The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 11, 1939, Page 1

| | | | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LIV., NO. 8204. JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1939. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS OLES STILL HOLD WARMAW Germans, Frenchin Fierce Combat DEF[NBERS FGERMAN LINE' F irf( Picture Qf B(vnnlmrdmvnt I)_z' Germans i;u I)un;ig H uflmflr o RESISTING CAN BE HELD, | NAZIHORDE (CLAIM MADE Four-dayséig—e Finds Capi- | French Aerial Scouts Re-% : fal City Still in Hands portGerman Troops of Nationals Movement Bothered MAJOR BATTLE RAGES GREAT BRITAIN IN IS GERMAN ASSERTION NEW MOVE ON NAZI Planes, Tanks, Artillery Fyrther Sea Disasters Are Massing for Quick Reported-Three Ships Drive on Lwow Are Added fo List (By Ass BULLETIN BUDAPEST, Sept. 11.—A broadcast tonight from the Polish radio station at Lwow declares that after four days of bloody fighting the Pol- ish Army has forced the Ger- man invaders to retreat from | the Warsaw suburbs. | T front. (By Associated Press) ‘ . The communique emphasized The French and German armies | ":'; "’:l French advance ex- are seesawing inconclusively on the | nded along a 12-mile front Wedthrn Brout while & major betle| ShEl of “Hho Saar fiver on il rages in the east for Warsaw. northern flank of the front. The Polish Capital City, in the fourth day seige, remains in Polish hands despite the battering of the man Siegfried Line is “perfectly German attack. prepared” to meet attacks with The German High Command ad- highly mobile units ready to dash mits that a “great battle” is in pro- | Wherever needed. gress. The official communique said| French aerial scouts report Ger- the battle is nearing “its climax in man troop movements are bothered the destruction of the Polish Army by French raids on communication west of the Vistula River.” ilines. It is also reported that the Ger-| Many observers believe that no mans have made other gains but |knockout blow has been delivered to only after a hard fight with the the Polish Army although lightning “doggerly defending” Poles. German assaults, packed with ter- Budapest dispatches assert that rific force, have been deliveerd. German planes and tanks, also ar-| A Polish communique says the tillery are being massed for a quick Germans are continuing relentless ciated Press) BULLETIN — PARIS, Sept. | 11.—A French Army official re- port tonight is that “serious” progress” is being made despite resistance on the Western Swiss reports assert that the Ger- drive on Lwow, Southeast Poland, bomb attacks around Warsaw where to cut communications with Ru-|40 air raids were made yesterday. mania, Poland’s only possible land' Air raids now seem probable on line for help. | Lwow. Hold the Germans | Great Britain has intensified a The Polish commanders north of | naval and economic warfare against Warsaw have been ordered to hold Germany after losing twelve mer- the German army at bay no matter | chantmen in the first eight days of | what the cost until the scattered the war. units of the defenders could reach| The War Ministry discloses that the opposite side of the Vistula |the 8,600-ton Magdapur is the latest River opposite Warsaw. When that fvictim. Two other vessels were ad- is accomplished Warsaw may be ded to the “disaster” list Sunday. abandoned. | Fresaie | Around the besieged capital itself, | crack Polish cavalry, field artillery, lARRY Dovl o“ infantry and air units were hurled | against the German army in the STA"D TODAY 'N first big engagement of the ten-day old war with Germany. Reports reaching Lublin said that Defense Plans Severe Questioning of Last Witness to Appear the battle had increased hourly in scope since it began Saturday and SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Sept. 11. —The Harry Bridges defense has has spread over a front from War- saw to Modlin, 30 miles northwest prepared for intensive questioning of Attorney Larry Doyle, the man of the capital on the banks of the the defense regards as the most Vistula. important witness in the fight to The Poles, although still fighting heavily, in Warsaw are no longer concerned principally with retaining the