The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 27, 1938, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LII., NO. 7908. JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1938. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS P ———o—— HITLER'S DEMANDS REJECTED BY CZECH) AIR RAIDS ARE Hasty Session, FEARED;LONDON Brit. Officials, NOTE SOUNDED' NOW PREPARING Many Subways Are Clo for Possible Shelters from Bombers VAST UNDERGROUND REFUGES PLANNED Greatest of Defense Pre- cautions Now Being Under laken LONDON, Sept '.‘.7 ~This metro- polis, the nerve center of the Brit- ish Empire, is prepared for possible arrival of enemy airplanes, The city’s two deepest subway stations have been designated for immediate transformation into air raid shelters. "he two stations are at Charing s, almost in the center of Lon- don. They were ordered to be closed at 8 o'clock tonight by the London Transport Board “for urgent struc- tural works. The nature of the work is not officially disclosed but it is stated the closing order will remain in effect until further notice. Authoritative sources indicated that vast underground shelters against air bombers will be builf as the greatest defense precautions in British history. Altogether nine subway stations are closed but apparently only al- terations are being made to the two stations at Charing Cross. ALL AMERICANS IN EUROPE ARE GIVEN WARNING Embassy in London Issues Appeal for All Nation- als to Get Out LONDON, Sept. 27.—The United States Embassy here issued a broad- cast, also written communication, today urging Americans, all over Eu- rope, to immediately arrange their return to the United States, “if they can do so, in view of the com- plicated situation now prevailing.’, 3 CRUISERS PROVISIONED, HURRY ORDERS A Two Ch PESSIMISTIG Czech War Machine May Be Too Much for Hitler H”LER MAKES FLAT REFUSAL . Is Being Held BY CHAMBERLAIN for Conference—Emer- gency Orders Issued BULLETIN—LONDAN, Sept. count Gort, Chief of the General Staff, and Sir Newall, r Chief, co ferred late this afternoon with Premier Chamberlain. This strengthens the belief that Hitler is obdurate in his final demands for Czechoslo- vakia territory. N Sept. 27.—The Official Gazette this afterncon publishes a Royal Order by the King declaring a “case of emergency exists” and authorizing the ing up of the auxiliary Air Forces for De- fense. WARSHIPS LEAVE TIN — WASHIN G- re > Europe for pessible returning refugees or duty in the event of war. y officials said the cruiser nnah sailed Saturday from Philadelphia and the destroyer Somers left Norfolk the same day, beth proceeding to British perts under ruu steam MOBILIZATION .,», TAKING PLACE ¢LOSE VUTE ON iefs Ale Summoned | British Plemlel | world at large, Sees No Value in Further Con- ference with Hitler HINTS BRITAIN WILL RESIST GERMANFORCE Six-Minute Address Is Re—‘ broadcast to Germans in Own Language LONDON, Sept. 27. mier Neville Chamberlain, in a world wide broadcast tod: de- clared that “we cannot undertake to involve the whole British Empire in war however much we sympa- thize with the small nation.” But at another point in his broad- cast to the British Empire and the -British Pre- | said: “I am convinced that if tion has made up its deminate the world by force, not I te to resist it.” Chamberlain spoke only about six minutes and after he finished the speech was rebroadcast in German The British Premier said he would not hesitate to take a third trip to Germany if he thought it would do any good but at this moment “I can see nothing further I can use- fully do in the way of mediation I find Herr Hitler’s attitude unrea- sonable in his final demands but T | shall not give up hope for a peace- ful any na- mind to I would ITALIAN LAND REFERENDUM IN Two illo Specisins of THIRD DIVISION en Reservists Classes Called ROME, Sept. 27.—A source, usually well informed, says Italy has begun calling to the service 2,000,000 specialists of 10 class- es of reserv This is said to be preparatory to general mobilization on these grounds. — g LS R =5 STOCK QUOTATIONS ! NEW. YORK, Sept. 27. Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 9%, American Can 94’2, American Light and Power 3% Anaconda 52%, 1 |ors 57, Kennecott 39%, 30%, Bethlehem Steel Commonwealth and Southern Curtiss Wright 4%, General Mot- 401, International Harvester New York Cen- tral 14, Safeway Stores 15%, South- | ern Steel 517%, United States % asked Pacific 13%, Bremner bid 1%, Pound $4.75. Navy Authorities Decline to Comment on Prob- able Destinations | Jones averages: DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today's Dow, industrials 130.19, |up .28; rails 23.08, up .05; utilities 1725 do\\.n 24, SAN DIEGO, Cal, Sept. 27. Light cruisers Trenton, and Cincinnati are being provision- | ed hurriedly for six months today Navy authorities decline to make any comment on their destina- tions. A reliable source, Iowever, said that the deadline “for ' completing provisioning ends at 8 o'clock to- morrow morning, The Cincinnati® only from sea duzy last mght NOTED ROBBER FOUND GUILTY; returned 1S SENTENCED " Floyd Hamilton Must Serve | Twenty-five Years in Prison, Is Verdict DALLAS, Texas, Sept. 27.—Floyd Hamilton, noted’ robber, has been convicted of an armed robbery and sentenced to 25 years in prison. Ted Walters, accused as an ac- complice, goes on trial today. Concord \ 1 | ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sept. 27 Twenty-nine out of 58 precincts| gave 1,222 votes in favor of a uni- cameral legislature and 1581 against Legislators elected are J. S. Hof- man for the Senate, and Harvey Smith, Edward Coffey, H. H. Mc Cutcheon and Karl Drager for the | House. the Prime Minister " | Queen o Swallow; Czech soldiers operate a ‘mim ors Study U. S. Role in Event Europe Goes Boiling ()vor. Present Crisis QUEEN EXCITED Uneasy Pow AT LAUNCHING OF BIC LINER Fnrgels to Give Traditional Exclamation—Gives Britishers Message GLASGOW, Scotland, Elizabeth, with a message from the King, today called on all Britishers to “keep cool heads and brave hearts.” Sept. 27.- a Nearest Republican, Moritz An- dresen. was 500 votes behind Dra.| The short statement was made at ger, L‘he lowest of the four who the launching of Great Britain's clinclied piaces. All the remaining|DeW 85,000-ton liner bearing the precincts are small and will not| "#me Queen. Blisbief, o change the vote The Queen was so excited when 4 I she cut the tape releasing the bot- tle of champagne and dashed it & against the liner's bow that she for- TOt ls Alr got to exclaim in the traditional Traveler Out manned: “T name thee Queen Eliza- Of h beth.” Y Anchorage S el Sl ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sept. | LUCAS—FOLTA BACK 27.—~Viola Ann Jenks, aged 21% years, left here by air plane on a 400 mile journey home, all alone, She lives at Pilot Point, a cannery camp on Bristol Bay. The little girl came here for medical attention. She is the youngest lone air traveler to ever uxe p-ssue from here. CZECHS’ SYROVY Inspector General Jan Syrovy gave his right eye for Russia while leading Czech Legion- naires at Zborov in 1917. Later, he took command of all Allied forces, including Americans, on that front. He developed the army of his new nation; is com- pared with fifteen century Czech hero, Jan Zizka . . . both mutached, short stocky; both named Jan; both lost eye in battle; both clever strategists. He's 50, Europe marvels at the speed he moves Lroops. GERMANY'S BRAUCHITSCH Col. Gen. Walther von Brau- chitsch landed at the top of the German military in 1938 after an army shakeup. His father was a general in the Kaiser’s army, and the boy, educated in a military academy, entered the imperial army at 18 as a second lieutenant. He was promoted rapidly. Last February when the army eliminated War Minister von Blomberg, Hitler took su- preme command and Nazified the military with von Brau- chitsch in charge. | Mayor Harry I. Lucas and Assist- |ant District Attorney George W. Folta returned to Juneau last night after a week-end moose hunting trip in the Taku River country. The officials reported rain in such quantities that even the moose stuck to lhetr hiding places. BRITAIN'S GORT Viscount Gort, commonly known as “Tiger Gort,” stepped over the heads of 30 superiors to the high British command during the recent reorganization. At 52, he’s been soldiering for 32 years. Twice wounded, he jumped off a stretcher in a World War battle to lead his men. He's car- ried flag and gun all over the empire. He likes yachts and hunting and has the wealth to satisfy his likes. He's slender, dynamic and quiet. Britons call him a “proper soldier.” American M lllturvMun Says Soldiers of Czech C(m Stave Off Invuswn for TwoMonths L T Y, -werfer’ near the German border. Walter M. Harrison, who wrote this first-hand account of the fighting strength of the Cze managing editor of the Daily Oklahoman and the Oklahoma City Times at Okla- hema City. Last year he spent three months in Eurcpe, and this spring he took a leave of By I’RESTON GROVER WASHINGTON, Sept. 27.