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The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-20
Battle Between Destroyer Kearny and Submarine
 Results in Casualties
ANNOUNCEMENT MADE
 BY NAVY DEPARTMENT
Ten Men Injured While fl Others Are Posted
 As Missing

WASHINGTON. Oct. 20. The National Capital City was jolted today by the news that the torpedo that hit the United States destroyer Kearny last Friday morning took a toll of 21 casualties, 10 injured and II listed as missing, but believed dead.
 [ The Navy formally Identified the attaclSer as q submarine, undoubt- ! fedly a German" First Loss, Personnel
 This detail official announcement monientarily ogefshadowed the un- looked for disclosure that the Att iantic fleet has sustained the first personnel loss when torpedoing of the new 1630-ton destroyer was first made known last Friday and with the announcement mo casualties are indicated although the ship was damaged"
 Men Believed Trapped
 Last night the Navy Department received further information that the wounded Kearny had made her way to an undisclosed port and re- ported casualties of character that would result from an encounter be- tween the Kearny and submarine.
 Missing Are Dead
 Informed quarters write of the missing as dead, expressing the be- lief the men were either blown out of the ship when the torpedo ex- ploded, or else were trapped when the watertight bulkheads closed after the ship was hit.
 Bare Chance, Survival
 Men acquainted with construction of destroyers assert that some of the missing men might have been trap ped in the flooded engine room com- partment with bare chance of sur- vival.
 One Navy official said persons familiar with a destroyer could readily identify the battle stations to which the men probably were when the torpedo stuck but he de- clined to volunteer information, however, since four of the missing are firemen and three watermen.
 The belief is that one of the Rear ny's engine rooms was hit.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-20
HIGH NAzI
 OFFICIAL I5
 SHOT DOWN
Gen. HoItz, Commander of Ndnfes Region, Assds-
 sindted, viehy Street

VICHY, Oct. 20-General Holtz, German Commander of the Nantes region of Occupied France, was shot to death today in the center of the city.
 Two men lay in wait along the street Gen. Holtz passed on his way to his office.
 Gen. Holtz is the highest German officer yet attacked in the wave of terrorism throughout the occupied zone.
 One report said Gen. Holz suffered both pistol and shotgun wounds and fell to the street shortly after 8 o'clock this morning before a blaze of firing that shattered the Monday morning quiet along the Cours Saint Pierre in front of the Saint Pierre Church.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-20
SHIP ARkING BILL TO GET
 SHORT SHIFT
Senate Committee Starts Hearing tomorrow
 Gag Rule"

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20. = With opponents crying ''gag rule" the Senate Foreign Relations Committee has voted 12 to 9 to hold closed hearings, beginning tomorrow, on the House-approved ship arming bill.
 Chairman Tom Connally said the committee voted to conclude the hearings at p. m. next Friday and added that Secretary of State Cor dell Hull will probably be the first witness.
 Asserting the procedure is a "gag rule" Senator Robert M. LaF'ollette told reporters that opponents to the legislation will thus be denied the right to present all witnesses who wished to be heard because of the time limitation.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-20
Miner Spends $110o in
 17 Days, Then Ends Life
 With Bullet, Hofe| Room,

FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Oct. 2O.-- Seventeen days after his arrival in Fairbanks from the Fortymile Dis trict with SLIGO saved from his earnings from the Boundary Dredge Company, 38-year- Dan Havelock was broke.
 Havelock's body was found by the side of his bed in a local ho- tel with bullet wound in his mouth and rifle by the side.
 Chief Deputy U. s. Marshal John Buckley and Coroner William Growden said it was doubtless a case of suicide.
 Havelock left a note: T wish my body to remain in Alaska. Luck to all."
 Havelock was born in Gle Elum, Wash. He is survived by three brothers, one in Gle Elum, one in Los Angeles and one in Fair banks.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-20
STATE OF
 SIEGE AT
 MOSCOW
Proclamation Is Issued by StaIin 10 Prepare for
 New Nazi Thrust
(By Associated Press)

Moscow is under a state of siege today by proclamation made by Josef Stalin for the purpose of becoming braced against the attack of the German forces, who are stated this morning to be only 57 miles away from the Soviet capital at one point.
 The German High Command says new wedges have been driven into the Moscow defenses and that two more Red Army groups have been wiped out.
 German soldiers and their allies in Southern Russia are reported sweep ing anew toward the industrial Bonets Basin and Rostove. gateway to the oil riches of the Caucasus.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-20
By JACK sTINNETT