capital. Warsaw will be held if it is possible to stand off the Ger- man legions but the main objective of the Polish counter attack is to give time to reform new lines. Diplomats of 15 countries moved their headquarters to a small village in the southeast. It is only 19 miles deportation. Doyle appears today from the Soviey frontier and is con- as an adverse defense witness an nected by rail with Rumania. | the last of the 10-week hearing. On Western Front | The defense charges that -he On the Western Front, heavily en- | former Portland special prosecutor trenched French and German forces built the case against Bridges s struck at opposite ends of the 100- part of a conspiracy to discredit mile sector between the Rhine and ' the labor movement on the Pacilc Moselle rivers. | Coast. The French, after 48 hours of ter-| The Government charges that rific battling, report the front is|the Australian-born leader is an generally quiet but they have scored | undesirable alien because he is a one “local advance.” This is on the | Communist and the Communist eastern end of the sector between Party advocates overthrow of the the Saar River and the Vosges government by force and violence mountains. | Doyle evaded service of a Fed- At the western end of the Saareral subjoena for weeks, but fin- Basin line, where the first French ally was served by a U. S. Deputy advance was made, the French are|Marshal in Minnesota last week. reported holding off a German, Various defense witnesses testi- counter attack with bayonette. fied that Doyle attempted to get A German report says the French | them to give false testimony against artillery is firing on the Saar-|Bridges. Bruecken airdrome which the Ger- mans finally abgndoned. The German report says three‘ French planes have been shot down. - e — NEW SEWARD MARSHAL Irwin L. Metcalf has taken over the duties of Deputy U. S. Mar- b o 1, shal M. P. Smith at Seward fol- More than 900 American cities|jowing the latter’s transfer to Sel- have airports but no regular airdovia who succeeded Dick Scott, service, resigned. save the western CIO leader from | ¢ 1l #. S Radiophoto from Berlin shows smcke, reflecied in water, Holstein (left) on the opening day of the invasion. Objs The Polish forces held out for five days before surrenderi RUMANIA CALLS " MORE RESERVES 10 HER COLORS Little Balkan Nafion Sus-| picious of Soviet Mass- | ing on Border | BUCHAREST, Sept, 11.—Rumania | answered the massing of Soviet | troops along the eastern frontier by | summoning four additional classes | of reserves to the colors. ‘ The reinforcements, estimated to| | total 200,000, brings Rumania’s ac-| | tive fighting forces to 750,000 men. | | Rumania has bolstered her mili- tary forces steadily for several weeks. She is suspicious of the conferences in the last day or two between the| Hungarian and German foreign of- fices. She fears that Germany may be suggesting Hungary take back | | territory lost to Rumania during the | | World War, | The Rumanian suspicions turned |to fear when the German-Russia | friendship pact was signed and ru- {mors were heard that Hitler had reached a secret deal with the Sovi- ets whereby Russia would share in | the partitioning of Poland. Rumania | | remembered that a large part of her | eastern territory was a part of Czar- | ist Russia. o | Rumania’s territory has been |guaranteed by Britain and France. i Even so this offers little consola- | tion to the Balkan nation while the | | Western powers are so heavily en-| |gaged in their own war with Ger- many. | P \Grave Possibilities That Unifed Stafes | (CAA Approve; fiany Will Enfer War (Collegesto Train U. 5. { | Roosevelt, in an interview here, | | said that the present neutrality | | aect is virtually certain to be changed at the special session of Congress. He also said there is the “gravest possibility” that the United Stales may enter the European conflict on the side of the Alli WASHINGTON, Sept. 11.