The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 31, 1939, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LIV,, NO. 8196. JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1939. S T . ————— MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN GENTS BRITISH NAVY IS ORDERED MOBILIZED * * * » » » L] * * * - » * * » * * » » * » Ld - - ! Nazis Admit “Pause’’ in Crisis Negotiations EXTRA CONTRACT IS AWARD FO BUILDING AIR BASES AT SITKA, KODIAK, IN NORTH WASHINGTON, Aug. 31. — The Navy Department has awarded a contract, estimated at $12,739,000 for construction of the Kodiak Is-| land and Sitka air bases. Navy officials said construction would be rushed as the bases are able to help detect and ward off| any advance upon the TUrited| CHILDREN OF PARIS TAKEN FROM HOMES Fifty Thousand Snafched Away from Mothers- Sent to Safety PARIS, Aug. 31.—The homes of thousands of French families were cheerless last night for the govern- ment began to evacuate all children from Paris. Bewildered and totally unable to understand the events that | are sweeping Europe toward con- | flict, the youngsters were snatched | from their homes and taken to places of safety in the countryside There were 8,000 children in the first group. They were all bundled up carefully and tags were attached to their wrists and necks. Mothers who Tusday saw their husbands pack up and leave for the frontiers again wept as they parted from their children. The tears were soon dried for the women of France have resigned themselves to sacrifices that a war must surely force. Ordinarily the French youngsters would have greeted the trip to the country with smiles and laughter but tonight they were sad. Even the tiniest knew that this separation from their mothers meant that this was no vacation trip. More than 50,000 children will be taken out before the weekend. Those children who were just too small to carry guns were rushed into the fields to help finish the harvest. French Boy Scouts are filling the places in the fields of as many as they can. Secrefary of (ommerceaf Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, Mmn, Aug. 31— Mayo Clinic physicians said that Commerce Secretary Hopkins has shown improvement since his ar- rival at the clinic. Doctors said their observations are not yet complete. The clinic staff indicated that Hopkins would spend another ten days under observa- tion. The government official came to| Rochester for a check up on the re- sults of an operation made last| year. SECRET MARRIAGE IS NOW REVEALED HOLLYWOOD, Cal., Aug. 31.— The veteran stage and screen actor Maurice Costello has revealed that he and Ruth Reeves were marriedl several months ago. The actor and | Miss Reeves had a second ceremony | performed yesterday at Tijuana, Mexico. Costello is the father of film! actresses Dolores and Helen Cos-| tello. States via the Alaskan Peninsula. The contract for building the air bases is awarded on a cost, plus a fixed fee basis, to the Siems, Spokane Company, of Spokane, Wash.; Johnson, Drake, Riper, Inc., of Minneapolis, and Puget Sounc Bridge and Dredging Company, of | Seattle, as a joint contract. (ensorfihip ~ Inaugurated By British Lid Clamped—fiown on Al Messages-Other Euro- pean Lines Open NEW YORK, Aug. 3L—Late this afterncon all telegraphic and telephonic communications. between the European continent were suddenly cut off. Before the communications with the United States were cut off, the London office of the As- | sociated Press was notified that | British censorship would begin, | carefully looking over all news paper dispatches as well as pri- | vate messages. The British Government clamped censorship simultane- ously on both telegraph and telephone systems between Lon- | don and European countries. The Associated Press contin- | ued, however, to receive news | dispatches direct from Paris, | Berlin and Moscow. These dis- patches showed that nothing sensational had occurred at the | Capital Cities mentioned. | - BOMBING PLANES FOR BRITISH ON WAY 10 CANADA SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Aug. 31.—Three more partly camouflaged Where German Army Masses on Polish Border While the world is waiting as to the outcome of the Danzig question, German troops, 250,000 strong, perhaps more, have massed on little Slovakia’s 250-mile frontier with Poland. strategic passes leading ovr the Tatra Mountains, with central headquarters at Zilina, pictured above. Germany took military pogsgss(nn of Slovakia, already under Reich dqu;'llatlon. ,, Sparks Peril Europe’s Peacefl {SOVIH’ AID This map locates areas where border incidents are reported as the world awaits the showdown on Europe’s most serious crisis since the World War. bombing planes built in Los An- geles for the British Army, passed over here this afternoon for Leth-| bridge, Alberta. Three other planes; were here yesterday. LOS ANGELES, Cal, Aug. 31. — Seventy bombing planes will be shipped to England and France| within a few days. The planes were build by the Lockheed Aircraft. R LAUNCHED NEWPORT NEWS, Va. Aug. 31. —The TUnited States passenger liner America, the largest ship ever built in the United States, was launched this afternoon. As the| trigger in the pit that pulled the | lever that sent the ship down the