The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 21, 1939, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LIV., NO. 8213. JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, SEPT. 21, 1939. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS ARMS EMBARGO REPEAL ASKED BY F.D.R. * * * £ * * * - - - * * * * - - - L * » - » - akes Personal Appeal In Clear Cut Talk PREMIER OF RUMANIAIS GUN VICTIM Foe of Nazis Meets His Death as Shots Blaze Out in Bucharest MYSTERY SHROUDS EXCITED (OUNTRY Assassination Is Climax to Weeks of Iron Guard Agitations (By Associated Press) The assassination of Premier Ar- mand Calinescu, of Rumania, shock- | ed the Balkan nations today on the| fringe of the eastern war front while Europe watched expectantly for major developments in the West. Premier Calinescu had been a bitter foe of the pro-Nazi Iron Guards. : Rumanian legation sources in Budapest reported the Iron Guards have been agitating throughout Ru- mania since Germany invaded Po- land. “Throughout Rumania there is terrible excitement,” the Rumanian Government radio station broadcast, and then suddenly cut off com= munications. X The cut-off of communications in- terrupted correspondents, who were unable to give full details of the situation. - The Premier was shot while driv- ing his car down one of Bucharest's principal streets when another car drove alongside. SHOT AND KILLED BUCHAREST, Sept. 21.—(8 a. m. Pacific Standard Time, via Copen- hagen). Premier Calinescu was shot and killed today by men be-| lieved to be Iron Guardists. Troops were called out at once to prevent a coup. Assassination of CEIMU‘ known as Rumania’s “strong man” becausg of his suppression of the pro-Nazi Iron Guard organization, was at- tributed to conflicting national in-| terests arising out of the European war. The news came as German and Russian troops approached the Ru- manian frontier in their occupation of Poland. Rumania got one seventh of her | territory from Russia in the World War settlement. The Rumanian government was convened immediately to take nec-| essary measures to meet the crisis of Rumania’s position on internal| and international affairs resulting from the Killing. British and French allies, and Germany, are engaged in a bitter' struggle, each side attempting to influence Rumania’s policy to their advantage. Calinescu was known as an advo- cate of political and economic co- operation with Great Britain and France. Rumania is a major prize for Ger- many, who needs Rumania’s oil for’| her mechanized army and her force. air - eee— OH! HUM! LONDON, Sept. 21.—The Brit- ish Press Association said that according to reports prevailing, and not denied, Germany's crack liner Bremen reached a British port under escort of British Naval vessels, Several days ago the German Ambassador in Moscow gave out the information that all in- quiries regarding the Bremen shculd be referred to Winston Churchill, First Lord of the British Admiralty. - e Oregon started the custom of the state gasoline tax in 1919. Since then is has spread to every state. | IR | | 74 hours of the day” used by intimates to describe yiscount Gort, commander-in- shief of British field forces, nicknamed “Tiger.” Sub Skipper Lefs Vessel (ontinue0 | i j Finds Lifeboat Rickefy So i Allows British Trawl- ‘ er fo Proceed \ | LONDON, Sept. 21 |the British trawler, Alvis, coming {into port last night, told an amaz- ing story of an encounter with a —The crew of German submarine commander who | spared their craft because the ves-| sel's lone lifeboat was so nLkel) | “I'm sorry, but I must sink you,” Athe sub commander said, coming \a}ongslde according to crewmen, {but after looking over the lifeboat, allowed the trawler to proceed. ALL QUIET ON ' WESTERN FRONT | ing Million Strong | fo New Sector PARIS, Sept. 21. — The second day of the relative quiet existed today as the French were inclined !to doubt that Germany had been able to move many of its million men out of Poland to bolster the | siegfried Line. Reports coming from Germany reported that all German trans- portation is tied up by troop move- | ments. The French high command ap- parently is content to continue to move up troops and make prepara- tions for the expected major of- fensive by the German Comman- der-in-Chief Von Borich. He is now in charge