—About 30 years ago the United States had are in freezing Germany out of expansion in Morrocco, and well in- formed opinion here is that the po- absence to become attached to the London bureau of the AP. When events seemed to be near- ing a ¢ in central Europe, he hurried to Prague, the Czech capital. ‘ | | sition of this country now plays a ER M. HARRISON tremendous part in Europe’s calcu-| pPRAGU That bsby republic lations on the German-Czechoslo-|which the cartoonists picture as a vakian affairs. Did England, en her attitude toward Hitler be- that will choke Adolf Hitler. fore taking a precautionary sniff| When stolid, swarthy, one-eyed at the breeze blowing from Amer- General Syrovy (now Premier) mo- ica? | bilized 10 divisions on May 21 in America’s present part is alto-:six hours, he caused brows to beetle | gether unofficial, in contrast with in Berlin. At home the single-mind- ed patriots reaffirmed their trust| |in the blunt, Prussian-like inspec- | It is considered certain here tor general who would be chief com-| that the German government, as mander if war came. A good many | well at the British, Czechs, Rus- people believe the army could hold sians and French, gives much con- off the Germans till help arrived. sideration to the part the U. S.| Recently, as the guest of the| would play in event Europe should Minister of Defense at Milovice, 30 be plunged into war. | miles northeast of Prague, I watch-| Primarily these countries may ed two regiments of second-year | simply set up a series of questions vice soldiers in routine field| to which there can be no pat an-|work. In men and equipment these swers, since the official position of | elements compared favorably with the country is a sort of watchful | outfits I have seen at Fort Sill and | neutrality. |Fort Sam Houston in the United States. | EUROPE LOOKS TO U. S Close order drill was tight and But the sentimental as well as the| snappy. official position of the country wtth‘ Deployed regard to aggressive nations is well| ruddy faced, known. At present it obviously is|found cover not friendly toward a Nazi invasion dians. | of Czechoslovakia. | Bren machine guns beat a tattoo We have a neutrality act prohib-| in the direction of the objective iting shipments of arms to belliger- | thicket. | ent nations. That section of the law| Skoda tanks Theodore Roosevelt’s in the Morrocco affair. participation skirmishers, the hard - bitten boys| like Oklahoma In-| | as lumbered through tc:mtlnxwd on Page Beven) lcontmued on Page six) HIS REPLY TO U.S. PRESIDENT Nazi Chlettam Says Peace | or War Is in Hands of Czechoslovakians ADMITS STRIFE WILL TAKE TOLL OF LIVE Further Declares that Ger- many Has Been and Is Being Very Patient (By Associated Press) BERLIN, Sept. 27.—Adolf Hitler, facing the suspicious eyes of a war- |fearing world today marshalled Germany’s entire case in an unusu- | ally long communication replying |to President Roosevelt's appeal for peace in Europe The reply ended with: “It s now solely in the hands of the Czecho- | slovakian government and not in |the hands of the German govern- ment to decide whether or not there will be peace or war.” Hitler appealed to President Roo- sevelt’s understanding in saying, “I have the conviction that if you vis: alize the entire development of the Sudeten German problem from its beginnings to this present day, you | will realize that the German gov- S| T0 CEDE LAND - MADE PUBLIC Government of Czechoslo- vakia Makes Statement in Great Crisis INDIGNANT PROTEST IS MADE BY NATION iFacts in Issue Are Made | Clear—No Reason to ‘ Submlt to Cruelty 1 LONDOMN, Srnt. 27.—Jan Mas: | aryk, Czechoslovakia's Minister to | London, today made public his Gov- ernment’s note fiatly refusing t@ accept Hitler’s final terms for cut- ting up Crechoslovakia as the price | of European peace. A new naspect of frankness was injected iniwo previcus secret nego- tlation: to stave off war and was heiglit'ned by the announcement early today that British Prime Min- | ister Neville Chamberlain would make a worldwide broadcast at 11 am. (PST) | The Czechoslovakian iote was de- livered Sunday by Masuryk. | It said: “My Goverument wishes me to declare that Hitler's demands in the present form are absolutely | ernment is rtainly not wanting | unconditionally unacceptable to my in patience or sincere will for a|Government. peaceful understanding.” “Against these new and cruel Germany's man of the hour