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The Nome nugget., 1941-09-17
Morgenthau Urges Release of Food

WASHINGTON, Sept. II = Treasury Secretary Henry Nor genthau, Jr., urged that the gov ernment release all surplus food supplies so that the general pub lie might have an opportunity to
The Nome nugget., 1941-09-17
Navy to Protect All Cargoes Enroute To Iceland--Merchantmen Are Given
 Permission Carry Munitions British
Announces Every Vessel Authorized is Contracted For

WASHINGTON, Sept. Is (P)- Stripped for action, the United States Atlantic fleet took under the protection of its guns, all lease-iend cargoes in transit on the Atlantic between the Nor.h American continent and Icelan ]. The zero hour for this new phase of operation was 12:G1 am.
 A widely accepted view in su thoritative quarters was that it meant the start of actual convoy duty by U. s. naval vessels along the 2,000-mile stretch in the north Atlantic.
 Explicit Permission Carry Arms
 In companion move to ease Britain's shipping burdens, Am erican merchantmen were given explicit permission to carry arms and munitions to many parts of the vast British empire. The State Department announced that ruling by Attorney Gen. eral Riddle held that the Presi- dents Neutrality Act proclama- ton at the outbreak of the war, didn't bar American ships from transporting implements of war 10 any portion of the British em pire except areas blocked by the Neutrality Act as combat zon- es." India, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the Union of South Africa were not effected.
 Effect of Ruling
 The effect of the ruling will be to clear the way for the flow of munitions on American ships
The Nome nugget., 1941-09-17

rout of the Germans, who left hundreds of dead in the field.
 Nazi military dispatches pictur ing Leningrad as bombed said, the great network of steel and concrete Notifications which ring ed the capital of the Czars, is crumbling from blows of the most destructive weapons of the German arsenal.
 Take Bridgeheads in Ukraine
 On the southern front, the N2zi command asserted that Ger man troops after several days of fighting, captured series of highly important bridgeheads' across the lower Dneiper River in the Ukraine, clearing the way for drive on the rich industrial va ley, Don.
 At sea, the Russians reported sinking ten Nazi ships - seven troops transport and three es- corting warships in northern waters off Norway.
 Finland declared that the Ger mans smashed an attempt to land troops on the fortified is land base of Oesel. off Estonia.
The Nome nugget., 1941-09-17
Former Envoy Europe Passes

SOUTH DARTMOUTH, Massa- chussets, Sept. 16 (P - Alanson Bigelow Houghton, aged 78, for mer ambassador to Germany and Britain, died suddenly at his sum mer home from heart attack.
The Nome nugget., 1941-09-17
Completely ROut German Tanks

Simultaneously the Soviet army newspaper the Red Star re ported a gigantic night battle of heavy tanks for "an important point in the approaches to Len ingrad,' ended in a complete
The Nome nugget., 1941-09-17

to numerous British colonies and possessions some of them in strat egic proximity to the theatres of active operations, and others of potential future importance.
 Senate Mulls Neutrality Act
 Meanwhile administration lead CTS in the Senate are mulling over the whole broad question of the existing Neutrality law and report they are undecided how far they should go to secure it's overhaul to enable the Navy to carry out its new task.
 The Atlantic fleet is believed to have substantially in excess of l25 vessels, including three old battleships assigned to it when created more than year ago. The battleships are the Texas, flagship of Admiral Ernest King, and the New York and the Ar kansas.
The Nome nugget., 1941-09-17
F Battleships In U. s. Navy

The Navy announced, mean while, that every naval vessel authorized by law is contracted for ''in the creation of the great est array of fighting ships under one flag, that the world has ever Seen." It was disclosed also that two of six new 35,000-ton battle ships, the North Carolina and the Washington were added to the battleline in September, as the first capital ship additions to go into service since 1923, which gives the United States IT battle ships in actual service.
Evening star., 1941-06-12
This Changing World
Robin Moor May Have Been Victim Of Italian Sub;
American Broudcosts Annoy Dorlon

Announcers tell Of the progress
of American rearmament, Of
the output of American fac
tories, and how strikes are not
hampering production seriously.
without being bombastic, the
short-wave broadcasts inform the
French people that aid to Britain
Is not a hollow expression. To
Offset German reports on sinking
of British tonnage each month
the broadcasters explain that the
German figures, while impressive.
are deceiving. They report that
sinking of ships in the North At
lantic has greatly diminished
since the American naval patrol
was established.
Heavy British losses must be
credited to the fact that the
British Navy lost a number of
men-of-war and transports in
the Eastern Mediterranean. the
French are told.
The short-wave broadcasts, bas-
ing information on reliable official
reports, also describe to the
French people what is happening
to those tens of thousands of
French workmen who are being
exported" to the Reich to work
In factories.
These men are lured into the
former enemy territory with
promises of high wages and good
food. Actually they have to pay
Evening star., 1941-06-12
BY GOULD LINCOLN.

