The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 20, 1940, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 1940. ~ MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS VOL. LV., NO. 8366. GERVAN AIR BASE RAIDED BY BRITSH For Six Hours, Bombs Dropped, Sylt Island IT'S THE FIRST DAY OF —— FRENCH | #Mile-Minute Strato P Lune Ready at Seattle GRUELLING PREMIER ATTACK IS RESIGNS ~ DISASTROUS Daladier's Government |Hangars, Ammunition Falls Because of Con- |* Dumps, and Workshops duct of War Shelled During Night CRITICISM COME TO 'GROUPS OF PLANES HEAD, CHAMBER VOTE AT WORK IN RELAYS Deputies Voted Confidence Nazi Batteries Make Ter- at Secret Session- rific Defense-One Gave Orders Bomber Down o 4 rs, gned for sub-stratosphere flying is shown at Boeing's Seattle plant, where Pan American Airways will take delivery as soon as Civil Aeronautics Authority issues final license. Equipped with super-charger, pressureized, sealed cabins, it is capable of four-miles-a-minute speed. The “flying freighter” has a maximum gross weight of 45,000 pounds, a cruising range of 2,500 miles. (By Associated Press) PARIS, March 20.—Premier Da- X pis i T BT = i ladier resigned today amid -criti- [} [ " n [ : Great Britain unleashed a gruel- cism of France's prosecution of the! " B hl A" R h AI.A KAN ing attack on Germany’s air base war. S a Ig p, | on Sylt Island last night, blasting hangars, ammunition dumps and President LeBlun has asked Fin- 8 work shops for more ihan six’ hours ance Minister Reynaud to form | y X r a “War Cabinet.” in what is possibly the longest air Reynaud said he will give the H ;'F;;:OOH a military objective in world President his reply tomorrow. . | hi ry. . Daladier has been Premier since | The attack began last night and April 10, 1938, and since the Al- | contmueq seven hours, as bombers | | worked in relays ferrying deadly lied war ainst Germany started has had virtually dictatorial pow- He has weathered many pre- vious storms. | loads of bombs across 350 miles of et the Nor{lh Sel.. % Mother Is Found Stuffed in| s ave sas « | ires set b revious mbs, Cupboard-Son Sought | ciouas “and mooniieht ai Each succeeding wave was guided Clouds and moonlight aided the for Killing ers A¥VA N3INO JIONVYWION CRITICISM, CONIFIDENCE PARIS, March 20.—The Chamber of Deputies, early today, voted con- 1NIWNNOW NOLONIHSYM attack. Eye witnesses in Denmark, during H138vZ173 N33nd fidence in the Daladier Govern- | the night, said at least one ammuni- ment but departed from the war- T § i i . | SEATTLE, March 20. — The bi-|tion dump and perhaps several oth- time unanimity ballot with 239 1250 1030 1020 | zarre and brutal “cupboard killing” |ers were exploded by the British voting for confidence, 1 voting no L o 2 Al confidence and about 300 abstain- FT. FT. FT. | S PR UNEAE. Hamish Rekii | 45, sent city and county officers Ing. from voting. i 3 3 £ }out today in an intensive search for The motion urged Premier Da-| When the biggest ship in the world slipped into New York the other her son, Denzel Davis, 23, on a ladier to “immediately take, in all| day, ene «f the questions that immediately arose was how big a |, qor warrant, domains, measures indispensible 10| pig ghip is. This diagram shows that it’s really very big, even when Mrs. Redding was found beaten, bring France’s force to the maxi-| compared with the tallest buildings and towers. The Queen Elizabeth 'stabbed and trussed yesterday in mum and to carry the war to vic-| Lo ta0beq near the other refugees from the war, the Queen Mary ]a cupboard under her sink drain- Return to Scene The Royal Air Forces are report- ed to have returned to the scene again early today with bombs, ma- chine guns and cameras to work more havoc and to prove their de- struction with pictures. For no matier what the weather is, the almanac says spring began at 1:24 pm., Eastern Standard Time, today. When Spring arrived officially in Juneau at 9:24 o’clock this morr ground here than at any time in more than a year, and it was still snow At the moment the sun crossed the equator northward bound, bringing the Spring solstice, the U. S. Weather Bureau here measured 9.1 inches of snow on the Federal Building roof. Snow had not lain as ing, there was more snow on the tory in close accord with our Al- i . t S Poor visibility, compared to the cep « inc . nd the N die, the world’s No. 2 and 3 ships. board in their suburban bungalow. 