in the west BASEBALL TODAY The following are scores of games played this afternoon in the two major leagues: National League Boston 4, 0; Pittsburgh 6, 7. Philadelphia 3; Cincinnati American League Chicago 2; New York 5. St. Louis 2; Boston 6. Detroit 7; Philadelphia 6. PSR pdi | MRS. CHAPMAN LEAVING Mrs. J.H. Chapman, wife of KINY’s press operator, is leaving aboard the North Coast for the south. She will | visit in Seattle and then go to Hard- |ner, Kansas, to visit a sister. ARG IRt For every 100 baby girls born in Pexas, 108 boys are born. |Germans Reflried Mov-| 3RESISTNAZI‘ MOPUP WORK 'Four Centers of Defense| Hold Out as Germany (laims End Near ANOTHER BRITISHER SENT DOWN BY SUB fFrench Pn;a—re at Night| | for Heavy Action Be- hind Maginof Line | A (By Associated Press) | Official communiques from the | German High Command today re- | ported the Eastern front is “cleaned {up” with the exception of four cen- ters of resistance in Poland. The German High Command said: | | “The number of Polish prisoners taken along the northern front has | increased to 170,000,” which places rwm claims at 350,000 captured. British Ship Sunk | Meanwhile, another British ‘(re)ghter the Kensington Court, | was sunk by a German submarine, | but the British government an- nuunced that two Royal Air Force flying patrol boats rescued the crew |of 34. French sources said an attack on the Western Froont is expected from Germany, but Swiss reports |indicated that France might start | | important operations herself. | Goebbels Bobs Up Propaganda Minister Goebbels, in Berlin, believed to have been purged ‘uppcalmg suddenly in the Nazi pi ture again, gave foreign corr pondents today, vigorous denials of allegations that Germany intends to violate the neutrality of Bel- gium, The Netherlands, or Luxem- bourg. | Indications of major French op-| erations on the Western front were | based on troop movements during| | the night behind the Maginot Line fortifications. “Local Activity” A French communique said uwr«-l had been “local activity by advance | guards” last night, but only added | that artillery action on both sides had been evident. i It was announced later that France expected a major German offensive as soon as the results of | the Naz isuccess against Poland are | ascertained. | German communiques said eight enemy planes and three balloons | have been shot down on the West- | ern Front. | DOYLE IS FINED FOR ASSAULT OF LIBERTIES MAN Key Figure firidges Case| Given Five-Day Sus- pended Senfence SAN FRANCISCO, Cal,, Sept. 21. —A key figure in the Harry Bridges deportation hearing, former Port- land attorney Larry Doyle, has been convicted of assault and battery in the municipal court. Judge Clarence Morris suspended a five-day jail sentence. Doyle was found guilty of an as- sault on an official of the American Civil Liberties Union, during picket- ing of the German Consulate by left wing groups last year. The attorney denied striking Be- sig. He said he merely took film from Besigs camera, then paid for the films. Doyle was brought to San Fran- cisco as an adverse defense witness for Bridges, then refused to testify. i S Kansas woodlands cover 1,238,- 000 acres or 3,242,000 acres less than the original woodlands be- fore the area was settled. 100-PLUS HEAT Euro]w Tense as Russia Massed Trooj } RUMANIA With details of the Russo-German pact kept a secret, Soviet's mighty a . crossed the border and invaded Pelapd, helping the invading Nazi force and this is born out in the past few days. The Polish Ukraine, rich i Some of the Sovi ENGLAND HAD BETTER START USING U. 5. CONVOY SYSIEM By PRESTON (.RO\ ER WASHINGTON, Sepr. 21. — The surprise sinking of the passenger teamer Athenia might act as a | CONTINUES IN 50. CALIFORNIA Sixth Day of Torrid Wave- better adopt at once the system of | anti-submarine warfare that Am-| erica perfected for her during the World War. It was tough-minded old Admiral Sims and his staff who taught Eng- land that a mine barrage could be laid across the principal submarine outlet into the Atlantic. Thereafter | Death Toll Mounts fo 35 Persons | Germany “officially” lost a dozen submarines among the mines and | LOS ANGELES, Cal, Sept. 21.