HOPKINS MEETS STALIN
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Hrrrv H^him Cleft), U. S. Lease-kind coordinator, visitinz Mo -
cow. with P.hjmicr Joseph Stalin of Russia, wfh whom he h'r
conferred. This picture was radioed to New York from Moscow.
IEMAINS OF VICTIMS
»F SITKA EXPLOSION
1EING TAKEN SOUTH
Five bodies of men killed in
he explosion a! Sitka .recently
are being shipped to the States
.or funeral services and burial.
C. F. Troutte is accompanying
.he remains south.
R. Carlson of Sitka wa- buried
in his home city. The remains of
.he following men and their des
inatiors are as follows: Court -
' n:y R- Best, who is being accom
| panied by Mr. Troutte to Salem,
j:e. v, here Best's widow and
i -:!d rc ds: Comr. cd: re Dewey
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| Ircde formerly of Jtxneau, is
| :ng van to Camas. Wash.
: where hi.s mother, Mrs. L. A.
| 3’rode resides; ‘.he bodies of the
, her rree men. Earl V. Rosser.
1 vigor A. Burkley, and Ralph J.
j McClure are being sent to Seat
tle where their widows reside.
j SOURDOUGH STATIONERY
Write to your friends and rela
tives on the ‘Outside.’ using Sour
, dough Statior.erv They’ll get a
• big kick out of it.
EEAVERBROOK MEETS H \LIFAX IN WASHINGTON
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Lord Be a verb r ■ k (right), British supply minister warmly patted the head of "Frankie,” pet of the
British Ambassador Lord Halizax, during a press conference at the British embassy soon after arriv
ing in Washington D. C. Beaverbrook came to this country to discuss war supply problems.
the Washington
MERRY-GO-ROl’ND
By Drew Pearson and
Robert S. Alitn
WASHINGTON —There was a
good reason why Lord Beaver
brook, dynamic Minister of Sup
ply. listed tank? as the No. 1 ob
jective of his visit to the United
States. He flew over argely to
try to persuade our Army chiefs
to iend-lease him the major
share of our growing output.
There is sharp division in the
Army over this. Armored units
commanders have been champ
ing at the bit for the tanks now
beginning to roll off assembly
lines. They need the equipment
not only to train their men and
off eers but to keep up morale —
which sags when modern war
, . . . !
machines are m.ssing or simulat
ed.
j Buck privates to generals have
griped over being forced to “play
! at soldiering.’’ This was one of
the main causes for the strong
j sentiment among citizen soldiers
j against extension of their year’s
i service. They could raise no en
thusiasm for continuing to train
without equipment.
On the other hand, the General
Staff believes that it is far more
vital to the IMMEDIATE secur
ity of the U. S. let let our tanks
and other armament help hold
off the Nazis 3,000 miles from
our shores.
The strategists contend that a
U. S. ;:,nk is performing infinite
ly more valuable service knock
ing out Nazis on the torrid des
erts of North Africa, or the
b oody steppes of Russia, than us1
.ng up oil in a training camp in
Texes. The favor sending most
of our new tanks to Britain for
the present and Beaverbrook’s
mission is to clinch that argu
ment.
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BRITISH NEED
The British need for tanks,
particularly for the latest type,
32-ton medium tanks, is extreme
ly urgent.
It was lack of these that caus
ed the rout in Greece and pre
vents. the British from taking the
offensive in Libya and on the con
| tinent. A.so, without medium
I tanks the British would be in de.s
! perate straits should Hitler make1
| his feared overland move into
Spain and Portugal, across the
Strait of Gibraltar and down the
Atlantic coast of Frenh West Af
rica to Dakar.
Thanks to the U. S., the Brit
ish are well supplied with light
12-ton tanks. So far they have re
ceived about 500, together with
spare parts. Only loss was one
shipload of parts torpedoed last
month in the South Atlantic.
These light tanks have given a
good account of thmselves. They
I are superior to similar German
and Italian types. But mounting
j only 50-ealibre guns and lightly
armored, htey are no match, as
Greece and Libya have proved,
for medium Axis tanks.
, The British have in operation
only 160 of their own new type
mediums, and these are kept in
England to resist invasion. New
tanks output by Britain’s strain
ed industry will continue to be
small. England must depend on
us to equip its rapidly expand
1 ing armored forces,
j That’s why Bsaverbrook is so
j hungrily eyeing our mounting
! production of medium tanks —
fast, heavily armored, mounting
: 75-m. cannon, and the most pow
erful of their kind.
By next month the new Chry
sler plant in Detroit alone will
I be turning out 450 a month. Oth
er firms will get into production
\ in the fall and winter, and by
next spring tanks will be roll
ing off assembly lines fast
enough to equip two divisions a
month.
