The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 9, 1939, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” s o e VOL. LIV., NO. 8203. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN €ENTS _ JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1939. FRENCH FORCES TAKE MORE SE — NAZI DEFY GIVEN OUT T0 WORLD Field Marshal Goering Says Sword Unsheath- ed, Enemy fo Fall BERLIN, Sept. 9.—Great Britain | cannot defeat Germany either by military or economic weapons, Field | Marshal Hermann Goering assured | the German people this afternoon. “We can hope for the complete | conquest of Poland within a few by September 14 at the lat-| said the Field Marshal in a broadcast to the world. Continuing, Goering said: “The German sword has been unsheathed and once drawn it destroys the enemy.” Speaking with great disdain for Great Britain and the Britons in general, Goering said: “The British aviation and the economic warfare will not subdue us. In the north and the east, we cannot be blockaded.” Goering intimated that supplies | will come from Russia, Rumania and | Yugoslavia. “Only America remains for Great Britain. We can get on without the United States as a source of raw | supplies. If you do not believe we have raw materials, you must z\greci the Russians do have them.” Goering revealed that the Eastern Army is now composed of seventy | divisions. No American Legion, Ambulance Crops for France Says Chadwick CAPE MAY, N. J., Sept. 9. — Na-| tional Commander Stephen Chad-| wick of the American Legion, re-| vealed that he has refused a French Foreign Legion plea that an Ameri- can Ambulance Corps be organized in France. Said Chadwick: “The fact that we were allies of France in the last war does not mean that we must go to their aid now. We must keep our hands off foreign affairs. American hearts must be in America.” COMMONS T0LD BY KING THAT | o 5 BELGIA Adolf Hitler is shown in this picture radioed from Berlin o New York ring a proclamation to Germany’s eastern army in which he an- nounced his intention of joining_his forces invading Poland. aide stands at right. West Pfofilah'd Occupied by Nazi Forces Annihilaiion_of Defending Army Is Aim of | Hitler's RUSSIA CONTROLS COMMUNISTPARTY IN UNITED STATES SensaiionaI—Tesiimony Is Given Before Dies Committee WASHINGTON, Sept. 9. — The United States branch of the Com- | Hitler Plans Restoring of OldReichland | Chancellor's—Sp okesman | Tells Just What Is Now | | | | Confemplated | BERLIN, Sept. 9. — The Nazi spokesman today told the neswmen gathered here that Chancellor Hitler has placed Germany's eastern fron- tiers where they were in 1914 and he now considers such occupied sec- | tions in Poland as irrevocable. | The announcement appar ently | means that Hitler means and in- tends to annex not only the Polish 'Corridox' and Danzig, but the por= | tions of East and West Prussia, | Brandenburg, Pomerania, Poznan | and Silesia, a total of 17,000 square | miles with a population of hundreds !of thousands. | It is also indicated that although | larger parts of Poland will soon be | in Hitler's hands, he will annex no ‘more territory than in the old Ger- man Empire. | The establishment of a frontier | has brought not only Danzig and the Polish frontier back to the Reich but also the upper Silesia, and parts jof East and West Prussia which were A ned to Poland by the | World W ettlement. B NS TAKE - AFTER BRITISH SCOUT PLANES Neufral Airmen Affack | Englishmen-London , Sends Apology | LONDON, Sept. 9—The Air Min- istry disclosed today that British war planes last night fought with Belgian fighting planes over Bel- | gian territory. Details of the encounter were not given. The British planes were returin- |ing from a reconnaissance flight over central Germany and crossed the Belgian border “inadvertent- ssig The British Ambassador in Brus- Invaders | Dies committee charges that the ly” the Alr Ministry asserted. LOWO, Poland, By Courier Bucharest, Sept. 9— Overwhelming | German forces, led by strong mo- torized units, have occupied most| of Western Poland in the first week | WAR IS NEAR Canada on Verge of De- claring State of Con- flict with Reich OTTAWA, Ont., Sept. 8—Prime Minister MacKenzie King told the House of Commons today that “if the address in reply to the speech from the throne is adopted, the Government will immediately take steps for a formal