—|an unestimated number that failed | As Southern California went into|to leave any trace. " | the sixth day of oppressive heat It was Admiral Sims and his temperatures ranged to 100 dl‘p.l'v, officers who also perfected the or more. convoy system that permitted U. S, The total of dead went up to troops to get to France with the 35. loss of only one boat. Temperature at 10:30 o'clock thi The Athenia evidently was with- forenoon at Los Angeles was 100 out convoy of any kind. degrees. e WASH. GOVERNOR THE “LUSITANIA” The Lusitania had somewhat the same experience and a lot of un- | friendly stories arose about her. | ‘The Lusitania sailed with a cargo 's massed mnnpflwer is shown (top), its heavy artillery at bottom. | Inrmlml Poland PR .fi;&“‘}‘fi ”“.w V £ % ,.v: rmy mobilized on the Polish border and then suddénly the Red Army s. Allied leaders have learned that Russia is promised a share of Poland n grain and oil, once belonged to Russia as did Esthonia and Latvia, PROPAGANDA SEEN AS PEACE THREAT, BUT IT CAN BE BEAT sou OFFORMIR By (‘ARD l'l. SOULE AP Feature Service Writer NEW YORK, Sept. 21—Propa-| ganda machines had a lot to do| with getting us into World War No. 1 and are running full blast right FRANCE KILLED : - | —_— Can we keep them from getting ¥ P us into a World War No. 2? Lieutenant Des(hanel Died| 1 went to the mstitute for Prop- = aganda Analysis here to find out. at Front - Buried by Germans The answer was that while propaganda is dangerous, it is by no means fatal. And America can still deci its own destiny if it keeps its head, ins on facts, and refuses to be swept away by emotions. Clyde R. Miller, | (By Associated Press) i The German Army today buried | the son of the former President of | Prance, Louis Paul Deschanel. in| impressive ceremonies at Otter- | director of the institute, weiler, in the Saar region. that propaganda consists of A Lieutenant in the French army,|more than obvious advertising. A |thirty years old, Deschanel was|Speech by Adolf Hitler, for ex- |killed while leading a patrol near| ample, is excellent propaganda the German Siegried Line. | for Hitler—because it gives his Deschanel’s companions, under |argument, and is carried through- | fire, were unable to take the body out the world. The same is true of !back to French positions. a speech by Premier Chamberlain. ! Germans chose the most attractive | If you consider all opinion, how- spot in Naumuenster Cemetery for ever it is expressed as propa- secretary and far mf American and foreign passengers, \Logether with some war materials, |straight in the face of warnings | published by Germany in American | papers that the boat was certain to| |be a target for submarines. When it | ce n ' ra l ia RIOA Flgure Shuuhed the submarine zone it got no | | protective convoy. Further, for some | Sen'en(e Commuied | reason which has not yet been ex- plained, the commander of the ship | A"er 18Years |did not zig-zag as he a;)pr(mched‘ | home. That is one way of prevent-, ‘mg submarines from getting a pro- I OLYMPIA, Wash., Sept. 21. — J-|per gim. Further, the commander | Burke Gibson, Executive Clerk 1 |gowed his speed to barely half the Gov. Clarence D. Martin, said ship’s maximum. The Lusitania was Governor has commuted the 25-|cold meat to a submarine. year sentence in the State Prison| Repeatedly it has been suggested, of Ray Becker, convicted of st”’uand repeatedly it has been denied, degree murder in connection “hhuhat England let the Lusitania run | the Centralia Armistice Day riots.|the gauntlet without protection in Becker has served 18 years and | the expectation that her sinking 3 months of his sentence. |would arouse Americans further Gibson said it is understood |against German “atrocities” and Becker has a job in New York. bring America into the war on the R, 03 i side of the Allies. sl‘l“ DIS(HARGB | There isn’t a shred of 4'Vld|-nc(>l |to associate the Athenia with such| (‘RGO o’ HA”BU]’ stories, but the general effect oni American sentiment appears| Capt. Bill Doucett brought the much the same as that genera’ d| schooner Sitka to Juneau last!py the Lusitania. 