But in the meantime the big
■ question is how to divide these
now being produced, between
U. S. and British requirements.
Beaverbrook hopes to return
with the answer in favor of Brit
ain.
FEDERAL LOAN TO RUSSIA
WASHINGTON, Aug. — Jesse
Jones, Federal Loan Administrat
or, said that he is prepared to
lend money to Russia to finance
the purchase of war supplies in
this country.
Jones said he believed a loan
is more likely than Lend-Lease
aid, once Russia runs out of cash
to pay for purchases. He said he
did not know how long the So
viets’ cash would hold out.
BRITISH-JAPAN TRADE
MAY BE RESUMED ANEW
LONDON, Aug. — Britain is
setting up machinery for possible
continuation of trade with Japan
authoritative sources disclosed
here.
The plan involves arrange
ments to place payments for any
imports from Japan in a “clear
ing account” which could be
used to finance licensed exports
to Japan.
SHORTAGE OF GAS,
OIL HAS NOW ARRIVED
WASHINGTON, Aug. — The
long predicted oil shortage in
the East has finally arrived, ac
cording to a report by Ralph Da
vies, Deputy Petroleum Coordin
ator. He says that stocks of gaso
line in the East have dropped to
a reserve supply.
Even with the voluntary nation
ing of gasoline, recommended by
officials, the reserve supply is
sufficient for only approximately
ten days.
U. S. AND BRITISH WAR CHIEFS AT FDR—CHURCHILL PARLEY
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President Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Churchill (seated, right) were surrounded by their army and navy chieftains when
they held their dramatic meeting at sea. This picture made aboard the British Battleship H. M. S. Prince of Wales, was released
by the White House with the following identification: L-R: Harry Hopkins, lcase-lend administrator; W. Averell Harrfynan, lease-lend
coordinator in London; Admiral E. J. King, commander of the Atlantic fleet; General George Marshall, chief of staff; General Sir
John G. Dill, chief of the Imperial British staff; Admiral Harold R. Stark, chief of naval operations; Admiral Sir Dudley Pound,
first sea lord of Brijuin.
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AIRLINER IN CRASH, 7 DIE
SAO PAULO, Brazil, Aug. — 7
passengers of a giant Pan Ameri
can airliner were killed when
the plane crashed near Sao
Paulo. Five of the 12 occupants
of the ship were reported safe.
Of the five escaping injury in
the crack-up American passen
gens were Professor Philip C.
Jessup of Columbia University
and Hugh Davies of Harrisburg,
Pa. The two men reached a Sao
Pau’o suburb only slightly in
jured, but no word has been re
ceived concerning the safety of
the other three passengers who
reportedly escaped from the fa
tal crack-up.
Euy Defense Bonds and Stamps
NOTH! E 1
To Whom It May Concern:
The Alaska Unemployment
Compensation Commission will
meet in Juneau. Alaska, at their
offices in the Territorial Build
ing, at 10 a.m. September 22,
1941, and will remain in session
for approximately ten days.
“Season Regulations” pertaining
to Salmon Canneries, Open Cut
Mines, Herring Reduction
All employers and employees
are hereby notified that the sea
sonal regulations having to do
with the payment of benefits to
seasonal workers, as contained in
Benefit Regulation No. 10, will
be opened to hearing as to chang
es or amendments. During the
period stated above, any inter
ested party may appear and be
heard or present his objections
to any part or all of the exist
ing regulations.
Any or all the existing rules
and regulations now in effect are
subject to amendments.
Regular business of the Com
mission will also be taken up at
this time.
Noble Dick, M. D. Chairman
Publish Aug. 25, Sept. 1, 8, 15
Notice of Final Settlement
In the Probate Court for the
Koyuk Precinct, Territory of Al
aska, Second Division, before
Arthur W. Johnson, U. S. Com
missioner and Ex-Officio Judge.
In the matter of the estate of
JESSE PETERSON Deceased.
Notice is hereby given, that a
hearing has been set for Satur
day, the 18th day of October,
1941, at two o’clock P. M. of said
day on the Final Account of
Wallace Porter, Administrator of
the Estate of Jesse Peterson, de
ceased, at the office of the United
States Commissioner at Haycock,
in the Koyuk Recording District,
Territory of Alaska, and at said
hearing the court will also enter
a decree ais to who the heirs at
law and distributees are.
Exceptions, if any thereto
should be filed in writing in said
cause on or before said date.
Dated at Haycock, Alaska, this
14 day of August, 1941.
Wallace Porter,
Administrator of the estate
of Jesse Peterson, Deceased.
Publish Aug. 18, 25, Sept. 1, 8.