19 Aug 1941
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Newspaper
The Daily Alaska Empire
Location
Juneau, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1941
Page
1
The War Department announced that many selectees and National Guardsmen may be released from active service this year. About 200,000 men are expected to return home before Christmas, with releases before December 9. If the international situation allows, extending service to 30 months should not be necessary.
C Rulaford building contractor is busy on a home remodeling job at 316 Sixth Street. He is remodeling the residence of Frank M Kardanoff and adding an extra apartment.
Confidential cables report South American Axis firms shipped crates of files to Japan. Twelve Japanese vessels stopped at West Coast Latin ports to collect mail bound for Tokyo, containing papers of Axis businessmen purged by U S blacklists. Funds and assets are also fleeing the region amid freezes.
Southeast Alaska endures continued dry weather with water shortages striking canneries, mines, and coastal towns. Cape Decision light station on Kulu Island lacks water for the first time, prompting Coast Guard to transport water to several lighthouses. Canners face reduced dock supplies as rain delays rainwater collection, while Ketchikan Reservoir Lake levels drop sharply. Gold Standard Mine halts operations due to water scarcity, and Wrangell reports notable shortages. Earl Fiskne, nephew of J T Fiakne, travels north to visit Juneau.
Tokyo reports British subjects seeking to leave Japan face the same frustrations as Americans. The United States accuses Japan of not explaining the refusal to permit 100 Americans to depart on the President Coolidge. Koh Ishii says the issue depends on inconveniences in Japanese American relations but excludes trade or politics. Ishii notes Japan cannot remain indifferent to any help.
Seven people are known dead with around forty missing after a blaze swept a Brooklyn pier, destroying the Cuba Mail Line ship Panuco and several small craft. Investigators fear the death toll may be higher than reported. FBI Special Agent B E Sackett and King County District Attorney William O Dwyer pursue possible sabotage.
Senator Hiram W. Johnson accused President Roosevelt’s joint statement with Churchill of forming an offensive and defensive alliance between Britain and the United States. The charge sparked a stormy Senate debate after Alben Barkley denied plans to send an American expeditionary force to aid Britain in invading Europe, following a Roosevelt-Chen conference with congressional leaders.
Washington August 19 Japan has about a year of high speed warfare behind her says military economists They believe Japan would target Burma and the upper Malay Peninsula to maximize joint army navy operations and to access essential oil tin and rubber while threatening British possessions in the region The analysis notes Japan lags in key war materials and would need Burma and Malaya for staying power but would still be limited by industrial capacity and oil supply in a broader war posture Continued on Page Seven.
Washington lawyers say national defense has created a wave of contracts and private industry activity. After months of slow work, firms report an avalanche of cases as the Army and Navy ramp up spending, drawing lawyers back into Washington's legal scene. The shift follows early optimism that never fully materialized, now replaced by a surge of work as defense needs expand.
German high command said allies overran all Ukraine east of the Dnieper and launched fierce assaults on Odessa while the front 75 miles from Leningrad tightens. It claimed capture of Nikolaev naval yards and several ships, plus sinking or disabling Soviet vessels. London reports the blitz may not end Russia but could threaten Marshal Budyonny’s army. night raids hit Moscow with limited German breakthroughs.
The Associated Press reports Western Germany was bombed by British air forces last night. Planes also started large fires along the French coast from Dunkirk to Boulogne as part of the raid.
President Roosevelt today urged every American to join a nationwide drive against accidents to conserve human and material resources. He named the National Safety Council to lead the effort. The report also notes the Navajo Indians of Arizona and New Mexico were famed silversmiths, learning the craft from Mexicans captured in the mid 19th century.
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