The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 5, 1939, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. LIV., NO. 8199. GERMAN WAR MACHINE THUNDERING ON o et ———— ] “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1939. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS m—— > ————— Athenia Shelled After Torpedoed How Poland Was Created — And New Demands of Hitler SURVIVORS One Boa Takes 430-An- other Has 600-Many Reported Injured CAPTAIN REPORTS HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE Vessel Fired on by Ger- man Sub as Lifeboats Are Lowered GALWAY, Ireland, Sept. 5—On his arrival here, the master of the stricken British liner Athenia, sunk by torpedo Sunday, said his ship was ‘hit by a torpedo which went through the galley into the engine room, causing heavy of life.” | The master of the Athenia, CapL.‘ James Cook, was brought in by the | Norwegian steamer Knut Nelson, with 430 other survivors of the first submarine disaster in the present FEuropean war. | Among the survivors was Dr.| John Kirk, of. Beston, who said, | “My wife was killed by the ex- plosion. All I want to know now is whether my two children who trav-| eled with us are safe.” | Inhuman Act Capt. Cook said that immedi-| ately after the torpedo was fired, | the submarine rose to the sur-| face and shelled the Athenia. } “One shell carried away the mainmast,” Captain Cook said, “The shot was evidently aimed at; the wireless room, but missed its mark.” i Captain Cook called witnesses to tell newspapermen the torpedo was fired from a range of 800 to 1,000, yards from the port side of the| Athenia. | One officer said he saw the per- | iscope of the submarine just be-| fore the torpedo struck. Other| officers and members of the crew | said they saw a line of smoke ris- ing from the water off the port! side just before the disaster. The smoke in question was de- scribed as a complete circle over | the surface. 1 Many Injured Capt. Cook said he didn’t know | how many were dead or injured | as a result of the explosion, and | added: “There was no panic what- ever aboard the ship. The passen- gers faced their danger bravely.” As the passengers came ashore, | the holiday found a feverish urge to | Were made last night over the coal | they crowded about the few avail-| able telephones, anxious to inform | friends of their safe arrival in Ire-| land. “I saw a flash from the port side | of the Athenia about 800 to 1,000 yards away. The ship‘ was still| afloat when we left the scene five | hours later. MORE ARRIVE GREENOCK, Scotland, Sept. 5— "(Continuea on Page Four) >oe — Trying fo Lie Out of Torpedoing British Steamer NEW YORK, Sept. 5. — The NBC network assert that its en- gineers picked up a short wave broadcast station, DJB of Ber- lin, saying that the British steamer Athenia was struck by a floating British mine and had not been torpedoed by a Ger- man U-boat. The station DJB is owned and operated by the German Gov- ernment and thus has an official | tinge. | IT IS TO LAUGH LONDON, Sept. 5.—Informed of the assertion made by the German station DJB, the War Ministry replies that there are no mines in that section of the: Atlantic, 1 loss | LITHUANIA FROM LITHUANIA| 1923 < FROM GERMANY 1919-20 mAFNRISCH R ASAT 50 AVA 7 » - i i 7)11,:—\!’?57 YU NG AR e e The map at left shows European crisis Poznan and Selelsia—plus a prote comprises 754 square miles; square mil BRITISH PLAN GERMAN TOWNS;PAMPHLETS ARE DROPPED, NOT BOMBS Wall Street Stocks Soar, WarMarket Gains larg_es_i in History of Exchange — Wheat Up Five Cents NEW YORK, Sept. 5.—Wall Street | today experienced one of the most spectacular upsurges in prices of stocks and commodities in its his- tory as resumption of trading after In expectation of “war” prices, stocks, particularly steéls, non-fer- . | | Ruth Strauss, of New York, said,\j rous metals, oils, chemicals and ma-'u. S. Is 'o F"rnish chinery makers, jumped a dollar to $15 a share. Wheat again bounded the limit permitted in a day's trading, five cents a bushel at Chicago, Winnipeg and Minneapolis. Raw materials generally surged ppward, both food and industrial. The 1,640,000 share trading was the largest in nearly two years. 