Senator Byrd of Virginia, de-
nouncer of strikes in national
defense industries, yesterday led
the Senate to the water of strike
criticism and today he intends to
make it drink. The Senate
squirmed this way and that in an
effort to shake off the grip which
the Virginia Senator has on 1t.
But to no avail. Senator Byrd
was deaf to the pleas of Acting
Democratic Leader Senator
Byrnes of South Carolina, to
those of Senator Clark of Mis-
souri,, of Senator Norris of Ne
braska and of Senator La Fol-
lette of Wisconsin. BY his in
Sistence, he makes it sure that
a vote will be had on the simple
question of condemning strikes
in national defense industries
without its being complicated by
IOC OF pnraSeOIOgy ABOUT tne
right of labor to bargain collec-
lively and such.
The rules of the Senate aided
and abetted the Virginia Senator.
He offered his proposal condemn
ing the kind of strikes which
again and again have delayed the
national defense program in re-
cent months as an amendment
to the so-called Connally amend
ment to the selective service bill.
The Connally amendment gives
to the President legal authority
to take over plants necessary to
national defense production
which have been tied up by
Evening star., 1941-06-12

whether it was an Italian or a
German undersea boat AS far as
known, there are only a few Ger
man submarines with a cruising
radius which would enable them
to operate within 300 miles Of
the Brazilian coast. The Italians,
on the other hand, have ocean
going submarines which could
raid in South Atlantic waters
easily. While American observers
at Dakar report the port is not
being used as an Axis submarine
base, they say tankers and trans
ports leave regularly, obviously
carrying supplies and fuel to Axis
submarines at a rendezvous with
in a few hundred miles of the
French-African Coast.
Rome or Berlin?
Therefore, before the United
States makes the strong repre-
sentations and demands for rep
arations it intends to make from
those responsible for the tor
pedoing of the Robin Moor, it will
be necessary to ascertain whether
the representations must go to
Rome or Berlin.
One theory is that the steamer
may have been sunk by power
full time-bomb. She put in at a
Brazilian port before starting her
Eastward trip, and took several
hundred tons of merchandise on
board. 1t is considered possible
although improbable-that Axis
agents, who can be found in every
South American port. may have
managed to slip timebomb into
the hold of the ship. This theory
is advanced by a number of ex-
perts who doubt Nazi or Fascist
submarines can operate that far
from their bases.
Truthful propaganda is ap-
parently more damaging than
that based on concocted stories.
Admiral Darlan, the behind-the-
scenes-dictator of unoccupied
France, strongly resents short
wave broadcasts received three or
four times a day in France. He
feels they are damaging to the
morale of the French people"
These broadcasts are factual.
Evening star., 1941-06-12

