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The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-02-06

WASSINGTON-M of the dis cussion at the Presidents conference with Congressional leaders on the Aid-to- Britain bill hinged on two amendments which he contended had little, if any, meaning.
 They were aimed to prohibit the conveying of merchant ships by U. $. war vessels, and to require all lend-lease transactions to be okayed by the new super-defense agency, Office of Production Management.
 Biggest argument was over the prohibition of conveys. Republican Floor Leaders Charley McNary and Joe Martin insisted on such an amendment. Roosevelt argued that it would be unnecessary and mean ingless.
 "The neutrality act prohibits Am crican vessels from entering restrict ed war zones,' he pointed out in eff feet, "and I have no desire to repeal the neutrality act. However, if you must put this window dressing in the bill, I won't try to stop it."
 The other amendment, sponsored by isolationist Representative Ham, ilton Fish of New York. would re- quire the Office of Production Man agement to approve the loan or lease of all war supplies to Britain And the President flatly put his foot down when Joe Martin suggested that it be included in the bill.
 Roosevelt contended that it would retard speedy execution of the lend lease program when speed is the very essence of our attempts to help Great Britain" Also he argued that it would burden the OPM with extraneous problems at time when all it's efforts were needed to increase production. Martin finally agreed to a substitute, namely that the Presi- dent consult with the Army Chief of Staff and the Chief of Naval Opera tionS.
 That's perfectly satisfactory to me- was Roosevelt's reaction. T would naturally do that anyway"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-02-06
Major Graham Host
 With Stag Party

Honoring Capt. Ralph 0. Parker, Commander of the Alaska Sector, U.S.N., and Col. Thomas L. Mar tin, on the staff of the Fourth Army, and officers of the gunboat Charleston. a stag party was given at o'clock yesterday with Major Jesse E. Graham as host at his home on First and Dixon Streets.
 Besides the honored guests, Ma jor Graham asked Gov. Ernest Gruening and Secretary of Alaska E. l.. Bartlett.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-02-06
DEMONSTRATION AGAINST U. S. BY
 STUDENTS, ROME

ROME, Feb. GA crowd of stu dents, bearing Italian and German flags. marched toward the United States Embassy this afternoon shouting Down With Democracy"
 The marching students turned down a side street however, and did not pass the Embassy itself.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-02-06
GAME MEN IN SESSION TO CHANGE LAWS

Discussion in the meeting of the Alaska Game Commission continued today as commissioners awaited the arrival of the southbound Baranof with Commissioner Andrew Simons, before passing any new regulations.
 Tonight the commission will give a hearing to committee represent ing the Gastineau Channel Sports mems Association, and tomorrow night will hear the suggested changes in game regulations by registered Juneau Guides.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-02-06
ENGINEERS RETURN
 FROM INFERIOR TRIP

Supervising Construction Engineer Earl McGinty and Assistant Me- chanical Engineer Ralph Mize of the Office of Indian Affairs are re- turning to Juneau today on the PA Electra from Fairbanks after an inspection trip of several weeks in the interior.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-02-06
More
 Barracks in
 Alaska Areas
Additional Sums Awarded for Construction at Sitkd,
 Kodiak and UnaIaskd

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6. Tho Navy Department announces there has been added to the sum of $19,- 225, ,790 for contracts let to the Stems, Drake and Puget Sound Company for construction of Army garrison facilities at Sitka, Kodiak and Un- alaska, $5,193,840, also the sum of $400,O00 for preliminary investiga tions, including equipment and SUD- plies at the same site.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-02-06
HERBERTs AT ASSEMBLY

MT and Mrs. Charles Herbert and son Stephen are making their home at the Assembly Apartments while here for the legislative session. Mrs. Herbert and Stephen arrived Tues day from vacation in the States to join Mir. Herbert. Representative from the Fourth Division.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-02-06
John Winani
 Nomi nafed,
 Ambassador
Former Republican Gov- ernor. New Hampshire,
 Goes 10 Great Britain

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6. Presi- dent Roosevelt today nominated John Winant, former Republican Governor of New Hampshire. to be Ambassador to Great Britain. Win ant is successor to Joseph P Ken nedy. who resigned several months ago.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-02-06
HIGHWAY
 MEASURE
 BYDIM0ND
Delegate Infoduees Bill for S25,OOO, Project
 for Defense