317 PERSONS DIE VIOLENTLY DURING WEEKEND, HOLIDAY (By Associated Press) At least 317 persons died violently during the weekend and holiday in the United States. Of the casualty list, 195 died in traffic accidents, 46 by drowning and 76 for miscellaneous violence. Illinois led in the deaths with 34. Washington state only had three but Oregon had eight deaths. B MRS. POLET VISITS Mrs. Tony Polet of Nome was a visitor in Juneau while the Denali was in port. She is on her way to the States for a brief vacation trip. Her husband is a prominent merchant at Nome. how Poland now revolves upon Hitler’s determ FROM AUSTRIA-HUNGAR 1919-20 CRke, 'I Rl Vo v & Pormorze 6,335; Poznan 10,256 and Silesia 1,626. s, compared with Poland’s total area today, 149,915 square miles. | ES BOMBARD LONDON, Sept. 5—The British War Ministry confirm the report | that British planes have bombarded German territory with pamphlets. | The planes. encountered no resis- | tance from either German planes or | German anti-aircraft guns and this is taken to indicate that Germany's | anti-aircraft defenses are not as extensive as claimed. The bombarding of German towns with pamplets nstead of bombs, showed the Germans what can be done by the British air fleet. | The pamphlets stated that Great Britain is not at war with German | { people especially, but with their| | “insane” leader, Adolf Hitler. APPEALS DROPPED LONDON, Sept. 5—The Air Min- istry announced that over 3,000,000 additional pamphlets, appeals to | the Germans, were dropped. 1 | Extensive reconnaisance flights | |and iron ore districts of the Ruhr.| PRSI A Convoys for Ships | Bringing Americans | WASHINGTON, Sept. 5—Act- ing Secretary of the Navy Edison sdid that Government officials are considering establishment of ship convoys to transport returning Am- ericans to United States ports. Edison said he expected some ar- rangement of cooperation between the American, British and French navies will be announced. The acting Secretary said it ap- peared that United States warships will convoy only United States mer- chant vessels and that French and British gunboats will be called on to protect foreign boats carrying American passengers. OB S, T T L 'Body of Commander Thompson Goes East KETCHNKAN, Alaska, Sept. 5— iIn compliance with the widow’s wishes, the body of Commander W. K. Thompson, head of the Alaska Coast Guard District, who died Nst weekend, has been shipped south for burial in Arlington Cemetery, in Washington, D. C. was pieced together as a post-World War nation in developments following the Treaty of ination to regain the Free City of Danzig for Germany—plus the provinces of Pormorze, ctorate over the rest of Poland—shown in geographical terms by the map at right. The Free City of Danzig | British authorities here confirm the| =% 0 nothing has been heard | of Uruguay. LABOR LEADERS ~ | ARE FOR PEACE; C| | TWO HEADS TALK /) |Both Green, Lewis Make| - Addresses on Labor | E Day Holiday b BULLETIN—PARIS. Sept. 5. | (By Associated Press) —French troops are officially | engaged in general conflict with | EXTRA! BULLETIN—PARIS, Sept. 5. —A Havas News Agency dis- patch credited to the Polish Telegraph Agency in Warsaw, says 30 Polish planes raided Berlin late today and then re- turned to their bases. The leaders of the factions of Germans along the entire American Labor, CIO President| TR UCE \ien the | Lewis and AFL President Green de-| oot W E O, | clared yesterday that American La- 4 t [bor stands for peace in a war-torn R ST el TN Biat - 1w0rld. | 2 | " Lewis delivered a Labor Day ad- | | dress over a national radio hookup from Ogden, Utah. 5—The German News Agency DNB says two British scouting planes have been shot down over Hamburg. Four British ol Green spoke from Duluth, Minn. | :ThP CIO chieftain said that Ameri-| Dlanes appeared during ';‘l‘""' Iy | can labor wants the right to work | ternoon and were prompily en- 2 and live and not the privilege of| Sased by the German scout P | dying by gunshot or poison gas to planes. G o, | sustain the mental errors of current 5 ot i g )t | statesmen. . g > Sigfried | Lewis criticized President Roose—i | velt's reciprocal trade program as | futile. He sald that unempluyment‘line B[oken, 3 2 . . and distress in agriculture are still S | the big problems of America. Both Ends ¢ -1 48l @ | Green pleaded with CIO unions _‘i’_fl.._’i_g__fi_“ ¥ RU MANIT to return to the AFL and end the| paRYS, Sept. 5—All reports rsailles. The [qpi¢ in the American labor move- | {ment. He said that the AFL has made wide gains in the past year ize, 41,040 |and now