fur-|demands, my Government feels ther told Roosevelt: “Completely, in every way, I share your views con- | cerning the immeasurable | quences of a European war.” | | Reylewing the history of Sudeten | | Germans and their relations to the | Czechoslovakian state, Hitler re- minded President Roosevelt that | Woodrow Wilson proclaimed the principle of self-determination of nations in the famous Wilson “four- teen points.” Hitler victorious in the World War, "cre- | nations to pariahs stripped of all rights.” Noggle Appointad Asst. Dist, Atty, In Third Division Anchorage Man Succeeds | Warren Taylor of Cor- dova Who Resigned ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sept. 27.— Attorney General Homer S. Cum- mings has appointed Halford P.| Noggle, of Anchorage, as Assistant | | United States Attorney with th headquarters in Cordova. Noggle succeeds Warren Taylor who has resigned to resume private | practice. COMING TO JUNEAU A. J. Novell and Floyd E. Wright, | from Fairbanks, via Valdez, are ar- riving on the Columbia tonight, booked to Juneau 'FRANCE'S GAMELIN Major General Maurice Gustave RUSSIA’S VOROSHILOFF Defense Commissar Klementi “Klim” Voroshiloff, 57, couldn't read until he was 12. Now he’s second to Stalin. A railway watchman’s son, he became in turn miner, factory worker, ser- vant, strike agitator, convict and exile. He still harangues soldiers with Communist oratory. He really found himself as military man organizing troops in 1918 to fight German invaders. He's the Russian idea of handsome— well-built, erect, trim. He con- verses simply and pleasantly. Gamelin was “Papa” Joffre’s favorite all during the World War, It's a tradition that he’s “crazy over maps”; he cuts big offices into little ones to get wall space. Educated as a soldier, he started campaigning in Algeria. He's blue-eyed, stocky, a light sleeper, and spends spare time at home reading history. Mar- shal Poch says Gamelin remem- bers every order he ever re- ceived. He is 66, calls himself an optimist. Europe’s Men o ? War Are Ready wuh Their Guns If Dtplomats Fail in (.nsts Threatenmg World L ITALY'S BADOGLIO Marsha Pietrol Badoglio is called the “Italian Hindenburg.” He's 67, tall, thickset, bushy-browed son of the Italian Alps, and considered a military genius. It took Badoglio to pick up the bogged down Ethiopian cam- paign and push it to victory. When he returned, II Duce kissed him; then Badoglio joined the Fascist party. He's a noble- man and probably is Italy’s best bowler. He gained military fame while fighting in the Turkish and World wars. conse- | charged that the nations | | bound to make their utmost resis- | tance. That we shall do—God help- ing us.” INDIGNANT PROTEST | PRAGUE, Sept. 27.—Czechoslova~- | kia, in & Government radio broad- cast, today protested indignantly against Hitler's demands, “These demands have shown he has a brutal desire to crush Czecho- slovakia as a free state. His words have sald as much, but his cause and reasons for such action show | sausage in the mouth of the Ger-|ated a political regime in Europe us no reason why we should sub- for instance, hard- man Reich may turn out to be a gag| that has reduced the vanquished | mit to an agreement to maintain peace, | “In Hitler's memorandum, he de- | mands annexation by Germany of a territory counting 3,736,000 in- habitants, of which number, 2823,- 000 speak German and 816,000 speak Czech. “On the other hand, in the terri- tory where Hitler demands a plebis- cite, there are 1,116,000 Czechs and only 144,000 inhabitants who spelk Germun 54 ROOSEVELT FOH PEACE, HE TELLS 'NEWSMEN TODAY Makes Statement at Press Conference Held Late This Afternoon WASHINOTON Sept 27.—Presi- dent Roosevelt, discussing foreign affairs, reiterated that he is for peace. The Chief Executive made the statement at a press conference late this afternoon and also de- clared that there was no news from him on the present foreign situation . e MAKE ARRESTS IN CONSPIRACY T0 FLOAT BONDS *|Convincing Evidence Is Be- lieved Obtained in Mil- lion Dollar Fraud CHICAGO, Ili, Sept. 2. — The police announce the arrest of three men and declare they have con- fessed to participation in a plot to manufacture and distribute throughout the nation, one million dollars worth of counterfeit money bonds. Assistant United States Attorney Wright said the arrests are the final link in the case against George “Bugs” Moran, Prohibition era gang leader, and six other per- sons now under indictment in con- nection with the conspiracy.