WASHINGTON. Feb 6.-Delegate Anthony J. Dimond has introduced bill proposing construction of 9 $25. .000, ,000 defense highway from the United States proper, toward AL aska
 The route, according to the bill. is to be selected by the President and is to connect with the present United States and Richardson high ways.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-02-06
LIGHT, NIGHT RAID,l0ND0N
German Bombers Attack City and Also Southern
 Coast of England

LONDON, Feb. 6.-German bomb CTS struck at this British Capital City and the southern coast of Eng land during the night in short but intensive air raid. British officials class the attacks, however, as light.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-02-06
TWELVE DIE IN CANADIAN
 PLANE CRASH
Bodies, Nine Passengers Three Members of Grew
 Found in Wre1kdqe

WINNIPEG, Feb. 6.-Nine pas sengers and three crew members of Trans Canada Airlines plane were found dead when wreckagc of the plane was discovered this forenoon.
 The plane had been missing since early this morning near Armstrong, 391 miles cast of here.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-02-06
Officers 10 Be Guests
 Al Governor Tonight

For officers of the U. s. gunboat Charleston. Gov and Mrs. Ernest Gruening will entertain with ' o'clock buffet supper and dancing party this evening at the Governors House.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-02-06
AF0GnAk MAN FINED
 ON TRAPPING CHARGE

According to telegram received by the Game Commission today, Pat rick Rowan. Afognak alien, was ap- prehended yesterday by Wildlife Agent Jack Benson and fined $l00 before Commissioner Vonscheele in Afognak on charge of trapping fur bearing animals without proper liz ceEse.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-02-06
NO PARKING"

NO PARKING"
 Even with the experience of the visit of the King and Queen 70 draw on, Colonel Starling and his staff worked for more than a month on the minutely detailed plan of operation. First the traffic lanes into the Capitol, White House and cne-mile parade zones were taken care of. A parking blackout about four blocks wide and more than a mile-and-a-half long was ordered from midnight to midnight on h.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-02-06
HULL TALKS

When Secretary of State Hull ap- peared in secret session before. the Senate Foreign Relations Commit tee, he emphasized the belief that the fall of Britain would have grave
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-02-06

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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-19
WRITES OF VOYAGE

Passengers aboard the Zamzan
evidently were as much in the
dark as 10 where they were dur
ing the voyage as'were their par
entS and friends back home.
Volunteer George o. Tichenor
on March u, three days out from
Trinidad, wrote:
"They are keeping the Fam
Fam out Of the shipping lanes
and won't tell us where we are.
The only clue we have Is that
we have been going almost due
southeast since Monday neon
and there are large clumps Of
seaweed floating around us, so
we are apparently heading into
the Sargasso Sea.
"The lifebOats are slung out
for instant lowering and we have
our knapsacks and canteens
filled. II Is quite exciting"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-19
anu Must Get Supplies Great Britain at Any Cost Hull Says
Ital y AnneXeS Adriatic
Coast by CrOat Pact
BY MICHAEL CHINIGO
Int1 News service staff Correspondent

bore It's first diplomatic fruit in
the shape Of formal dismember-
ment of the heterogeneous Yugo-
slav state erected by the victors
of the World War.
Italy's first territorial reward of
the present conflict was loudly
acclaimed by a vast multitude
that screamed its delight in front
of the PalaZZo VeneZia as Premier
Mussolini appeared on the balcony
with the Croat "fuehrer," DR..
Ante Pavelic, who headed a Croat
delegation that came 10 Rome for
the ceremonies. Mussolini's BEAM
ing smile was in sharp contrast TO
Pavelics ash N, eXpresSionless
face.
The first pact defined the ex-
banded borders of the Italian
kingdom and the frontiers of
Croatia.
The second treaty was a 25-year
military accord, pledging Croatia
not to erect or maintain any land,
air or naval bases, susceptible Of
employment for purposes OF war, a"
in the zone facing the Adriatic;
and declaring Croatia does not in
tend 10 build navy.
In tho third pact. Italy Guaran-
tees the independence and terri
torial integrity of Croatia. while
Croatia undertakes 10 enter no in
Iternational agreements not in
conformity with the Italian guar
anteeS.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-19

medieval ceremony "graciWlslX'
designated his nephew, the Duke
Of Spoleto, as king of Croatia
The duke will be crowned soon
al the Croat capital of Zagreb as
King Aimone. His wife, the new
queen of Croatia. is the former
princess Irene of Greece, sister OF
King George ii, who was driven
from Athens to Crete by German
forces.
Thus, the German-Italian con-
quest of Yugoslavia and Greece
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-19
Hess Wife
Reported
Arrested
International New. Service oabl.