LII Gile SIIdIe- MAI. u. fieldin< Ehot.
gic field, assuming full success in
Syria by the Allies, the Germans
will be denied a high road into
Egypt from this direction. 1t might
have been possible for the Germans
to bring pressure on the Turks to
permit passage of German troops
into Syria held only by the cowed
Vichy French. The same opera
ton, If certain to meet with fierce
resistance at the Syrian frontier,
would be a very different matter,
requiring the establishment of large
supply depots and complete line
of communications service on Turk
ish soil-in effect, full Nazi occupa-
tion Of Turkey as a military zone.
This the Turks would be unlikely
to grant without a fight, especially
since they will be relieved of any
apprehensions as to their Syrian
and Iraq frontiers.
In any case, the initial contact
between the Germans and the de-
tenders of Suez has been moved
forward from the Palestine frontier
to that of Syria. difference of 300
miles. This is a considerable gain.
Gains Time Also.
There will be a great gain in
time also. No sudden reversal of
Turkish policy in favor of Ger
many can now bring a quick threat
against this northern frontier. 1t
will take too long to prepare and
mount any German effort of the
type which will now be needed.
Hence, Syria, once occupied, can
be held with a minimum garrison
and Gen. Wavell can devote his
major attention, with Ethiopia
practically off his mind and Iraq
quiet, to the most pressing danger
that on the western frontier of
Egypt. AS to this, we shall present.
ly discover whether the diversion
of British naval forces during the
battle of Crete enabled sufficient
reinforcements and supplies to
reach Libya to give Gen. Rommel
any hope of taking the offensive.
If Rommel thinks he has a chance,
he will be very likely to make some
move while part of the British
forces are busy in Syria.
As to German interference di-
rectly to support the Vichy French
in Syria, this is problem which,
from the German viewpoint, is diff
ficult to solve without a base. The
nearest Axis base is Rhodes, more
than 400 miles away. This is prob
ably an insuperable handicap tc
conducting anything like continu-
Gus operations with airborne troops
and success is unlikely for such
operations if sporadic. Cyprus would
be an admirable base for the Ger.
mans, but here again the distance
factors favor the British. We must
surely assume that previous to the
advance in Syria the defenses oi
Cyprus were brought to scale suf-
ficient to make the island reasonably
secure.
The line taken by the German
propaganda-that the French must
prove their ability to defend their
empire II they are to be considered
Evening star., 1941-06-12
Two Murder, Inc, Killers
Die Tonight al Sing Sing
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
OSSINING, N. Y, June 12.-Bar-
ring executive clemency, the first
of Brooklyn's Murder, Inc, directors
will 90 to the Sing Sing electric
chair tonight for one of the many
killings of which the ring is accused.
Harry Strauss, 81, known to the
underworld as pittsburgh Phil"
and his old chum, Martin Buggy"
Goldstein, are scheduled to die at
10 pm. (E. S. T) for the Brooklyn
Staying of Irving Feinstein, a rou-
tine professional Job.
The execution of Strauss and
Goldstein, whose business took them
into many avenues of extortion,
theft and bloodshed, comes Is
months after William ODwyer,
Kings County district attorney,
cracked down on the crime combine.
Two other members of the ring
are in the death house for execution
later, several await trial for other
murders and a few are ION Ice
revealing all business secrets to ths
authorities in an effort to svade
electrocution.
Evening star., 1941-06-12
Cannot Be Reworded.


The rules of the Senate do not
permit the offering of an amend
ment to an amendment which
has already been proposed as an
amendment to an amendment.
Therefore, the Senate is faced
with the vote on the Byrd anti
strike amendment just as Senator
Byrd has Worded it. And that is
what is worrying a lot of Sen
ators-not all, by any means-for
some of them are perfectly will
ing to go the route in support Of
the Byrd proposal. Those who
are worried fear to offend union
labor if they support the amend
ment. On the other hand, they
are afraid to go up against a
strong public sentiment critical
of strikes in defense industries if
they vote against the amend
ment.
The pressure brought to bear
on Senator Byrd to let the
Senate off the hook yesterday
was enormous. 1t will in all
probability be continued today.
But Senator Byrds last word
was that he did not intend to
change overnight, in a day, a
month, or a year. He is staying
with his amendment and it will
take some unexpected maneuver-
ing to get the Senate away from
its predicament. Parliament
tarianS insisted that vote must
be taken on the Byrd amend
ment if he does not relent.
1t is quite clear that if the
Senate should turn down the
Byrd amendment it would be
tantamont to inviting further
strikes in national defense in
dustries, instead of condemning
them. Certainly that would be
the Interpretation placed on ad-
verse Senate action on the Vir-
ginian's proposal.
Also Condemns Lockouts.
At the suggestion of Senator
Malorey of Connecticut, Senator
Evening star., 1941-06-12