5 night from the western banks with | [ 38,000 pounds of halibut. THE “AMERICAN PLAN” A termn 100 s 395 oonts 2| _The convoy_sysiem, designed_to pound. (Continued 0;1 }’uge fivn) | L |all of China. Wang Deschanel’s grave. |ganda, you will not be far wrong His coffin, covered with the tri- color, on which lay the French-| \mans helmet, was carried by six| In World War No. 1, Great Brit- | German non-commissioned officers|ain won the propaganda battle while an honorary company fired a | here. Before and during the war, military farewell, | her strategy was to emphasize her e |interest in the war as identical LIONEL M[BOI | s Ef”fii‘r“i';?;,,ifigi"lfi’:“lo‘2521 vert merican leaders and cr DIES IN TACOMA |Veteran Condudor White| ators of public opinion to the Brit- ish point of view. To this end Pass & Yukon Roufe, Passes Away ‘Bxltum sent many writers and SKAGWAY, Alaska, Sept. BRITISH WERE BEST | They didn’t understand us as well w.wrmng Lo advices received here.| Just to “There's no reason to get angry culluml |about this,” says Miller. “Any na- 21— tion would do this if it could. Brit- member (suxdxvs TOKYO ‘Bept. 21.—Japanese Pn- mier Abe announces that Wang | statesmen to America, German propaganda boomeranged | Lionel Talbot, 'veteran conductor on |ain, because of the common bond | the White Pass and Yukon Route, with us of languages and culture, realize how strong our ties with Britain are, re- that every school child British authors: Shake- peare, Thackeray, Dickens. That ;.‘“ just one example, Bing Wim will head a centrali: 5] Japanese sponsored government for| THINK FIRST becomes especially llel the belief that America explains | ACTION IS NECESSARY RIGHT NOW Present la;V’itaIIy Dan- gerous fo American Security, Peace NON-PARTISAN PLEA DURING PRESENT CRISIS Cash, CarryS_ysIem Is Ad- vanced-Makes Reply to Opponents, Crifics: WASHINGTON, Sept. 21— President Roosevelt today asked Congress to repeal the arms em- bargo provisions of the neutral- ity law because “they are most vitally dangerous to American neutrality, American’ security, and American peace.” In his message, delivered in person before the extraordinary session of the Legislators, the President said he could offer no hope that “the shadow over the world might swiftly pass.” U. S. FOREIGN POLICY Speaking from the rostrum fo a crowded House Chamber, President Roosevelt told Senators and Repre- sentatives, he had assembled them to amend legislation, which in his best judgment, “so alters the his- toric foreign policy of the United | States that it impairs peaceful rela- tions of the United States with for- eign nations.” Crux of Issue The crux of the issue, the Presi- dnt said, is to repeal this embargo which forbids shipments of muni- tions to combatant nations and ef- fect “a return to International Law.” The President took occasion to re= | new his plea for non-parti: during the international cris to reassure the nation that his was can keep from being embroiled in Eur- ope's conflict, Mantle of Peace “Let no man, or group, in any walk of life, assume exclusive pro- tectorate over the future well being of America,” the President said, “be~ cause T conceive that regardless of party or section, the mantle of "| peace and patriotism is wide enough to cover us all. “Let no group assume to an ex- | clusive legal peace bloc. We all be« | long to it.” Cash and Carry Plan As the President praised the ad- vantages of the cash and carry plan on war munitions exports, and con- demned the errors of the current neutrality legislation, his speech was frequently interrupted by a wildly cheering assembly. Amendments Asked Amendments to the present law, Roosevelt asks, include provisions requiring purchasers of war mater- ials to come to the United States in their own ships at their own risk, (Continued on E'age Three) PRECAUTIONS ARE TAKEN TO PROTECT ROOSEVELT AT TALK No Standinfi Galleries- All Packages Left with Police WASHINGTON, Sept. 21. — The authorities took unusual precautions to protect the President when he delivered his neutrality message to the joint session of Congress. Kenneth Romney, House Serges at-Arms, permitted no standing in the House galleries and only bear- ers of special cards admitted those not members of the House or Sen= ate. Persoons entering the Capitol building were required to leave all because the Germans weren't as | suave or as polite as the British. who retired two years ago, passed can do it better than any other way at Tacoma, Wash. yesterday,| nation.” is a former| frrupaguudu Kumintang. i head of the (Continued on Pnze Seven) packages with the police at trances, en=