LONDON. May ia report
that the wife of Rudolf Hess
Frau lisa Hess-had beensarrested
along with many prominent per-
sons in connection with the Nazi
Party deputy eaeader's fight to
Scotland was circulated today by
the British news agency. Exchange
Telegraph.
In a dispatch from Gothenburg,
Sweden, the agency quoted the
Berlin correspondent of the Gotes-
borg PoSten as saying Frau Hess
had been taken into custody
Friday
(The Berlin radio charged
that reports o. threats to the
safety of Hess family consti-
tuted British propaganda
The Swedish correspondent, &C.
cording 10 Exchange Telegraph.
cabled his, paper that many
others have been arrested and
those held in Berlin alone mount
in the hundreds"
DANGEROUS TO MENTION
Police. said the dispatch, are
"arFestiHe anybody in restaurants
or other public places who dis
.cusSes tho Hess affair" and sew
eral new prisoners are said 10 be
arriving daily al the Sachsen-
hansen concentration camp.
The Gestapo. this story went on,
is now questioning Germany's out
standing plane designer, Prof.
Willy MesSerSchnittr regarding HE
brand new MeSSerSchmtt in which
Hess made his flight.
British sources have said the
machine used ~ Hess was appar-
emily an experimental type cap
able of longer range than older
tYpeS and that il had yet heen
introduced into action by Germany.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-19
4 British Ships
Hit, Rome5dys
International New. servic. csbl.

ROME, May 80 The Rome
radio today offered what it termed
proof of damage inflicted upon
British naval vessels and the
sinking of transport in recent
aerial-naval battle in the western
Mediterranean.
According TO information which
disproves British claims that none
of the warships was damaged, said
the radio, il was revealed that an
unidentified aircraft carrier. the
battleship Rene wn and the de-
stroyer H-70 limped into Gibral-
tar severely damaged.
Wreckage picked up by Italian
naval forces near Pantellaria
leaves no doubt that the 9.557-ton
passenger liner Lancashire--proh-
ably troop ship-was sunk, the
radio added.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-19
Kie| Shipydrds
by Raj

international News Service Cable
LONDON, May ia heavy
British bombing attack on the
German naval base at Kiel during
the night was announced today.
The air ministry stated:
bodybuilding yards at Kiel
were further damaged last night.
The port of Emden and the
docks at Cherbourg also were
bombed"
"a small force Of Raj planes
dropped bombs on several places
in the northwest German coastal
region but caused only "nim-
portant" damage, Berlin stated.
One farmhouse was destroyed.
Bombs also were dropped on
Holstein province without caus-
ing damage
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-19
.Irdqis Ambush
British Tanks,
Repu|se Attack
international New. Service Cable

BEIRUT, Lebanon. Syria. May
19.-Heavy fighting in which Iraq
tribesmen ambushed British tanks
was announced today in an Iraq
military communique relayed I,
Beirut from Bagdad, capital o.
Iraq.
"On the western front patrols
supported by native tribesmen
ambused British tanks" the
communique said. ION the
southern front our forces at
tackled British camps at Mas
kuil and Alehuaiba, inflicting
heavy losses on the enemy. A
counter-attack by British tanks
was repulsed.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-19
Roosevelt in Plea
To Parents, teachers

BOSTON. May BINS
President Roosevelt and Gov. Lev
erett Saltonstall today urged CO.
operation between parents and
teachers 10 assure future unity in
messages 10 the forty-ffth conven-
ton of the National Congress of
Parents and Teachers.
Opening session of the conven-
ton found 5000 delegates. repre-
Senting 100000 member regis
tered
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-19
Italians Give Up
In Ethiopia
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n N0Sta has been taken
pTiSoner)
despite capitulation ef the
key garrison, the Italian state
mcnt sand resistance is being
cor'lnucd In the Jimma and
GoEaaT areas }
An earlier British Communique
announced destruction Of az least
- German planes and damaging
bomb hits on 20 more IN Raj COM
bat operations that extended from
Iraq 20 Ethiopia and included
Greece. Crete. the Suez Canal
area and eastern LIbya.
As Fascist resistance in cast
Africa appea cd virtually az an
end. u was disclosed by British
authorities in Cairo that more
than 2OOO 900 Italian prisoners
equivalent OF nearly Is divisions
have been taken by the British
in the middle east
An RAJ Communique said 26
Axis tanks and arrnorcd cars were
destroyed by British planes near
Fort CapuZZo. Just across the
Lihyan-EgyDtian border
ON the ground a great battle Of
tanks. armorcd GAYS and infantry
forces along the frontier sector
was reported The British an
nouncc that our m echanize d
patrols are continuing their az
grcSSiVc activities
Ninety miles west Australian
troops defending the Liby n
coastal town of Tobruk-wcre said
10 have captured "A number Of
strong points I'm Tho outer de-
Tense perimetcr. lnficting serious
losses on Italo-Gcrman troops
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-19
3 British
Planes Hit
I'm Crete
International N.V. ser,ic. csSI.