to mediate its disagreements with
its employees, and consequently
no lockout had occurred.
The Byrd amendment has no
binding legal effect except to ex-
press the opinion of the Con-
greSS against strikes in national
defense industries. 1t expresses,
too. an opinion which is con-
CURED in by great proportion
OF the American people. What
It's effect will be remains to be
seen. 1t will certainly put labor
on notice that Congress has
finally taken the bit in its teeth
and is ready to pass really re-
strictive legislation if labor per-
sists in holding up the national
defense program by constant
strikes In key industries.
Senator La Toilette, Progress
slVe, who was a principal objec-
tor to the Byrd amendment, in
sisted 1t was unfair to labor to
oenounce strikes, which might be
justified because wages or work.
Ing conditions were unfair to the
labor involved. He gave it as his
opinion that such action by Con-
gresS would have the effect of
angering organized labor and de-
creasing rather than increasing
the speed of the national defense
program.
Fears Labor's Hatchet.
The truth of the matter is,
however, that many of the legis-
lators hate TO be put on record
In this vote on the Byrd amend
ment. They do not like to think
that. when election day rolls
round, organized labor may have
Its hatchet out for those who
denounced strikes. Senator Cot
ton Ed" Smith of South Carolina,
in brief speech in the Senate,
lifted the hood, declaring that
the debate on the Byrd amend
ment had gone on during the
whole day with individual Sena-
tors considering only what po-
lltical advantage can I get out
of this debate"
Even though we make a mis-
take" said the South Carolina
Senator, making an unconscious
blunder, lets make it in the right
direction"
Once the Byrd amendment has
been adopted, Senator La Fol-
lette stands ready to offer
further amendment, which would
have the Senate declare that
complete cooperation between
Government, management and
labor can best be achieved by
wholehearted acceptance of the
principles Of collective bargain
ing and the recognition of the
rights of employees to designate
representatives of their own
choosing for the purpose of COL
lective bargaining" His purpose
is to soften the condemnation of
labor engaged in defense strikes
and to turn the guns as far as
possible on management.
Evening star., 1941-06-12

so many special sums" for old
age pensions-which they will
never get-war contributions, re-
lief work, recreation levies and
others, that they actually earn
just enough to buy themselves a
scanty meal a day and pay for
their lodgings.
Radios Are Confiscated.
Admiral Darlan does not like
these broadcasts. There still are
many radio sets in unoccupied
France which can pick up these
transatlantic news reports, and
because of their truthfulness,
they make the French people hes
itate on 100 per cent collaboration
with the Reich, preached by Dar-
Ian and his underlings.
Drastic measures now are being
taken by Vichy authorities. They
are confiscating all radio sets
which can receive broadcasts
from the United States. The
newly organized state secret po-
nce-very much on the pattern Of
the Gestapo-has been ordered
to see to it that the French are
no longer fed with "subversive"
reports from American stations.
Evening star., 1941-06-12

m e deal ] truth
that a man keeps
his patriotism
long after he
does his muscles.
When q man
hits 80 and up.
the fact that he
salutes the nag
doesn't neces-
sarily mean that
he is the best
one to defend 1t.
AS yet no one
has ever de-
Evening star., 1941-06-12

1t is, OF course, ,
of the gravest
Importance to
the democratic
cause that there
S h ould be no
failure in Syria,
for the results
might be truly
disastrous. The
rewards of VIC
tory seem likely,
on the 9th e r
hand, to be con-
siderable.
Evening star., 1941-06-12
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.

The State Department is pro-
ceeding cautiously in the investi-
cation of the causes of the sink
ing of the American merchant
ship Robin Moor. 1t does not yet
officially recognize that the ship
was torpedoed.
Off1cial quarters, relying on re-
ports from Brazil, believe 1t was
a submarine that sank the Amer
lean steamer, but the question Is,
Evening star., 1941-06-12

for the company
some day with
t he National
Labor Relations
Board. Publish
cd reports show
that the Army
dismissed some
of the strike
lea ers and
tr o ublemakerS.
This is not per-
mitted any en-
ployer and may
mean that. hack
pay will have to
Evening star., 1941-06-12
Former British Minister
To Belgrade in France

By the Associated Press.
MARSEILLE, Unoccupied France,
June 12.-Ronald Ian Campbell,
former British Minister to Belgrade,
and approximately 100 British diplo-
mats and their families crossed
France by train today en- route to
Spain,
Evening star., 1941-06-12
The Political Mill
Senate Squirms to No Avail us 1t Faces Vote on
Byrd Amendment Condemnine Defense Strikes

Byrd did modify the language
of his amendment to level equal
condemnation against lockouts
in national defense plants-stop-
pages of work due to orders of the
management. However, Senator
Byrd pointed out he had been
informed by the secretary of the
National Defense Mediation
Board that no employer in these
essential industries had declined
Evening star., 1941-06-12