-A Ia { number of colleges and universitic have been notified by the Civil | Aeronautics Authority that their :apnlir‘aurm:‘ to participate in the jcivilian pilot training program hac | been approved | Chairman Hinkley of the Author | ity said at least 300 institutions wil be approved by September 21 - - —oe - FATHER ILL, DAUGHTER FLIES Mrs. Carl Lottsfeldt recently flew | from Anchorage to Bethel on receiv- | ing word that her father, Deputy| The average horsepower of (i U. S. Marshal Nels Anderson, waslaulomobile engine has increasc serfously il 300 percent since 1920. rising from W esterplatie, ¥ ve was Pgla nd’s ammunition dump in Westerplatte, situated on the Danzig Harbor. g notwithstanding shelling from warships and bombings from air raiders. Solemnly promising the nation his utmost effort to keep the country neutral, President Roosevelt is shown here as he addressed Americans by radio in the oval room of the blackout of peace in the United Sta | ation | minion | without | if they appeared at all fit. | IN WAR P Ll L R LR R it Al AR I U CANADA DECLARES WAR ON GERMANY; 3 OTHER BRITISH DOMINIONS OTTAWA, Sepi. 11. — Farly Sunday merning the Dominion of Canada officially declared on Germany. aturday night, Canada's Par- liament approved of the Gov- ernment’s policy which was then expected to lead to a formal declaration of war against Ger- many some time on Sund: Previous to Canada’s declara tion, three other countries, New Zealand, South Africa and Aus tra had declared war on Ger- many, thus joining in aiding their homeland. | ARE ENLISTING OTTAWA, Sept. 11.—Almost less than 24 hours after Canada’s declar- | of war was made public! through extras issued by the Do-| newspapers, recruiting of-| fices were opened and thousands of | canadians jammed the offices seek- | ing to enlist. Hundreds of men were passed | the physical examinations | Many Americans are also enlisting. | o KING RECEIVES MASSEY | bonbed by (he German eadet training eruiser Schieswig- Brain Trust - Thrown Out President Issues Import- | ant Execufive Order ‘ -Doing Things HYDE PARK, N. Y, Sept. 11. — An Executive Order, described offici- ally as tossing such things as the old so-called Brain Trust out of the window, has been signed by | President Roosevelt. | | The Chief Executive has revamped his White House 8taff and put it in | a better shape to handle the prob- lems arising at this time as a na- tional emergency, those incident to normal Government operations. 'NEWLY APPOINTED ALASKA GOVERNOR Dr. Gruening’s Car Jim- mied, Valued State Papers Stolen NEW YORK, Sept. 11.—Dr. Ernest Gruening, newly appointed Governor of Alaska, reported to the police that valuable state papers were stolen from his parked automobile. Dr. Gruening found the window of his sedan jimmied when he, his wife and son returned from a show. Personal property valued at more than $100 was also stolen. R | Z | | White House. said the Pre 13,700-TON SHIP - SUNK, NORTH SEA; . CREW IS RESCUED LONDON, Sept. 11-The British Press Association reports the sink- ing of the 3,700-ton steamer Good- wood in the North Sea. The crew of the steamer was rescued | - | | COL. LEE'S WIFE KILLED } “There will be no | ident. i STAY OUT OF WAR | ITANBUL, Sept. 11.—The Turk-, wife of | ish Premier announces that Tur- Col. Lee, vecently in Juneau, was| Key hopes to stay out of the Euro-| killed in an automobile collision near | Pean - conflict. The Premier also Woodland, Cal., several days ago. |stated that negotiations are being Mrs. Sarah Ann Row Lee, | H | |~ The Governor-General issued the ROBBED, N. Y. CITY. IURKEV HopES Io ‘ure as follows: | Plorence O'Neill, of Cordova, First LONDON, Sept. 11.—King George | | last night received the Canadian| | High Commissioner, Vincent Mas- sey, in audience at Buckingham | | Palace. T} » followed an- | nouncement by the Ministry of In- i formation that Canada had declared | war on Germany. e and EXPEDTIONARY FORCE OTTAWA, Sept. 11,—~The question | of Canada sending a major expedi-' tionary force to Europe remains to be decided. Canada, less than two hours after | the war declaration, sent a copy to King George. | | The United States, under the | present neutrality law, has applied the arms embargo. First War Proclamation Canada’s first formal war pro- clamation in history, came after three swift steps, 13 hours after the House of Commons approved of the { | | { | royal proclamation, then it was | cabled