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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-19
400 ORDERED

The first British order was for
only 500. hut what Britain really
plans may be Judged 80 the fact
that 1000 British cannon have
been set aside. | was told. for in
stallstien in Airocobfas a fast AS
they arrive on English soil
These are the planes. am In
formed. on which the Raj depends
IN large extent for bringing
down enemy raiders after they
have been spotted by the new
secret radiolocatorS for the opera
ton Of which Lord Beavorbrook
has appealed for thousands of
American civilian radio technl-
clans.
The Airocobra carries SIX ma,
chine guns IN the wings. >bui us
chief claim 10 supremacy lies in
the 81 millmeter finch and a half
diameter proiectile) cannon pro-
trudine through me huh or the
propeller which is spun by an ! $50
horsepower Allison engine.
This cannon iy not like the sin.
cle-Shot ~ millimcter anti-tank
and anti-sircraft cannon Of the
ground army.
LIKE MACHINE GIN
It's an auiomFtIc which fires
like mach{ssf gun and fires 50
fast that II Is impossible 10 count
the shots. And IL fires either solid
armor piercing proiectileS. for
anti-tank use. or high explosive
shells capable OF tearing = plane
apart or doing grave damage TO a
ship AZ sea.
Bell, the veteran who was gen
eral. manager Of a Martin bomber
plant way back in 1902 when that
company was listed in The Los
Angeles telephone book under the
heading OF 'amusements. told mo
what he believed this new plane
can de- --------------
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-19
Il Flying Cannon
Sent British TO
Rain Destruction
BY w. W. CHAPLIN
New. s.r,lc. National Defense E,p@r,

Int1 news service Nhu0nai Defr"-r Ehrf'
BUFFALO, N. Y, June 10
Great Britain is expected to un-
leash within the next few days IL
OF the deadliest fighting planes
ever built-American flying can
non" designed 10 destroy anything
that flies. floats or moves on the
surface OF the earth.
These planes are Bell Airoco-
bras. the only single-seater fight.
ers ever built capable Of carrying
cannon. The IL Airocobras shipped
IN England are the first of great
fleet with which IN is hoped the
Raj may clear the sky and the
sea OF enemy raiders and carry the
war onto the European continent
against the invasion army.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-19

Prices subieet 70 go ssl9 Tss
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-31
BUND MEN SENTENCED
 TO PRISON
National Leader Kunz, 8 Associates, Are Also
 Given Heavy Fines

NEWTON, N. J.,, Jan. 31.-Wil- helm Kunz, national leader of the German American Bund, and eight Bund associates, have been sen- tenced to serve from one year to IA months in the state prison on charges of violation of New Jerseys race hatred" law.
 Two of the men were also fined $2,000 each and the others $7,000 each.
 The men were indicted on charges of making or permitting anti-sem- itic speeches in the Bund's camp at Nordlund in Andover township.
 Each man elected to file demur- Ter in challenging the seriousness of the charges instead of standing trial. Judge John Losey overruled the demurrers on January 2 and im- posed the sentences today.
 An appeal motion was immed- lately filed.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-31
Climax Is Expected 10 Be Reached Within Sixty
 10 Ninety Days NEGOTIATED PEACE
 IS OUT OF QUESTION
Statements Made as Bril- ish Aid Bill Goes 10
 House for Debate

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3l. The Administrations British Aid Bill was sent to the House floor today for the momentous debate starting Monday while Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox testified the Nazis are awaiting good weather and long enough time" to invade England.
 After brief hearing today the House Rules Committee gave the British Aid Bill the right-of-way on the floor of the House
 Under the procedure, there will be three days of debate. permitting bal loting on an unlimited offering of amendments,
 Chairman Sol Bloom. of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, stated that the United States 'is not neu- tral but Just as neutral as any other nation"
 Grave Crisis
 Secretary Knox testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Com mittee and renewed his forecast of very grave crisis" within 60 to 90 days.
 Secretary Knox made his assertion in the course of his testimony that also included the statement that notwithstanding the talk that Col. Charles A. Lindbergh gives. there Is no chance for a negotiated peace in Europe. Both Germany and Great Britain are alike, desperately seek ing to be master of the skies"
 Tactics Charged
 Secretary Knox said the German Air Force has somewhat changed tactics from the indiscriminate bombings of London, i'll fruitless effort to break the British morale to far more effective" bombing of industrial centers.,
 The Secretary also declared the British. have yet been unable to find any way for a successful convoy method in combating the increased German submarine activity.
 Plane Production
 The Secretary of Navy also de- clared there has been a lull in Ger man plane production during the past month or so during which timo American and British plants hava produced more planes than German plants. This is due. Knox declared, to the desperate German search for new type of ship to make all air- planes now in the eir. obsolete"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-31
By WILLIAM McGAFFlN
 AP Foreign Correspondent (Just returned from England)