ways, Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, wife of the President, did the christening. The America is 723 feet long, 92 feet wide and will accommodate 1,219 passengers and a crew of 639 S T BASEBAll TODAY The following are scores of games played this afternoon in the two major leagues: National League Pittsburgh 1, 6; Philadelphia 0, 11. American League Boston 4; Detroit 11. | WARRAGING, HEAVY FIGHT Ten Thousand Mongols Cross Info Japanese Country with Tanks TOKYO, Aug. 31—The Japanese | news agency, Domei, makes a re-| port that a large scale land battle raging between Japanese and Out er Mongolian forces on the frontier| between Manchoukuo and Outer| Mongolia. | The report said that Japanese artillery and infantry are resisting | about 10,000 Mongols who crossed | the Khalka River with 400 tanks and 100 cannon. ! The Domei agency also added the | unconfirmed report that Japanese | war planes had downed sixteen in-| vading Soviet ships. | e —— | HEINTZLEMAN ON MOVE 1‘ | Regional Forester B. Frank| Heintzleman left Seattle today for Portland, according to word re- ceived here by the PForest Service. | | (hantc;iior Hifler o | Go on Air | BULLETIN —BERLIN, Aug. | 31, — Chancellor Adolf Hitler | will address the German Na- | tion and the World tomorrow, possibly in a special session of the Reichstag. The hour of the | address is not determined late | tonight. It is also officially announc- ed that Germany will insist on. demands made on Poland and there has been no move made for negotiations. —— - "TEST RUN" TO BE MADE TONIGHT BY RADIO-SONDE MEN Newly-installed radio-sonde equip- ment here will be given its first test tonight when a trial balloon flight is made by the U. S. Weather Bureau from the roof of the Federal Building. Due to the failure of new helium balloons to arrive from the States. ten hydrogen balloons of the type used by the Bureau for free bal- loon observance will be hooked to- | ‘gether in tandem to carry aloft the first radio-sonde instrument. Theodore Kleinsasser and Carl Russo are in charge of the radio- sonde observations here, Concentration points include four - TO GERMANY IS LOOMING Nazi Pact Tonight |THREE MILLION 10 | EVACUATE LONDON Polish Mobilize Further in | Face of Possible Rus- } sian Threat | (By Associated Press) | It is reliably reported that Hitler is reported to be ready to play his| Russian trump card in an effort to | convince the Poles they should go | to Berlin to negotiate. The Russian Embassy Councillor | was called today to the Berlin For- | eign Office, while hints spread that funless Poland bows under the pres- sure, Hitler intends to announce some degree of Soviet-German mili- | tary cooperation. | Poland Precarious Should Hitler win Stalin over to actively assisting Germany militat ily, Poland will be in’a highly pre- carious position, Adding to the growing tenseness of an apparent stalemate in nego- tiations, Germans today interpreted | increased Polish mobilization orders as the answer to a request for fur- ther negotiation efforts. Informed quarters expressed as- | tonishment over the Polish move, | but hope for peace still survived, |even while all European powers | moved steadily closer to full war- | time footings, taking new emergen | measures to protect cities and peo- ples from air raids. Soviets Meeting In Moscow, the Supreme Soviet Parliament decided to consider rati- ;ricatinn of the non-aggression pact with Germany in a joint session to- | night. | | Closing Exchange | In London, where business is op- |erating on precarious footings, the London Stock Exchange added again to war fears by posting announce- ments that the exchange will not open its doors tomorrow. Italy Divides Army Italy announced division of (Continuea on Page Four) its 4 BULLETIN — NEW YORK, Aug. 31.—A dispatch from Ber- lin with a Friday, September 1 dateline says the German Radio has announced its broad- casting station at Gleiwitz, Upper Silesia, has been occu- pied by Polish attackers. (This announcement was about 1 pm. today, Pacific Coast Time.) The dispatch also said seven persons were killed. BULLETIN—WARSAW, Aug. 31, — Hopes dwindled tonight when the Polish Government spokesman announced that Po- land positively refuses to send a mission to Berlin to confer on Hitler's peace proposal. BULLETIN—PARIS, Aug. 31 ~—The French Cabinet in an ur- gent two and one-half hour meeting late this afternoon un- * animeusly reaffirmed promises to support Poland if she is at- tacked. French forces now oc- cupy all border positions, it is officially stated. BULLETIN < BEREIN, Aug. 31, — Three Polish destroyers, the backbone of the Polish Fleet, hav left Grynia presum- ably to join the British fleet reported massed in the Baltic. BULLETIN—MOSCOW, Aug. 31.—The Soviet Russian Par- liament has passed approval of the non-aggression pact with Germany. BULLETIN — NEW YORK, Aug. 31.—On the reported pres- ence of the German submarines in the South Atlantic waters, Marine Underwriters have raised the war risk rate on all cargoes on ships plying between North and South America. i BULLETIN — BERLIN, Aug. J 31.—~The German broadcaster said that Germany invited Po- [ land to send a mediator to Berlin but instead Poland re- | plied by ordering a general mo- ( bilization. | | | BULET I N—WASHING- TON, Aug. 31.