proclamation of a state of war between Canada and the German Reich.” The address which King referred to was Parliament’s formal reply to the speech delivered at the open- ing of the session Thursday by Gov- ernor General Lord Tweedsmuir, representing the Crown. Approval of the address, which was moved for acceptance yester- day, would be considered as ap- proval of the Government's policy which King set out yesterday for immediate participation in the war, King sai e e—— HOLLAND LETS IN SEA WATER AMSTERDAM, Sept. 9. — The Netherlands inundated a “small ba- sin” in Utrecht Province, about 20 miles southeast of Amsterdam to- day as a defense measure. The exact location of the inun- dation was not announced, but it was said to be in the center of the country. The announcement said the step was taken to “ascertain the inundan tion possibilities of Holland at any time in relation to the existing wa- ter levels.” ——— FROM ATLIN Frank Fitch, Atlin minin® man, is a guest.at the Baranof Hotel, 1Lrips across the Atlantic, of the European war in bitter fight-| |ing and the invaders are today at-| {tacking Warsaw in what may be lone of the decisive battles of the war, waged in an attempt to anni- | hilate the Polish Army before the British and French get into action |on the Rhine front. trolled by the Moscow government as an instrument of Russian es- pionage. Former Communist official, Ben- jamin Citlow, said Russian Dicta- tor Stalin had given the order which made Earl Browder chairman of the United States organization. Citlow said that every move of !the Communist party in the United | States was either directly or indi- rectly ordered from Moscow. The to Mmunist Party is financed and con-geis hag peen instructed to present an apology to the Belgian govern- ment, | MORE GUARDS AR ORDERED, PANAMA | 'WASHINGTON, Sept. 9.—An ad- ditional armed force of 2,800 men | witness said one order from Mos- Was ordered to the Panama Canal | The Germans have thrown chow in 1928 had directed members Zone today to guard the vital inter- least 60 divisions and an extremely | large number of artillery mechan- |ized units into action for the swift | | kill. The German army divisions are | usually from 10,000 to 12,000 men. As far as can be determined on | the Polish side, the Germans have advanced into Poland north, east and south, occupying most of the country except the slowly diminish- ing wedge just east of Warsaw. NiPPON FLIERS REACH CHICAGO CHICAGO, Iil, Sept. 9. — The Japanese good will fliers arrived| here yesterday afternoon after a nonstop flight from Albuquerque, New Mexico. The fliers plan to leave for New York on Sunday. Presumably the cumemplated' world flight will be abandoned, on account of the European conflict, unless a different route is taken | from South America than the one scheduled. GRAP ZEPPELIN IS BLOWN UP, REPORT LONDON, Sept. 9—~The Daily London Star asserts it has heard that the Graf Zeppelin was blown up at its moorings in Friedrich- shafen last Monday as the result of sabotage. The Graf made many bt to penetrate deeply into the armed forces of the United States. e BRITISH TANKER TORPEDOED, SENT DOWN, CREW SAFE AMSTERDAM, Sept. 9.—A radio- gram from The Netherlands steam- er Breedyk reports the 5,500-ton British tanker Kennebec has been sunk by a torpedo but the entire crew of 32 have been saved. The location is not given because of the war ‘danger. l Stock QUOTATIONS ] NEW YORK, Sept. 9. — Closing {quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock at today's short session is 67, American Can 109, American Power and Light 5, Anaconda 37, Bethlehem Steel 88%, Common- wealth and Southern 1%, General Motors 527, International Harves- ter 65, Kennecott 44%, New York Central 18'%, Northern Pacific 11, United States Steel 697, Pound $4.04%. DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today's Dow, Jones averages: industrials 15091, rails 30.51, utilities 23.68. ocean passage as both the army and navy began their greatest peace- | time recruiting drive in history. | The additional soldiers were ord- ered to the Canal Zone by Secretary iol War Woodring. The order fol- lowed President Roosevelt's declara- tion of a limited emergency and was in line with the new policy of in- creasing the armed guards at all vital points, POLES ARE DEFENDING CHIEF CITY Radio Announcer Says Fight Will Continue Until Death BUDAPEST, Sept. 9.