is stronger than it ever Ohio is superimposed in mid-Poland to illustrate its British CEaTing Seas of German Craft But in Human Way Other German shipping in South America is paralyzed. The liner CapNorte and others are racing to neutra1 ports and dodging British war vessels. ture, indicate that the French have broken through both ends Bl Luxembourg border and the e T T troops are headed toward the in- held by the Allies for several years, | | lowed a heavy 'artillery bom- BRITISH EMPIRE VESSELS, = RECRUITING | == | r | | INGAME ON PACIFIC COAST HOME FORCE REPORT EXPLOSION Sh. S k merchant ships and five British ‘ LONDON, Sept. 5—An Exchange Empire naval vessels are believed . i | 'ps un Of Shlps Unhl War {says a violent explosion has been seek somewhere off the Pacific . | heard at Friedrichshafen, the home A"er (re s Gost, w Declaration ‘ w — eee Pacific Coast ports, are believed | ‘AIR RAID BI.A K 'I' making a desperate race for their and Provincial Air Raid Precau-| Also reported off the coast are the | recruiting stations. This is disclosed | TAKES plA(E' pARIS | Australian cruiser Perth and in existence for only a short time.| tzouch, St. Laurent and Frazer. Plans for enlistment for overseas blackout sent civillans scurrying for The German motorship Portland | three and one half hours this morn- | vet but recruiting is underway. | Wash, last week and cleared for| It is not believed that home forces The blackout was caused by an Portland, Ore., but it failed to arrive artificial fog. | gressive action and also no captures | German steamer Odenwald is | of ships will be made until the Dom- hrt T o o sinking of the German frelghter|, ., ype freighter Tacoma since it [ o but after the crew of the freighter ) "ow CONIROH.ED " | canal August 22. FARM (ou“(ll 1 had been taken aboard the navy| ™y gegtroyers Frazer and St. Lau- mediately signed articles of agree- ¥ ment thgy w;gould not participaltle 1n | SAHIRGAY snd. salied ouy agaln after APPOINIED FOR of Labor has assumed control of all a few hours in port. employment in Great Britain for the uently released to the authorities G A | It is specified that employers may To (AN(El not engage or retire discharged em- Secrefary of Agriculfure peovar | - e Wallace Takes War- ANOTHER SHIP SUNK | BOMBED LONDON. Sept. 5.—Information | i —_— | WASHINGTON, Sept. 5—Secre- man ship Carl Fritzen has been | State Department announces that | COPENHAGEN, Sept. 5—A Dan- sunk but the crew rescued. new emergency regulations will pro- | nounces the appointment of a coun- | B cil of 14 members to draft farm|ing plane, unidentified nationality, sinking of the Olinda which was \u.lless such travel is absolutely nec- has dropped two bombs on the Dan- sent to the bottom Sunday by guns | “SSarY: Included in the committee mem-|ish seaport town of Esbjerb, on the | bers are W. L. Clayton, of Houston, | West coast of Jutland. Two per- The Carl Fritzen was 659 tons | Department will have the effect of gross and was bound from Canada. | cancelling all previously granted |Master of the Grange, both out-|and an apartment house demol- spoken critics of the Wallace poli-| ished. The department said the regula- | Measles tions have been issued because of| The council will hold the flrst} meeting September 19. | [ H Outbreak Nipped rocl, o wds g e Frenchmen in Mexico uibrea lppe limited' on the ocean liners avail- | Fren h on MEXICO CITY, Sept. 5—All able- Besides its regular cargo of pas- woRK BEG'“S o" bodied Frenchmen in Mexico were sengers and freight, the steamer| N ] s -l | Prench legation in Mexico City. les southbound through Juneau last SM.MO" (REEK Jos all OI They will be conscripted for service night. i reaching here, of an official na- of the Siegfried line near the FOUR GERMA" SHIPS HVE | e " I The crashing of the line fol- LV SAN FRANCISCO, Four German No Movements or Capture Telegraph dispatch from Zurich to be playing a game of hide and | of Zeppelins, | The German ships, all overdue in| OTTAWA, Sept. 5—The Federal home ports with their radios silent |tions Committee is rushing defense | re escue and their lights darkened at night. |preparations as thousands rush to | the |by the committee which has been | Canadian destroyers Ottawa,” Rasi- PARIS, Sept. 5. — An air raid service have not been perfected as| | discharged its passengers at Everett, | ing. will be sent across the seas for ag- |in the