NEW YORK, Jan. 31.-Covering the war is cinch compared to the job of getting home from it.
 To reach New York from Engand once a five-day trip on crack Atlantic liner-you have to fly a thousand miles out of your way first. to get to Lisbon.
 Then, if you're lucky. you get a clipper. If not, you come on slow ship of the American Export line which makes no pretense of meas uring up to the luxury liners that used to fight for your business.
 Either way, you go still farther out of your way to stop at Ser
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-31
WORLD WAR PRECEDENT

What would the bIimps do? The men who give the orders and let the contracts have that all figured out. To pass it along to you. Til step back a minute to the World War.
 Remember these conclusions are those of the lighter -ttan-air eX- perts, not mine and not those oi the men who argue aeairst airst,ips.
 In the World War, the Allied blimps played big role in the spotter-subchase .earl that iin- ally beat the submarine menace. The blimps, flying low, could spot sub clues that fast flying airplanes couldn't see. Having located sus- picious spot of oil on the waters or a suspicious streak that might mean sub below, they could hover or trail along for hours until the presence was definitely established. Then, a depth bomb or two and another sub was out of commits sion.
 They are not SO effective now, because the submarine areas are close to Axis air bases and the air is almost constantly full of eremy aircraft, agalnst which. it is admitted. airship have no stay ing power
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-31
By JACK sTINNETT

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3l. The United States soon will have more gas bags than ever before in the nations armament history-and l don't mean the kind that walk with two legs.
 I mean airships-blimps the com- paratively small non-rigid ships that are fabric and rubber envelopes around lot of cubic feet of he Hum and have armored cabins hanging from their middles.
 For a good many years now, -than-air craft have been a bone of contention wherever mili- tary or naval experts assemble. Most of the controversy has cen tered around the big, rigid dlrigl- bles or zeppelins. For the present, you can forget about these. There isn't an active one in the defense set-up and at the moment there's none on order or even planned.
 But the Navy does have q program for construction of AS blimps. Plans are already under way for establishing airship bases in the Boston area, in the Norfolk area, in the San Francisco area. The field at Lakehurst, N. J.,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-31

cashing of all these investments are myriad, almost as unanswer- able as the riddle of the universe.
 One economist says, make 'em cash in their investments before they ask for help" Another says, Don't do it, or you'll be depriving the British of interest dollars they use to buy our goods.'
 The Administration at this time is leaning heavily toward policy of having the British cast in at least some of these investments. So is Congress
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-31
U.S.ObseFvef In Lon ndon Is
 Hurt in Raid
Major Robert Williams Is Seriously Injured-M
 Lose Sight of One Eye

LONDON. Jan. 31.-Major Robert Williams, United States Air Corps observer, has been injured seriously by a high explosive bomb dropped in a German air raid.
 Major Williams has been taken to a hospital but fears are expressed he may lose the sight of one eye.
 The bomb also wounded the Major in a lung with glass debris.
 Major Williams said the bomb must have been 100-pound missile.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-31
HOSPITALS
 IN LONDON
 AIR RAIDED
Direct Hit Scored on One by Raider Official
 Statement

LONDON, Jan. 31.-Three London hospitals are reported to have been damaged by German bombs this afternoon. One hospital was hit squarely by bomb.
 Single German bombers partici- pated in the raid, perhaps 12 or IS.
 It is officially reported two of the Nazi planes were shot down.
 Official account of the raid ac- knowledges damage has been done to other buildings aside from the hospitals. The number of casualties is said to be small
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-31
4 VESSELS
 SENT DOWN
 OFF COAST
Ndzi High Command An- nounees Campaign by
 New Type Aircraft