to London where the King i approved it. Upon Great Britain's entrance into the World War in 1914, the Canadian Government merely pub- Juneau Gels Amer.Legion " Meetin 1940 Don Adler fieded Com mander - Elizabeth | Nordling, President FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Sept. 11. — Juneau has been selected for the | 1940 convention of the Alaska De- partment of the American Legion |and Auxiliary. Don Adler, of Fairbanks, has been elected Department Comman- | der and Elizabeth Nordling, of Ju- neau, has heen elected President of the Women's Auxiliary of the Am- erican Legion Other officers elected at the clos- ing session Saturday are as follows Walter B. King, of Ketchikan, First Vice-Commander. | J. C. Morris, of Anchorage, Second Vice-Commander. R. H. Stock, Ralph Wright and Frank Stor of Ketchikan, were chosen delegates to the Chicago con- [vention of the American Legion. Other Auxiliary officers elected | | | | Vice-President. Ruth McCormick, of Ketchikan, 8Second Vice-President. | Betty McCormick, of Juneau, Sec- retary-Treasurer. Resolutions Adopted An Alaska Territorial National Guard was advocated by the con- vention delegates and the delegates ALSO TO FIGHT Pritish war proclamation. First Line of Duty King George said the first con= tribution of Canada will be to safe- | guard the British and French pos- {S("\.\mns in the north Atlantic, train |and send Canadian airmen over= | seas and dispatch food and muni= tions to the Allies. S During the World War, Canada enlisted 619,000 men for the service of the expeditionary forces and ev= entually placed 450,000 more. Canada’s casualties were 55,000 killed and 149,000 wounded. lished t! EPS TO BE TAKEN OTTAWA, Ont., Sept. 11—It is officially announced that a bill will be introduced immediately in the Canadian Dominion House of Com- mons for the creation of a new Ministry of Ammunitions and Sup- plies and notice is also given that a resolution will be introduced aus thorizing wartime expenditures up to $100,000,000 for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1940 "HITLERISM" MUST GO, IS EDEN'S URGE Nazism Must Be Banished from Farth Says Brit- ish Official LONDON, Sept. 11.—Capt. An- thony Eden, Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, in a radio address said: “There can be no peace until Nazism is banished from the earth.” The people of Great Britain, Capt. Eden said, are prosecuting the war with Germany with a “clear con- science, Before this war broke out we did all we could do for us. Now there will be n oturning back. We have no quarrel with the German people but the people of this country are ready to fight a very long war, if need be, to rid the world of Hit- lerism.” RUSSIA CALLS MOREMENTO ARMY FORCES New Defenses for Country -Trade Also to Be Cash and Carry MOSCOW, Sept. 11. — The Tass, Soviet official news agency, an- nounces that the Soviet Russian Government has decided to call to the colors parts of several military classes as the result of German-Po- lish war “which has acquired a wide and menacing character.” The Tass says the decision was reached as a means of “further strengthening the defense of the country.” The announcement came as Rus= sia started strengthening the west- ern frontier and at the same time putting foreign trade on a virtual cash and carry basis. citizens from employment in Terri- torial industries; on record in oppo-~ sition to colonization plans which might make Alaska the dumping grounds of European refugees. The Legion also passed resolutions urging removal of the tolls on the Richardson Highway; for roads (o connect Homer with Seward; road to connect Matanuska with the Richardson Highway; appointmen of a social worker to direct the edu- cation of fatherless native children, Ao s MINER INJURED With a piece of steel in his left She was crushed under the auto,|cAried out toward gaining friend-|ajso suggested quick completion of 'eye, Bjarne Olson, miner, was re- which Col. Lee was driving, when |ship pacts with Great Britain and | proper fortifications; for Territorial cently flown to Fairbanks from | another car smashed into it. France. registration of aliens; ban on non- Nome for treatment.