3 P 2 deep on Juneau since February 14, 1939, i es | AR o0, o WAL Ye- Rane i) 16 Biab Woshis bright moonlight and drifting clouds The vote came after 12 hours Dr. Gale Wilson, autopsy surgeon, |1ast night, prevented Danish coastal debate in a secret session during attributed her death to eighteen |Observers from estimating accurately the number of British planes in the follow-up raids. FARLEY SAYS HIS NAME Cromwell a5 Delegale Dimond Working [t o tioned closely on many phases of other small weapon, but the skull recent developments, was also fractured by some blunt Six Groups in Raids The motion of confidence im-| ngjugn instrument The observers said that apparent- Ill. BE pR ENIE D AI IS (a I Ied plied criticism of the past cam- or e"er a(l Illes o The woman had been garroted|!y there were six groups of planes paign. | and trussed with tw oelectrical cords|in the raids today with reverber- Daladier was, early today, e and a dog chain in the cupboard,|8ting explosions equal of those of ' * | pected to revise his Cabinet mo- . H which was in turn nailed shut, |last night. MOCRATIC CONYENTION On Speech = | ransporfafion in Alaska ", ‘weoi ™, Lo, v e v e GERMAN VIEWPOINT i 6 Deputy Prosecutor Charles Ralls keeping up a terrific defense. D ahy Ahasissa said a warrant for Denzel Davis's| Great Destruction RSO TET A (e — BERLIN, March 20.—Authorized e e et arrest was obtained on the basis of| The British Air Ministry reports sources said the resignation of the By J. J. ECKLES purchase of two planes for use of By from Dayi's esiranghd wite | that already seaplane hangars, rail- of WAGE ANDHOUR | FINDING EXEMPTS TIN OPERATIONS Alaska Industry Designat- ed as Seasonal-May Work 56 Housr WASHINGTON, March 20.—The Wage and Hour Administration to- day made a preliminary finding that open cut or surface mining of placer tin in Alaska is a seasonal industry entitled to partial exemp- ticn from the wage and hour law. Unless objections are filed the order will become final in 15 days. It will permit employees to work 56 hours per week for a maximum of 14 weeks per season without payment of overtime, D SENATE WANTS WIRE - TAPPING 10 BE PROBED WASHINGTON, March 20—The Senate has ordered an investiga- tion into wire tapping, approving Senator Green’s resolution which provides $15,000 for the probe, The investigation would .be con- ducted by the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee, P SPRINGFIELD, Mass., March 20.{ French Cabinet is a symptom Minister to Canada Asked by Hull for Official Version of Talk Secretary to Delegate Dimond WASHINGTON, March 9.—(8pec- ial Correspondence)—When the ap- propriation bill for the Department —Postmaster General James A. Far-| ley, Chairman of the Democratic| National Committee, asserted| “frankly and without reservation evident disunion within France as the “French people are begmmng’ to realize their war inciters man- euvered the Nation into a situa- [that his name will be presented to tion to which the Nation Is not the Democratic National Convention Sual” of the Interior was before the House in Chicago for the Presidential nom- | q DRad e b on Mareh 5, Delegate A. J. Dimond ination. WASHINGTON, March 20.—Sec- Lionel Barrymore, the actor, urged the need for the Alaska it- ems in the measure. He expressed particular gratification for the in- | clusion of an item to permit the Farley added: “And that's that.”|T! The statement which came during |directed James Cromwell, Minister | ' 0q on continued speculation on President |t0 Canada, to send him at once a"ixli,fll\-- Roosevelt's , plans, was made to|official version of his Toronto| " o newspapermen as Farley arrived | SPeech, made yesterday, praising the | here to confer with a group of Anglo-French war aims and criti-| Demdecrats, | cising Germany. { of State Cordeil Hull k\fih]“a5 only fifteen years old when he the stage in “The Farley’'s name has already been| To make sure there is no delay, | 9n_Lered in this State’s Presidential | gecretary Hull has also asked the primary on April 20 but there had | American Legation at Ottawa to for- | a been some belief he might be trying |ward their copy of the spesch since (ONDu(TED BY UN(lE SAM’ to tie up the state’s Democrats for Cromwell is now visiting at his New Hogeevells Jersey home. | ; Representative Martin J. Sweeney, | R(H wlll ,of Ohio, demanded an investigation | |and possible recall of “our play boy | | Minister to Canada.” | Representative Hamilton Fish of Oufcome of War fo Decide Position of | xo ravessa mormavon o (-r 'N ' ' the views of President Roosevelt. itizens of Neutrals L : | SOMERSVILLE, N. J., March 20.— | TORONTO, March 20.—The Umt_\cromwell sald_ he has no cumment ed States Minister to Canada, !