—The War- saw radio announced late this after- noon that although the Polish capi- tal city was “under constant bomb- | ing, we will not yield. We will hold out to the very last.” The announcer broadeast that suecessive air raids were being made and the wail of siren warnings were | plainly audible all over the Warsaw | section. The announcer appealed to all railway workers to report immed- iately and repair the damage done | by the air raiders’ bombs. Tracks are torn up in all directions and | refugees are pouring into the city | from the west. The announcer said that men and women are joining in a mighty an- | them “We will fight, all men, wom- én, young and old to fight for War-} saw until death.” CECHS GIVEN PROMISE, AID Chamberlain Tells Benes that England Has | "Not Forgotten’ " LONDON, Sept. 9—Prime Minis- | | ter Chamberlain today mdicuu-d} that a victorious Great Britain and France would demand reestablish- ment of Czechoslovakian independ- ence. | In a telegram to former Czech| President Eduoard Benes, Cham- berlain declared that Great Bri- tain has not forgotten what he termed ‘“the suffering Czech na- tion.” Chamberlain’s wire was in reply to Bene's message offering the sup-| port of the Czechs to the allied| cause, P S g NEW YORK, Sept. 9.—Immigra- tion inspetcors this afternoon mok} several German-born stewards and | stewardesses off the Holland-Am-| erican liner Rotterdam just before she sailed on a West Indies cruise. ‘The German Consul said they did not know what disposition would be made of the Rotterdam’s interned | crew members and immigration authorities declined to comment. | Brifish]isume War Will Last Three Years or More LONDON, Sept. 8. — Great Britain’s War Cabinet has de- cided to base actions upon a policy of assuming that the war will last at least three years or more, Chamberlain Announces War Accompanied by His secretary who carries two gas masks, Prime Min- ister Neville Chamberlain is shown in this radiophoto as he left No. 10 Downing Street after telling the nation by radio that Great Britain had declared war against Germany and would stand shoulder-to- shoulder with Poland’s defensive forces. WAGE INCREASES, BONUSES WANTED, WAR ZONE SHIPS Maritime Federation of Pacific Makes Demands on Steamship Owners SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 9—The Maritime Federation of the Pacific has ‘demanded wage increases of 50 percent and bonuses of $250 a month for any of its members called upon to go into war zones. The demands were presented to all shipping firms operating in the European trade. The Federation alsd demanded life insurance provisions for the men under certain circumstances and other concessions. The' Sailors of the Pacific, the principal union not represented, was expected to make similar demands. Shipping companies have indicated that the freight rates to Europe and other points in the war areas will increase from 20 to 200 percent be- cause of the hazards. BANKRUPTCY HEARINGS Hearings on discharge from bankruptey of Albert Postma and G. R. Isaak have been set for Oc- tober 21 in District Court. i French army has over two and one-half million men under arms. Austrian, Czech, Jewish Refugees Join French | Radiophoto from Paris shows crowds massing outside the gates of the French War Ministry waiting to register for service in the French army. Significantly, thousands of Austrians, Czechs and Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany who were allowed refuge in the French capital were among the first to enlist. The GENERALWOOD GIVES HOPES; NEUTRAL U. . |Offers Surmise England and France May Not Be "Trying” Great Britai; and France will have too difficult a time breaking the Siegfried Line of German de- fense The United States “played |sucker” in getting into the first | World War, and it will be a “tragic mistake” to do such again. That was the frank opinion today |of General Robert Wood, President |of Sears Roebuck and Company, |long-time Army man and Acting | Quartermaster General during the | World War. | In Juneau today, Gen. Wood is on his way south to fill his position on | the five-ban Emergency War Coun- cil, which he confesses he doesn't know anything about, but which he believes will be essentially the same ‘ in scope as the War Industries Board | of the first World War. A short time ago, Gen. Wood