—A high official this afternoon said President | Rocsevelt believed for the time | being there is no further move which he can make to peace and the United States will keep an attitude of watchful wait- ing. BULLETIN, BERLIN, Aug. 31—The Nazi Government, it. is unofficially said, has re- vealed she has proposed gen- eral demobilization of both sides as part of her peace pro- pesals but Poland has refused to accept this. BULLETIN — NEW, YORK, | Warsaw sent via Budapest, | says the Polish spokesman has reemphasized Poland’s determ- ination of keeping Danzig and | the Polish Corridor. The dis- | patch also said that Great | Britain's second reply to Hitler maintained an unyielding po- sition, also. BULLETIN — LONDON, Aug. 31.—It is reported the British Government received tonight notes from the Polish and Ger- | man Governments indicating mutual willingness to negoti- ate territorial differences but the Foreign Office has refused to confirm this. POLAND I INVADED IS ONEREPORT German Patrols Said to Have Crossed Border- Bomber Flies Over WARSAW, Aug. 81—TIt is report- ed here that German patrols have crossed the border into Polish ter- ritory at several points. A German bomber flew over Pol- ish Silesia pursued by Polish planes. All communications between Dan- zig and the Polish port of Gydnia has been cut. Plane Pilof Pancakes His Ship Safely LOS ANGELES, Cal, Aug. 31— The crew and five passengers of a Western Air Express transport plane i escaped unhurt last evening when the pilot put the plane down safely despite locked landing gear. The retractable wheels failed to! operate as the ship circled for a landing and it was necessary to pancake the big ship down onto the field. ————— DIVORCE CASE Suit for divorce was filed in Dis- trict Court today by Bliss Gallagher against Don Gallagher on grounds of desertion, COUNCILIS Italians Demand " Share” in World's Wealth for Fascists and Nazis (By Associated Press) Hitler’s personal newspaper to- day declared his setting up of a War Council demonstrates a firm determination to be prepared for every possibility and not depart a | hair’s breadth from “standing up for our rights.” Field Marshal Gen. Goering and his new War Council have been in constant conference since creation of the body suddenly yesterday by Hitler. A Polish official communique sald: “Germany's policy of aggres- sion has left no doubt of the fact that Poland is endangered by a bad neighbor that has come to our gates.” Warsaw Warns In Warsaw, a radio broadeast told the populace that it is time again that the population must get used to living under war conditions. Meanwhile, all through Europe, total night blackouts continued, with sudden air raids still consid- ered dangerously imminent. Germans Slow British sources said the diplomatic effort to exchange notes with Hit- | ler is being hampered by Germany's reluctance to recognize the binding nature of British and French guar- jantees to defend Poland’s indepen- dence. Italy Demanding In Rome, the Fascist press de- [clared the present crisis has now (Cc;m;nam o; Page é‘x) NEW ACTION REGARDED AS SIGNIFICANT Prime Minister Chamber- lain Also Calls Ouf Last Army Reserve AIR FORCE INCREASED T0 WAR-TIME STRENGTH German Government Says "Cards Are Laid on Ta_blg" LONDON, Aug. 31.—The Brit- ish Government has ordered complete mobilization of the Navy, and has called up the re- mainder of the regular Army reserve. 'l'lug supplementary reserve move was announced in a state- ment emanating from the resi- dence of Prime Minister Cham- berlain after a special meeting of the Cabinet with Defense Ministers. 4 In addition, an mdeterniined number of Royal Air Force volunteer reserves are being called up, bringing the air force virtually to war strength, since other reserves have been called up previously. The Government earlier or- dered removal of about three million civilians from London and other danger zones. No date has been annouunced for reopening of the London Stock Exchange. The complete mobilization of the Navy order, having come from Premier Chamberlain’s residence, is considered signifi- cant, DADRAANEAE . o P TSR s (Continued on page Six) HITLERWAR |NAZI HAS 16 POINTS; INSESSION PEACE PLAN Proposal fo Poland Made Public in Decision by Germany NAZIS DEMANDING RETURN OF DANZIG Would Have Plebiscife in Corridor Under Eyes of Other Powers BERLIN, Aug. 31.—The German government tonight decided to pub- lish the entire exchange of notes and communications between Great Britain and Germany to thereby ac- quaint the world with its 16 point proposal made to Poland. This attempt to state Germany’s case to the world was made after an apparent breakdown of negotia- tions with England and the resultant mobilization of Great Britain and Poland. The core of the correspondence was set forth in sixteen proposals for negotiation for which Poland was asked to send a_fully authorized negotiator to Berlin by the evening of August 30. The proposals included—Uncon- ditional return of Danzig; Plebiscite in the Polish Corridor under inter- national control; Demilitarization of Gdynia and Danzig; Exchange of populations and reference of mi- nority complaints to international arbitration, _(Conunued on i’ue Seven)