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20-When Washingtonians of this war era start running over the list of Re- publicans whom President Roose- velt has placed in key positions, they are apt to forget Col. William J. Wild Bill' Donovan.
 They Shouldn't, because out of the silence which has shrouded the Office of Coordinator of Informa- tion are beginning to come hints of just how vital role this new agency may play in defense. AL ready it is being referred to as the potential Ministry of Intor- nation and Propaganda" should the country get into a shooting war,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-20
Meef Wild Bill" Donovan, col Boss; His Job Now Is
 Selling fhe U. }. Abroad

Not only does it have the re- sponsibility of digesting all the in formation that comes out of Europe and Asia, but also it must plan counter offensives against anti-American propaganda out side the United States. Give that thought and you'll see why COI is one of the more important agencies.
 Ever since he started flying around Europe and the Mediter- ranean as the "eyes and ears" of Secretary of Navy Knox. Colonel Donovan has been referred to as ] mystery man" in our defense drive. Probably that's because he
 (Continued fn page Stx)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-20
T0RpED0INC OF kEARNY
 CONDEMNED

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20. = Secre- tary of State Cordell Hull today characterized the torpedoing of the United States destroyer. Kearny as another in the series of incidents filustra ting Hiter's known and con- fessed efforts to seize and control the seas as well as continents.
 Hitler. said Secretary Hull, has notified all nations to keep their ships out of the area covering a large portion of the North Atlantic with a penalty of having their ships sunk if they invade those areas.
 Secretary Hull at the conference with the newsmen, also said that Hitler proposes to drive all other nations. off the seas by intimidation and if such intimidation is success ful. Hull continued. T suppose Hit Ter will.t then want all other nations to get off the earth"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-20
WIpING NEUTRALITY
 PROPOSED

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20.-Sena- tors Chan Gurney, Styles Bridges and Warren R. Austin, all Repub- licans, this afternoon introduced a bill proposing complete repeal of the Neutrality Act. reportedly after conference with Wendell L. Willkie.
 Gurney declared that Congress will be adopting a half way meas ure if it provides for only repeal of the acts prohibition against arming of merchant ships and do not go on with wiping out the ban against sending ships to bel- ligerent ports.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-20
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK. Oct. 20. = Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 3, American Can 94, Anaconda 255s, Bethlehem Steel u%, Commonwealth and Southern f, Curtiss Wright BE-, International Harvester 495s, Kennecott 33as, New York Central 107s, Northern Pacific Sas. United States Steel 52ls, Pound $4.03A.
 DOW, JONES AVERAGES
 The following are today's Dow, Jones averages: Industrials, 120.13; rails, 28.29; utilities. 1745.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-20
New Premier Calls for
 Iron Unity on Great
 EncirCIemenf
NIPPON FORCES ARE
 MASSED ON FRONTIER
Pacific Situation Shows Complete Unified Front
 for Defense
(By Associated Press)

Heightened by tension in the Far East, the increasingly grave situa- tion at Moscow, indeed all of Russia, and the controversy between the United States and Germany over the torpedoing of the United States de- stroyer Kearny are today the out standing developments of the war and threats of war now girdling the earth.
 The world news formed the mosiac in which each piece fits into the whole pattern.
 Call for "IrOn Unity"
 Japan's new Premier Gen. Tojo, makes a general declaration that Japan has reached the crossroads of
 (Continued on Page Eigh0
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-20
GOES TO ANCHORAGE

Mrs. N Lester Troast. who has been in Juneau for several days, left aboard the Columbia for. Sew ard enroute to her home in An chorage. ,, z-4
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-20
LAGERGRENs GO SOUTH

MT. and Mrs. M. A. Lagergren, recent arrivals from the Interior, left on the Aleutian for the States on a visit, accompanied by their two children.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-20
VIRGIL BAKER HERE

Virgil Baker. representative of the Sunset Electric Company. is a guest at the Gastineau Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-20