and his companions, Colonel “Wild Bill” | Donovan, Russell Stearns and H. Wendell Endicott, were encamped in the wild country at the head of the Don Jek River, out of Burwash Landing. Receive War News News of the war they did not ex- pect to hear, came suddenly to them |at night when an Indian runner came breathless into camp with re- |layed telegrams. | “It was hard to believe,” General | Wood reflected today. “Frankly, I |hadn't expected war — but let us hope that we aren’t played for suck- ers as we were in the last war. | “We spent millions of dollars, lost thousands of men, never got a dime {of money back, and we brought on {our recent depression. “Today we would commit a tragic mistake to go to Europe to fight. Our debt today is greater by far than it was when we first crossed the seas to fight. It brought us | financial and moral troubles with- jout end. A similar action today | would bring us correspondingly | greater troubles.” War Clese to Alaska Speaking of Alaska, and citing the retarded progress of Western Can- ada brought on by the last war, | Gen. Wood warned: “You folks in | Alaska are far removed from battle | scenes today, but let war break out | for the United States and your war (Cunum;ed' o_n _l;;l;;;f\m) TORS $ FORESTOF WARNDT IS TAKEN NOW Aviation Forces Consist- ently Aiding Advanc- ing Land Lines BULLETIN—PARIS, Sept. 9. —It is officially reported to- night that the Germans have counter attacked on the West- ern front. Heavy artillery has been brought into action. Brit- ish and French planes are dropping bombs on the counter attackers. Flares light up the early night, PARIS, Sept. 9. — The French High Command announces this af- ternoon that the Warndt Forest, west of Forbach, has fallen almost entirely into French hands, The announcement said: ‘The French Army found evidences of destruction and traps of all sorts, Our aviation forces continues ac« tive in support of the land forces, The Germans are fleeing wildly.” The' capture of the forest When completed, will strengthem the French line and serve to straighten out the knob shaped German sal- ient. IMPORTANT SEIZURE PARIS, Sept. 9~Foreign mili- tary observers sald the = French Army in the attack on Germany’s western frontier, is now in posses- sion of approximately 200 square miles of German territory, includ- ing 20 square miles of the richest coal deposits in the Saar Basin, TRAP - SEINE COMPROMISE IS SUGGESTED Hearing Brag; Forth Plan for Canneries to Use 50-50 Division Questions asked by Congressmen at today's fisheries hearing in the Senate Chambers of the Federal Building indicated that the Com- mittee is considering a new regu- lation by which canneries of Al- aska would be required to use 50 percent seine-caught fish and 50 percent trap-caught fish. Each of ten witnesses who ap- peared before the Committee to- day was questioned as to what ne thought of such an arrangement. | Only one expressed opposition. Another proposal which appeared from the questions asked to have found favor with Committeemen is one to have boards set up in each fishing district to advise the Bureau of Fisheries in preparing regulations, Such a board would consist of a practical fisherman, an operator and a Bureau of Fish- eries official. Some witnesses said they favored election of the board members but another plan men- tioned was for the members to %e selected by the Territorial Legisla~ ture, Committee Moves On The Congressional Committee concluded its hearing here at 11:30 o'clock this morning, left on the Coast Guard cutter Ingham at noon and was to hold another hearing at Petersburg this eve- ning at 7 o'clock. Hearings have been slated for Wrangell at 9:30 o'clock tomorrow morning, Craig at 7 o'clock tomorrow evening and Ketchikan at 9 o'clock Monday morning. Acting Commissioner Charles Jackson of the Bureau of Fish- eries announced that hearings on suggested changes in the regula< tions would be held in the Bu- reau of Fisheries office in Juneau next Saturday morning and at Se- attle on September 25. Though the old fishtrap argument was renewed at today’s hearing, both sides of the controversy ap- peared to be in unusually cone descending frame of mind. Seiners admitted there was room in the Territory’s waters for both types of gear, and fishtrap men assured the committee that they were willing to i sl " <continued on Page Two)