Columbia River. No planes appeared. BUENOS AIRES, Sept. 5. — The overdue at Los Angeles from Pan-|inion of Canada makes a formal declaration of war, ‘ H Olinda by the British cruiser Ajax, | ...y o Angeles for the Panama ship. The members of the crew im- rent entered San Francisco harbor LONDON, Sept. 5—The Ministry the ent war and were subse- A i - : | R Y | duration of the war. | R ployees without the ministry’s ap- | PASSPO S time Action has been received here that the Ger-| WASHINGTON, Sept. 5. — The tary of Agriculture Wallace an-| | c 3 ish radio reports that a high-fly- The advices also recounted “““mbn Americans traveling in Europe policies for wartime. of the British cruiser Ajax. The new regulations issued by the [ Texas, and M. J. Taber, National| sons are known to have been killed passports. cies. the extreme danger to travelers and o v v On Denali it Report for Conscription ordered today to report to the Denali carried three cases of meas-| in the French Army. Three children who boarded the| vessel at Nome developed measles at sea. The ship’s doctor promptly isolated the cases and the Terri- torial Department of Health, after checking up on contacts, allowed passengers to come ashore here. Work on the Salmon Creek cutoff contract was begun this morning by the R. J. Sommers Construction Company. Clearing operations took | most of the day. Tomorrow trucks will start to haul rocks for the fill across the flats. PARIS, Sept. 5. — The French Government annaunced officially today that French forces have made contact with German troops on the western front and penetrated Ger- man territory, Legation officials said about 300 already have been accepted for mili- tary duty. British diplomatic officials at the Mexican capital said no conscription order had been received affecting the English residents in Mexico, By U-Boat NAZI FORCES AREMOVING ONWARSAW {Hitler Repo-r?;i Following Soldiers Across Polish Border BRITISH MAKE RAID ON GERMAN WARSHIPS Allies Report Movements Developing on Land Sea and Air (By Associated Press) The high-geared German war machine today thundered on into Poland while Poland's Allies, Great Britain and France, sought ways to take new relief to the stricken nation. Germany announces the capture of two rich cities, Katowice and Chorzon in the iron and coal pro- ducing Slesia. Warsaw heard that the officials of the Polish Government might leave the Capital City within a few hours. Planes on Raid German planes made two raids on Warsaw during today's Sep- tember sunshine but the damage is unreported. Most of the staffs of the United States and Great Britain, also other Embassies have arranged to leave. More German Claims Germany claims to have shot down 11 Polish planes in an air battle near Warsaw. The Germans also assert the entire Seventh Po- lish Army Division has been crushed near Ecestochowa on the Southwestern front. Raid on German Fleet The results of Great Britain's first direct blow at Germany in a spectacular bombing raid on the German fleet near the Kiel Canal, is disputed by the two powers. Great Britain said severe damage has been inflicted on two of Ger- man's five battleships. Germany says 10 of the 12 Brit- ish raiders were shot down and no damage was done to the German fleet. Pounds Polish Defenses While the German war machine pounded Polish defenses in eastern Europe, little light is shed on the western front where France is une derstood to be feeling out German fortifications and ascertain where a telling blow may be struck. Allied Statement An Allied statement says both ‘movements are developing nor- mally” for land, sea and air forces. Hitler Follows, Men One German report is that Ger- man Reich’s “first soldier,” Adolf Hitler, has followed his soldiers across the Polish border as Berlin announced the German Army had cut through to join East Prussia again with Germany proper. The German statement says the Polish troops have been cut off in the north end of the Polish Corridor to the Baltic. Germany insists that 15,000 Pol- ish soldiers have been taken pris- oners and the East Prussian forces are only 50 miles from Warsaw. PR ¢ S MISS MACK MOVES Miss Alice Mack, public stenogra- pher, has moved to the Baranof, where she is to be located in her work, Ickes Is Daddy of Baby Son s BALTIMORE, Md., Secretary of Interior Ickes is father of a seven-pound eleven-ounce son. ing the event.