WASHINGTON = Word trickling back to the diplomatic corps from Germany indicates that Hitler fin ally is beginning to realize that the United States means business, and that he made a tragic mistake in not accepting the advice of his more conservative diplomats who warned him of this in the first place.
 In fact, the inside story, which now can be told, is one of the most tragic of the war. Possibly if it had not been for overweening personal jealousies the war might even have been prevented.
 What happened was that when Hans Dieckhoff, German Ambassa- dor to Washington, returned to Ber- lin in 1938, he brought back strong report that the United States would enter the war eventually if Germany became the aggressor. He was ready to warn that Germany faced a repetition of 1917-18. But Foreign Minister von RlbbentrOp would not let him see Hitler.
 Ribbentrop, probably the most ambitious man around der Fuehrer and a great friend of Himmler, wanted to be the funnel for all ad- vice going to Hitler. Also he was feeding him his own kind of aggres- sive advice, not the cooling caution of Ambassador Dieckhoff.
 In the same cautious school with the Ambassador were Baron von Neurath, recently busted as Cover nor of Czechoslovakia because of his moderate views; Hjalmar Schact, governor of the Reichsbank, now in virtual retirement; and Captain Fritz Wiedemann, Hitler's former commander and more recently con- sul general at San Francisco. Even Field Marshal Goering was much more moderate than von Ribbentrop.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-20
CZECH PuTsCH DELAYED

It was Captain Wiedemanp who, around May 1888. chiefly persuaded Hitler not to invade Czechoslovakia. He was then Hitler's militavy aide and attended a meeting of der Fuehrer's inner advisers at which General Staff officers advised eau
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-20

BUY DEFENSE STAMPS
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-20

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The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-20

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The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-20

tContInued m page six)
Evening star., 1941-12-01
New York Sugar

NEW YORK. Dec. ! ,P.--World sugar
futures prices were steady today Traders
held of aV aitlnF Washington legislation
Far Eastern Developments and the out
come of Cuba United States nesotlatlons
Late prices were UNCHANGED TO .0O5 OF
a cent hi-her with the exception of De
cember, which is being hQuldated. and
showed an advance of .0s5 Of cent TO
.210. March was quoted at > 50
The domestic contract was inactive.
Raws and refined were unchsnged
Futures No. 3 closed UNCHANGED TO Is
lower. No sales. No futures nl5 lover
10 % hlgeh sales. 80 tons. December
SCI 2b: March. > 2.67i2b, May. 2.67i2 2b
Evening star., 1941-12-01
Selected Issues Up
Slightly in Uneven
Stock Market
Many Leaders Fail
To Join Rise; Tax
Selling Persists
BY VICTOR EUBANK,
Associated Press Finance tdltO-


NEW YORK, Dec. News gen.
orally was on the side of the STOCK
market TODAY but, while an aSsort-
ment OF favorites managed TO
acquire modest improvement, many
leaders failed to take on a recovery
tinge.
The list exhibited mild rallying
signs a the start. Scattered weak
spots then cropped up and irregu-
larly lower tendencies prevailed un-
til the final hour when light buying
in the rails brought aid to other
departments. The closing tone, how
ever, still was mixed Fractional
variations were the rule but few
wider loses and gains we're in evi-
Gence
Wall Street was bit disappointed
that speculative and investment
quarters were not more enthused
! over reports of serious Nazi reverses
in Russia and the action of Japan
/ in requesting further conferences
/ looking toward adjustment ot
| threatening Far Eastern problems.
Day and night meetings of railway
! management and union representa-
/ tives revived hopes that settle
! ment of the carrier wage controversy
/ might be near and inspired some
/ nlbbling at transportation stocks.
! Tax selling persisted as a market
| brake, with large blocks of low
/ priced issues helping bridge numer-
, Gus slow intervals and putting the
/ days turnover at around 100000
/ shares. There was one 10000
/ share transaction in Warner Bros,
up ls at ST..
Rail Bonds Higher.
Rail loans extended Saturdays
/ selective recovery IN the bond mar
ket and other groups showed minor
price variations near the final hour.
Evening star., 1941-12-01
Stock Scot Down

NEW YORK, Dec. IPl.-Ar-
rangements were made today for
transfer of a seat in the New York
Stock Exchange at s21 900, decline
of 1000 from the previous sale. The
latest price is 81 900 above the l941
low which duplicated the low figure
for the last 43 years. The 1e4l
uary.
Evening star., 1941-12-01
Visible Grain Supply