BERLIN. May 19-Destruction
of eight British planes in a Ger
man aerial raid on Raj bases in
Crete was officially announced in
Berlin today.
In a previous raid on Crete by
German bombers. a British cruiser
of the York class was declared
10 have been hit by three heavy
caliber bombs in Suda Bay.
Two British destroyers also
were claimed 10 have been dam
aged by bombs.
+ Four supply ships, three in Suda
Bay, were also reported sunk.
Two tankers. one 1900 tons
and the other 5000. and a 1000
ton freighter were the vessels sent
to the bottom of Suda Bay in a
bombing raid on the Anglo-Greek
Mediterranean base Saturday
In waters off the British Isles
Saturday night and early yester-
day. a vessel OF $500 tons was
said to have been sunk and two
others gravely damaged. In all,
according 10 the Communique,
%, 500 tons of shipping were sent
to the bottom and 1000 tons
damaged
In addition, the communique
said German planes damaged
seven British merchant ships, two
Of which probably sank. The state
ment added that the aerial recon-
Nuisance gained valuable infor-
nation.
The high command also stated
that German aircraft bombed and
sank a large British tanker west
of Ireland early this morning.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-19

puppet state Of
Croatia with its
first king in
n @ a r | y 900
years.
+ a s els ms
dream of COM
pie ( ly con-
verting I h e
strategic Adri-
attic int o an
1t a liam lake
was realized IN
a series of three
Italo C r O a I
pacts signed in
r o m e after
King Wet o r
Eu,u,apiiol in a
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-19
Fire Ruins Pavilion
In Palmer Park

The soft drink pavilion in
Palmer Park, well known 10 De-
troiterS, IS pile of ashes today.
despite efforts OF hremen 10 save
M. The fire was blamed on "A
careless smoker who dropped a
match or cigaret.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-19
10 Americans
On Sunk Liner
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ship. until today's announcement
that il was lost somewhere be-
tween Pernambuco and Cape
Town.
Latest word in Cairo said 20l
passengers were aboard the Fam
Fam, among them group OF
American field service ambulance
drivers who were en- route "a
Egypt TO serve with British and
Free French" forces.
OVERDUE FOR WEEK
civilian V. c. Ruxton, presi-
dent of the British-American
ambulance corps, said in New
York that the insurance under
writer's OF the canaan, had
made thorough effort to
locate survivors without success.
(Ruxton. whose office had
known for more than a week
that the ship was overdue and
presumably lost, said he would
ask the state department to in
vestigate.
1.-THE Zamzsm was n neutral
ship" Ruxton declared. 1T
was carrying acknowledgement
cargo"
1--WE believed we had taken
every possible safeguard for the
protection of these men In
transit tn Mombasa, whence
they were to travel overland tn
the Lake Chad region, to be
biIleted with the Free French
forces"
In recent months the canaan
had carried many Americans home
TO the United States from the
Middle East.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-19