BERLIN, Jan. 31. - New long range German warplanes are re- ported by the High Command to have been successful in a campaign far out at sea.
 The High Command says the warplanes have sunk the 3,600-ton merchant ship Austvard off Done gal, Ireland, and another vessel near the mouth of the Humber River, English east coast.
 The German High Command also reports that two other merchant ships were attacked by the long, range bombers and so heavily hit they assume that both finally sank The two vessels are described as about 5000 ton each.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-31
BLiMp5 COME SAILING INTO DEFENSE PROGRAM;
 PURPOSE E EXPLAINED

probably will be enlarged as a main overhaul base for the east coast. Maybe later, there will be another base down around the tip of Florida and possibly others on the West Coast. That phase of it is in the future. At present, the first six of the AS ships are a. building and naval commission, headed by Capt. Charles E. Rosen- dahl. the Nays lghter- -than-air ace. is selecting sites for the three aforementioned bases.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-31

WASHINGTON-R in q test of equipment at an Army air. field, four parachute flares were shot from the ground. They opened beautifully, but only three ignited. The fourth was dud.
 Several soldiers dashed out to salvage the parachute. They are seldom recovered, because being made of paper they usually burn up in the flare when they reach the ground. The failure of the dud flare to ignite saved this one.
 But on retrieving it, imagine the soldiers surprise to find on the chute the interesting little stamp: Made in Japan
 The officers of the field also were surprised, but not those in the Ordnance Bureau of the War Department. which purchased the flares. There they weren't surprised, although embarrassed at the dis covery leaking out.
 One of the firmest tenets of U. s. foreign policy is a strong at titude toward Japan. As part of this policy, scrap iron and high oc- tane gasoline were embargoed. Yet the Army Air Corps is using flares, vital in night bombing, whose para chutes are made in Japan.
 The salvaged flare was one of a lot of 5000 purchased several months ago from an Ohio com pany. Ordnance officials admit they knew the 'chutes of the flares were imported from Japan, but assert they were forced to use them be- cause at that time no U. s. firm made the articles. Also, they say these particular flares are being used for training purposes only.
 That may be true, but the state- ment that no domestic companies made flare parachutes is not. A five-cent telephone call to the near by Commerce Department would have supplied the names of several U. S. concerns eager for the busi- ness.
 Army Ordnance officers say they have stopped the use of Japanese 'chutes in new flares. It would be interesting to see what the next duds, if any, would show.
 NO BULLS
 There was one occasion during Vice President Henry Wallaces re-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-31
Getfing Home Is Tougher
 Work ihan Covering War

muda for British censorship. AL together you travel roughly l,5OC miles more than on the old direct northern route.
 A British Overseas Airways plane to Lisbon is the only means open to Americans for getting out of England. The state department fOrbids them to ride British ships and has not felt it possible to send over the steamship Manhattan, or originally intended, to repatri- ate the at least l,79O Americans who are marOoned there.
 Uncle Samuel okays the plane It costs $40 one way. But getting together the necessary cash is the least important item Up to the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-31
LEGISLATURE INTRODUCES
 3 MEASURES
Appropriations S69, 400 Asked-E Eagle Bounty
 Repeal Is Sought

Bills, resolutions and memorials began to shower in upon Senate and House today. Nine measures were introduced, four of them calling for appropriations totaling $bo41o.
 In ten-minute session this morn ing, the Senate received Senate Bill No. 1, by Senator O. D. Cochran of Nome, calling for repeal of the eagle bounty and carrying an emergency clause which would put it into eff feet Immediately upon passage.
 Welfare Investigation
 Only other business before the Senate was reading of letter from the Grand Igloo, Pioneers of Alas ka. asking Legislative investiga- ton of the work of the Welfare Board in view of alleged complaints against what have been called arbi- trary and unreasonable rulings" and one from Igloo No. 16 at Ketchikan asking amendment of the Jones Act to except Alaska. The Jones Act. passed by Congress, prohibits the transportation of passengers an d freight between two U. s. ports on anything but U. S. vessels.
 The Senate then adjourned until III o'clock tomorrow morning.
 Rep. Leo Rogge of Fairbanks in- troduced in the House bill to ap- propriate 5000 for bank examina- ticns and to allow { he Banking Board. if it desires. to appoint one of it's members to make such exam nations.
 Deficiency Bill
 Other bills introduced today and carrying appropriations include one by Rep. Allen Shattuck to provide $l, 900 on an emergency basis to transport indigent persons to the Pioneers Home and one by the Ways and Means Committee allow ing $6l 800 in deficiency appropria- tions. Of this total, $500 would go to the Registrar of Vital Statistics to pay fees to U. s. Commissioners for recording birth and death certifi- cates. 0.000 to the Treasurer to pay hair seal bomties and $40.000 to the
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-31
FAS(5T5 ADMIT DERNA CAPTURE;
 TROOPS SCATTER