NEW YORK, Dec. l CP.-Vlsible
supply of American grain showed
the following changes from a week
ago lin bushels: Wheat decreased
/ 7l7000. corn increased 157400O. oats
! decreased 272000, rye increased l60,-
900 and barley increased 100000.
Evening star., 1941-12-01
Commodity Prices

pre5 YGRK Pes Thee A59eaea i59s4 o
35 commodities TO-DAY advanced TO a171.
Previous Gay, "l.54; week ago. s1-5s;
1871. 1870 1899. l933-3S.
High o. 1S"5 - ~ asia
Low .1.u3 IS 50 631S 4l44
uq26 average equals lOOJ
Evening star., 1941-12-01
Approximate Sales Today

IL :00 AM 1S0. 600 100 Noon 340. 900
100 PM $40. 900 200 PM -- 620.0O0
Total $40 900
tUnit of trading, ! 0 shares. In bank
ruptcy or receivershlp or being reorganized
under Bankruptcy Act. or securities as
sumed by such companies. Rates of divi-
dends in the foregoing table are annual
disbursements based on the last quarterly
or semi-annual declaration. Unless other
wise noted special or extra dividends are
not included xd Ex dividend xr *
rights. Also extra or extras. Cash or
stock. Paid last year. Payable in stock.
Declared or paid so far this year. Pay
able in Canadian funds. Accumulated
dividends paid or declared this year. De-
listing pending. Actual sales.
Evening star., 1941-12-01
Odd-Lo Lot Dealings
pu,ha ..-nr,ntan prasc

The Securities Commission reported TO-
day these transaction by customers With
odd-.or dealers or specialists on the New
York Stock EXchange for November %
80. purchases. involving 5S,1a3 share;
".310 sales. involving 65.I7S shares. in
cludIEs ! ) snort sales. involving 52@ shares
Evening star., 1941-12-01

Rail loans extended Saturdays
selective recovery in the bond mar
ket and other groups showed minor
price variations near the final hour.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-09
Let Down! BuiId-Up!

were left alone. There was no
danger. TIM built his factory
away out here, so there would
be room to expand it when the
time came. You own all the
land around.
Tim had these 'Wondrosoap'
labels printed for the cans. He
priced it high because he never
intended selling it, as a cleaner"
THAT was my bright idea,"
Kay admitted. What If some
one had used acid -"
That's unlikely" Joe COM
mented. "And the cans, Hans.
You can take the lid off and
drop them into a three-inch
shell case very nicely, can't
your"
That was part of the plan.
We made a million cans Of 1t
so you would have plenty to
sell at once. Miss Katie. We
made it when we could buy raw
materials cheaply. We bought
in small quantities, SO no one
would get suspicious. Not even
Mr.. Flynn knew how much we
had in the warehouse"
After Dad died, Mike knew
how many, but he didn't know
what"
Ted tossed the wreckage Of
washstand No. ~ into the fast
growing pile Of kindling wood.
II don't think we're ever 60
ing to find It, Ted" Mary said.
You've pried the backs off all
these washstands, smashed them
into splinters and what have we
got? Twelve old newspapers,
three love letters, two pictures
-" a
And FIVE b)isiers!" Ted added.
We'll, only Eve more to 60, to-
day. But there'll be more to-
morrow. Eighty washstands at
SIS apiece. That's running into
money" He tackled another
with hammer and chisel.
That looks like the one we
sold"-Mary began.
Wood splintered. Nails and
screws squeaked protests. The
back of the woshstand bent, then
snapped free A large manila
envelope, tied with black shoe
string, fell at Ted's feet.
(To n CeQtinuedO
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-09