be available to all nations with
out discrimination.
. international agree m I s
regulating the supply OF COM
modities must be so handled as
10 protect fully the interests of
the consuming countries and
their people.
The Institutions and ar
rangementS of International
finance must he so set up that
the, lend aid TO the essential
enterprises and the continuous
development Of all countries.
CRACKS DOWN ON sTRIkES
Measures taken to give ef-
feet to these principles must he
freely open 10 every nation
which desires a peaceful life In a
world at peace and IL willing to
cooperate In maintaining that
peace" Hull said.
such program has strength
and endurance. IL will stand
long after the war-built arrange
ments forced on dishearte or
imprisoned peoples by military
conquest have fallen to pieces
and have vanished utterly"
In what some observers saw a.
a hint that the administration may
crack down on strikes provoked
FOR selfish gain, Hull declared:
"At this critical moment We
must not be weakened by inter
nal division: we must devote our
whole energy TO essential tasks.
The production and transfer
OF essential supplies to those
countries which are actively
resisting aggression de IN an d
sacrifice of time and substance,
and making Of maximum effort,
on the part Of each and every
American citizen.
ASKS BIGGEST EFFORT
Delays in meeting full sched-
ules OF production Of essential
military supplies, whe ther
caused by business complaceucy
or by strikes, can and should he
avoided. for they gravely en-
danger the safety OF our nation.
Our greatest possible national
effort must he made, not for the
sake Of other countries. but
primarily for the sake Of and 20
insure our own security"
Control of the seas is vital. HUI
said. TO the survival of democracy
The safety Of our nation, as
Of every free nation, Is I'm mortal
danger in 80 far as our people
permit themselves to be luIled
into q false sense Of security by
those who mistakenly assume
that two oceans, plus n natural
desire 10 be at peace with all
the world will protect u.s." he
stated.
The paramount purpose OF
the leaders Of fhe movement Of
conquest II 10 secure control Of
the high seas, which control Is
essential To the execution OF our
own defense and safety requires
that we see Ia u that Great
Britain receives adequate sup
plies for her successful resist
ance."
Should the aggreSSOr patton
win. they WILL enSlave- every re
manning free nation. Hull asserted
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-19
Red Cross Call to Nurses

WASHINGTON, May 10. -
(INS)-The American Red Cross
today appealed to all nurses quail
fled for military service to regis
ter with the organization.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-19
NAZI RAIDER DOwNED

LONDON. May BINS
One German plane was destroyed
as Nazi raiders dropped a few
bombs on southwestern England
last night and early today.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-19

ROME, May 19.--Italy today
formally annexed virtually the en-
tire 500-mile Dalmatian coast on
the eastern side OF the Adriatic
Sea and presented an ASis-reyived
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-19
Allies Must Win
Save America,
Secretary Holds
Nv ROBERT G. NIXON
fnt'i Nsw. s~rvtrs star Correspondsnt


WASHINGTON May 19. In :
fighting speech virtually allyinl
the United States with Grca
Britain. Secretary Of State Cordel
Hull declared that this nation, for
/ its own self preservation, must
sec 10 IL that Britain wins the var
against the ANS powers
The nation $ top cabinet mem
Der. in an address broadcast from
coast 10 coast and overs @ 5
bluntlY asserted
Either the spread Of lawless-
ness in the world must he
brought 10 halt or we shall
soon find ourselves surrounded
nv aCerPSsorS and compelled 10
fight. virtually alone and against
great odds, for our own national
existence.
=. FOR OUR OWN SAFETY
Every consideration Of our
own defense and safety requires
that we see 20 II that Great
Britain receives adequate sup
plies for her successful resist
ance.
"ThIS nation IL resolved to
eyade no issues and To face
harsh facts the tide Of force
must be turned back.
Without specific reference 10
this controversial question Of con-
voys. or the German proclamation
OF A blockade of the Red Sea, the
tall white haired Tennesseean
fersely stated that this country
has set itself 10 the task OF sup
plyins Britain. and that no power
on earth will sWerye- America
from the completion Of that task.
MUST FINISH TASK
I'VE are n practical people
Huh stated. when we set our
selves to n task We finish II.
Eve have set ourselves tn the
task Of arming and supplying
those whose successful defense
In vital to our security.
81 have said II before, and 1
rroent: We will not permit this
purpose to he frustrated. We
will find way to insure that
the weapons pouring In ever
greater volume from our FAC
tories will reach the hands
which eagerly await them.
~Oniy as we stand strong ana
united In this purpose. can we
look forward to a brighter day
HulIs aides pointedly stated
that the secretary's emphatic
words dealt with considerations
far more important than the tech
nicality of conveys.
NAVY MUST DO JOB
The American navy will see TO
n that adequate war supplies
reach Britain from these shores,
ard il one method doesn't work.
another will be tried. II was stated
but the supplies will 60 through.
In biting words, Hull struck out
AT those who regard the two
oceans surrounding the Western
Hemisphere as a guarantee oil
safety.
He aSsailed labor strikes as
eravely endangering the nation S
safety. u,
He painted a grave picture OF
the world we would live in should
Hitler triumph.
And he laid down five-polnt
procram OF world reconstruction
after peace is restored.
His five-point program: q
extreme nationalism must
not again be permitted to eN-
press itself in excessive trade
restrictions.
Q NondiScrimination In inter-
national commercial relations
mus, be the rule. so that inter
national trade may grow ana
prosper.
Raw material supplies must