ROME, Jan. 3l. The Italian Command today officially announc- ed that Fascist forces havS aband- oned Derna and withdrawn west and south to avoid beingasurround- ed by the enemy forces"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-31
Taifo Figure on
 Rookie Approved

LOUISVILLE, Va, Jan. 31. = When Radford Truitt, l9 years old, entered a recruiting office to join the Navy, officials took one look at the tatooed figure of a nude woman on his arm and turned him down.
 So Truitt had bathing suit tatooed over the figure. He returned to the recruiting office and was accepted.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-31
j. s. DEFENSE DIFFERENT

Along the coasts Of the United States, where there is little, if any. possibility of enemy air bases close enough to fill the air with enemy planes, the value of the blimp jumps right back to its World War ceil- ing. Working in conjunction with sub-chasers. Gestroyers, mine sweep CTS and planes from coastal air fields, the blimps would patrol the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-31
5uez Canal
 Bombed by
 AxispIanes

ROME. Jan. 31. - The Italian Command, in an official statement, says German planes are cooperating with the Italian air forces in the Mediterranean and have. bombed the Suez Canal.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-31
CAA MAN TO ANCHORAGE

MT. and Mrs. B. K. Diller went through Juneau last night enroute to Anchorage aboard the steamer Baranof.
 Diller is a CAA employee and is being transferred to Anchorage from the Middle West to aid in the construction of beam stations.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-31

A week or so ago the Commerce Department made known it's latest total-$4, ,054, 100000, when you throw in $100,00c 900 of British invest ments from odd points in the empire, such as Hongkong.
 This figure was reached by sam bling banks that usually hold large portfolios of British invest ments in this country. It covers all sorts of investments, but it's obviously minimum estimate.
 The investments run the gamut of property ownership. There are four main kinds, namely
 l. Stocks and bonds.
 The British already are selling small blocks of these every day. They disposed of some Montgom- cry Ward & Company stock the other day. Total holdings of Amer ican stocks and bonds by British subjects throughout the empire range close to $1,500,000, ,000.
 2. Direct investments.
 These investments broadly are direct ownership of property = such as a soap plant, a strip of land, business buildings.
 United Kingdom subjects own about $850OOO,O00 worth of such investments in the United States, Canadians another $480,000,O0O.
 3. Miscellaneous.
 This kind of investment may be most anything that doesn't fall into another slot. It may be part of the fortune of an American born heiress now living in the British Empire. She may have claims as an American citizen. Her estate may have peculiar in heritance strings, such as ban against sale imposed by a long dead American capitalist.
 4. Short term investments.
 Such investments include the gold holdings of British subjects and of the government. It also includes deposits in American banks to British accounts. And it includes British money in Amer ica loaned out for short periods at low interest rates. and subject to immediate recall by the lender.
 The questions involved in the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-31
By MORGAN M. BEATTY AP Feature Service Writer

WASHINGTON. Jan. 31. = The current discussion of British securi- ties to cover war purchases carries the Administration lend-lease plan into the strange and little known labyrinth of foreign investments in the United States
 It is well known among financial wizards that the British govern ment itself has no exact figure showing the value of total property holdings of British subjects in this country.
 British ownership of property in the United States has been built up slowly through l50 years.
 Guesses of the total British fi- nancial stake over here range from the Commerce Departments estimate of about $4,000,000.0 900 to outside figures around the $l4,0G0, 100000 mark.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-31
WILLkIE
 ON FRONT
 AT DOVER
Is Mud- -SpIdshed, Weary, But Pleased with Defense
 Against Wafer Invasion

DOVER, Jan. 3l. Mud-splashed and weary after day on Great Britain's war front, Wendell L. Will kie. American observer of war con- ditions, declared the British defense against the invasion appeared very impressive and would not like to be the German attacking them." Willkie will visit Coventry and Birmingham. heavily bombed cities. on Sunday during trip through the industrial Midlands.
 