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The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-09

plosive-that Is safe and easy
to handle. It can be stored in
boxes like--like soap. It will
explode only when mixed with
acid, alcohol, and water. You
will find all three are necessary,
Mr.. Benton"
II discovered that, rather sud-
denly, Joe agreed.
LAS long as those reagents
are separated" Stadt went ION,
there Is no danger of any ex-
plosion. That makes this pro-
duct great. It will burn, but
fire will not detonate it. If an
enemy tries TO destroy 1t with
another explosive, he could do
no more thar scatter it. Even
if he tried acids, it is unlikely
that he would think Of alcohol
and water"
How did Dad intend using
it? Kay questioned.
I'm delayed explosion time
bombs" Hans said. I'm the fac
tory in Germany during the last
war we made them. Acid and
explosive separated by q thin
metal partition. The acid eats
through the metal-Boom!
Tins bombs were better. The
acid cut q strong spring, hold
ing the separating panel. The
panel drops--acid and alcohol
and water mix thoroughly, II
reaches the explosive :"
And it's gcod night for blocks
around" Benton supplied.
Kay was still puzzled.
"Why did you and Dad keep
all this so secret? Why didn't
you sell the idea to the gov
eminent? Why label il as Won
drosoap-the all-purpose clean
err"
THAT was Tins idea. The
government wasn't as interested
in explosives when he discovered
this as Il Is now. There wa,
danger that some spy might dis.
cover our secret. II he had an
nounced his discovery publicly
he could not have kept contro
of it-for you. He was thinking
of YOU. Miss Katie, always.
"As q somewhat eccentric in
ventor ana . crazy old chemist
puttering around with . soar
that would elsan anything. W.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-09

Maybe when you were q little
girl. He had worked on 1t for
years. When he sold his inven-
ton to the automobile company,
he had enough money to spend
for experimenting. I came with
him then.
II had come to America from
Germany after the war. ! was
in that war. I made poison gas
to kill men. thought I was do
ing tight. I was serving my
country, just rs your American
chemists made munitions to kill
Germans.
when I came to America ]
found these people were not my
enemies, but my friends. They
gave me work ! sent money to
bring my Frleda and my boys
here. We were happy. / be-
came q citizen" He paused to
All and light a battered briar.
my boys grew up here. They
were Americans. My wife died.
She wanted to be buried in Am
erica, our new Fatherland. My
sons married. was alone.
"The depression came. / was
getting old. lost my job,
Things were rot so good. But in
Germany they were worse
met your father, Tim Donovan
He gave me work, a place to
live. He was my friend"
Kay and Joe waited patiently
This was Hans Stadts story, LEI
him tell it as slowly as he wished
Tim Donovan trusted me. Ht
told me about his invention, hi!
discovery of this new explosive
We worked OH 1t together. 1t wa
not always easy. Sometimes WI
bought chemicals instead o
food.
From my brother in Ger
many, I heard of changes tina
were going on. Long ago, YOU
father said this war must come
He could see that. could SCI
Il, too.
When Il does come, Hans,
he said, 1t must not find as LIKE
Il did In 1917. America must b.
ready. There must be shells
bombs. We must do our part.
For years we worked, unit
we finally wcre successful. W.
haYe a exploet3o--a spper-ex
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-09
coPVNl0HY. SoAt.
MA SERVICE. INC.

the right one. And they paid
for repainting.
Joe Benton supplied the
money. I'm in on this thing,
too," he said. I'm going to And
that catalyst or grow old trying.
And I'm not doing it for you,
Kay. This stuff may work with
other chemicals, too. Your dad
may have made one Of chem
istry's biggest discoveries. Wen
probably get q Nobel prize on
it."
It was Joe, too, who decided
that Hans Stadt should be told
that they had discovered, acci-
dentally and with a minimum
of damage, that Wondrosoap
would explode, violently. They
found the old chemist puttering
in the lab.
"Mr. Stadi," Kay began,
you've probably wondered why
we're so anxious to find this for
mula Dad discovered. It's not
only that we want to make more
of the product. We've a lot Of 1t
on hand ."
Hans nodded, waited for her to
continue.
I'VE tried selling Wondrosoap
as Q cleaner, and we had little
bad luck"
The old German laughed. 1T
ate holes IN clothing, NOT"
why, yes'" Kay was sur
prised.
"And II took paint off wood
and metal, not"
"Then you and Dad knew II
would do those things. II isn't
really q cleaner?"
Eyes, we knew that"
ibid you know" Benton inter-
rupted, "thas Wondrosoap haa
explosive properties? That u
more powerful than INIT"
Hans nodded again. Eyes,
We kuow that. too"
re BE Iona story. Miss Katie, /"
Hans hid. Il don't know when
1osr father diDcovered THE sub
- ~ 81 GsndEgalpp
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-09

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