap Aides Here

WASHINGTON. Dec. IL QNS)
The state department said today
that japanese funds in the United
States. frozen since July, would
be released to the extent neces-
sary to provide food and other
necessities for the personnel OF
the Japanese embassy and consul
lar establishments throughout the
country. Arrangements have been
made. the department said, ION
strictly reciprocal basis.