HE opinions OF the rtters this page their not
necessarily The Stars Such opinions are presented IN TIE
although opinions be contradictory
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars.
Evening star., 1941-06-12

strikes or lockouts. 1t is an
amendment to the bill which
came out of the Military Affairs
Committee to authorize the de-
ferment of men subject to mill
tary draft who are more than 27
years old.
Evening star., 1941-06-12
Army Alone
Can Defy
Labor Act
But Aviotion Firm
Moy Have to Pay
Those Fired
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

The United States Army officers
running the North American Avia-
ton Co. plant on the West Coast
may find themselves making trouble
Evening star., 1941-06-12
BY MAI. GEORGE FIELDING
ELIOT.

Allied occupation of Syria has
begun, and it appears so far to be
progressing without really serious
resistance by the French garrison.
Evening star., 1941-06-12
McLemore-
Man Keeps Potriotism
Long After Muscles
BY HENRY McLEMORE.

The proposal by Brig. Gen.
Hershey that 27 be made the top
draft age Is nothing more than a
recognition of the old politico-
Evening star., 1941-06-12
FotefuI Campaign in Syria
Eliot Foresees Greet Coins for Britoin if
Area Is Held. Leading to Possible Turn in War

colonial power-suggests that the
Germans have pretty well written |
Syria off, though, of course, they
may desire to give this impression
for the purpose Of effecting surprise.
Very possibly the Germans expect |
to derive such advantage as they |
may from the Syrian affair by gain
ing time in North Africa and by |
gaining more French support in the
Mediterranean area in general. If |
they could have free use of Tunisia,
they could make Gen. Rommers
task much easier.
All these considerations 60 to |
show how gravely important is the !
whole Middle Eastern campaign. and |
how widespread may be the conse-
quenceS of success or failure there. |
While Britain holds fast to the Suez
Canal and the naval base at Alex
andria, Germany is denied the use
of the Mediterranean; while the
desert frontiers of Syria and Iraq
remain inviolate, Germany is denied
access to Middle Eastern oil; while !
the Nile Valley remains in British
hands, Germany is denied the only
natural gateway through the Sahara
Desert into Central Africa. All this
means that the blockade of Ger
many remains intact; more, that the
Nazi revolutionary dynamic, which
must expand or turn upon itself, is
damned back from expanding into
Africa and Asia. 1t would be too
much to say that the war would be
lost were Middle East lost, but cer-
talnly its course would be immeas-
urably prolonged, the road to VIC
tory would grow far sleeper and
rougher than it is at present-which
is saying great deal.
Political Advantage Seen.
In the political field, the Germans
may we'll find that a combined
BritiSh-Free French occupation of
Syria is less advantageous to their
cause than they may have hoped.
1t is difficult TO see how assumption
OF the Syrian mandate by the Free
French-as appears forecast by Gen.
Catroux's remarkable proclamation
to the inhabitants-can fail to be
followed by Anglo-American recog-
milton of the Free French in greater
measure than at present.
Whatever the outcome in the
Mediterranean, the British may at
least claim to have gained valuable
time in the really decisive theater
of the war. But that time will be
of value largely in proportion to the
use made of it to assume the arrival
of American supplies and weapons.
This is another point of which the
apostles of delay in this country
might give their attention.
tcopyrisht. 1941. New York Tribune Incl
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-09-06
FIGURES SHOW
 7ft TOTAL IN
 PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Total enrolment in the Juneau Public Schools after the first week of classes is I'll according to an announcement made by Superin- tendent of Schools A. B. Phillips today.
 The figures are slightly lower than on the same day last year, but a rise is expected as soon as many of the families now living outside Juneau, enroll their children. s'''
 Tn the Grade School, enrolment is as foIloys Kindergarten, 68; first erad3. 65; second grade, 48; third grade. 70; fourth grade, 65; fifth grade $; sixth grade, 43; seventh grade 57, and eighth grade, 47; making total enrolment in the grades of 500 Last years en- rollmeut on the same day was 522.
 In tNe niyh school 49 are regis tered in the freshmen class, 80 in the sophomore class, 57 in the junior class, and 45 in the senior class, 5 total of 2l1. The previous years total was PAT on the same day.