 The Philippine Islands spread over an area of l.i52 by 6s8 miles.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-31

A modern locomotive has the power of 25,000 men.
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-31
NO BULLS

There was one occasion during Vice President Henry Wallace's re-
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Evening star., 1941-02-01

Garbo has sheilah Graham.
asked her good friend Lady Mendl
to decorate her new Brentwood
house, which ruHnor credits as her
honeymoon locale after Greta be-
comes Mrs. Gaylord Hauser -.
Mickey Rooney invited Shirley Tenn
pie to a get-together party with
some of his friends at his ranch.
Mrs. Temple couldn't make up her
mind about letting Shirley go. The
problem was solved when Mickey
caught cold, and the party was called
of Gary Cooper, who Is in his
late 30s, gets Joan Leslie, just 16,
for his leading lady In sergeant
York"
William Powell will have to shave
off his mustache because in one
sequence Of Love Crazy" he dis
guises himself as a woman. He
wears an enormous picture hat and
q dress, designed by Adrian! &.
Ann Sheridan's strike at Warmers
has already cost her s17,500 in SAL
ary plus attorneys fee. 1 wonder
how much longer she can hold out?
Joan Fontaine has informed
Boss David Selznick that she will
gladly do "Jane Eyre" If Husband
Brian Aherne is co-starred. It's
practically in the bag =. That re-
minds me, Joan called Sister Olivia
De Havilland in the hospital and
said. "I hope you are resting"
"Resting?" echoed Livy. The
Warner photographers came at noon,
Gene Markey at 8. Franchot Tone
at and Jimmy Stewart tele-
phoned."
The Judy Garland-Dave Rose
wedding will be very soon now.
In fact, they may beat Deanna Dur
bin and Vaughn Paul to the altar.
Did you know that Judy and De-
anna started their screen lives to-
gether In the short Every Sunday
Afternoon"2 Paulette Goddard
is going to Sun Valley for bit
of skiing after she finishes "Pot o
Gold" I don't know how true this
story is, but friend Of mine swears
he saw one Of the Chaplin boys at
a street corner selling bottles OF
champagne from the Chaplin cellar
at Is cents a bottle. And was ne
selling themi
John Garfield and not Louis Hay
ward will probably play opposite
Ida Lupino in Gentle People" At
least John is now reading the script
and testing. "It's another gangster,
and I swore I was through with
gangsters," Garfield tells me. "But
this Is not a frustrated sangster,
so may take the risk!"
Cary Grant is refurnishing the
beach house he bought from Norma
Talmadge. 1t seems that Countess
Barbara Hutton Reventlow didn't
like the curtains and carpets which
went with the house. Sounds as
though they will live here after
the marriage, which. it is reported,
will take place Immediately Bar
bara is legally free from her Danish
count John Carroll and his
leading lady, Anna Neagle CSun-
ny'D, are not as friendly as they
ought to be, working in the same
picture.
Hollywood is again trying to lure
William Saroyan. The first time
wild William" came to Hollywood
it was to save 5000 so he could go
Evening star., 1941-02-01

elements as ever begged 10 pe put
into one plot. These were Abbott
and Costello, for instance, and their
familiar vaudeville material-the
dice game, the one about the little
girl 10 years old, the lend-me-s5O
gag, etc. Then there were the An
drews sisters with their special sing
ing style and the rough notion that
Army background of some kind
would be very timely. You can see,
can't you, what poor Arthur P.
Herman was up against.
The various germs of this plot
keep isolating themselves constantly
throughout Buck PrivateS." Most
outstandingly successful in this re-
spect are Abbott and Costello.
Sticking close to the text from which
they have been working for years,
they infuse the film with vagrant
moments of some highly simple
merriment.
There is the one about the crap
game, for instance, that one IN
which innocent, corpulent Lou
that's Costello-pretends he never
has shot dice before and takes his
smarty-pants partner for cleaning.
Director Arthur Lubin worked
pretty hard to give this sequence
new life and, although he failed, it
still comes off as well as it did in
vaudeville.
In their slapstick way the partners
work pretty furiously upon several