© Make. He is wealthy in h?.sD(;w_n | James Cromwell, said that the| name and his wife, the former ris | liberty, livelihood and safety of DUke is als owealthy | the neutral citizen might be de- a0 St pendent upon the outcome of the NAVY MAN THROUGH present war. Cromwell addressed the Toronto. Canadian Club. He also said that was a through passenger on the if the Allies won the war he could Northland for Sitka where he will see no threat to the wellbeing or!assume a supervisory position on the social and economic order of, the airbase project. He is accom- | the neutral democracies. l panied by Mrs. True. e ‘ (Bureau of Mines. Ore samples are | peing analyzed in Government WASHINGTON, March 20—Uncle jahoratories, and the Bureau of Sam is conducting a treasure hunt| nines is doing research on metal- | —the most thorough in the coun- | jurgical methods. | try’s history. | There have been It's a scientific search for seven| Ciscoveries since the work got un- minerals essential in the making of | der way last fall. However, Bu- war weapons. They are: mangan- reau of Mines engineers say there ese, tin, nickel, chromium, tungsten, | i hope that potential resources of antimony and mercury. Ithree metals — chromium, tung- The Army and Navy Munitions Sten and antimony—will be found Board lists all seven as ustrategic | adequate for Wflrhmfz needs. The minerals”—that is, if this country|0utlook lsn’t so bright, however, | went to war, all would have to he| {OF manganese or tin. Most of the obtained, in whole or in part, from| excavation work thus far has been sources outside the United States.| in the west and southwest, d,:;fl",:’fi:‘;:v::‘::tfy" e‘;'p;"n WHAT WE HAVE—AND HAVEN'T of the Geological Survey and the| (Continued on Page Five) By PRESTON GROVER no James B. True, Navy engineer, startling | (the Alaska Game Commission, and cited details of the rescue of Ben- ton W. Davis of the Civil Aeronaut- ics Authority, in which Wildlife ag- ents Grenold Collins and Clarence Rhode, and civilian pilot Dick Mil- ler of Anchorage, participated last month. Transportatior. Facilities Pointing out that the Territory has sufficient natural resources to properly support several million peo- ple, Mr. Dimond stated that it was his considered judgment that the population “would be steadily and sufficlently increased from year to year over a period of many years if we could only secure fairly ade- quate facilities of transportation at reasonable cost to bring people from the States to Alaska and then to provide them with similar facili- | ties within the Territory itself.” In this connection he said that the | facilities needed are of three types —“on the sea, on the land, and in the air.” The Delegate said, “With respect to air travel, what is needed at the present time is an improvement and enlargement of existing airplane |landing fields and the costruction of some others to take care of traffic within the Territory and also to provide for air transport, includ- ing air mail, between the United States and Alaska. This entire pro- at comparatively slight expense, and it ought to be undertaken without delay.” Land Transportation With reference to land transpor- tation needs, Mr. Dimond said, “In my opinion, at the present time it (Continued on Page Three) I June, 21, who said she stayed with |WaY, barracks, jetties and concrete landing fields and the construction him at a hotel Monday night a!ter‘; four months of separation and that | he was acting strange and nervous, | fold her of the killing and then said | he planned to kill her, but lost his nerve and was “going to get a house- | keeping room and turn on the gas."‘ The Redding woman's fifth hus-| band is reported to be a resident | of McGrath, Alaska. D NAVY DRYDOCK | T0 BE TOWED T0 PEARL HARBOR Tugs Preparing to Move Giant Device from | New Orleans NEW ORLEANS, La., March 20.| —Tugs are getting up steam to| | start moving the 6,500-ton 40-year- | old floating drydock to Pearl Har- bor, Honolulu. 6000 miles away in a Navy defense move. The drydock will be used for . except the largest battleships of the Navy. It will probably be towed a dLS—‘ tance of only 100 miles every 24| hours and may be four months on| :the voyage. It will take a long time going | through the Panama Canal and| is the largest device ever taken {through the waterway. The move was ordered by Presi- ramps have been destroyed. The British newspapers today ex- hausted superlatives in praise of the present war’s biggest raid. Fast Bombers Employed The newspapers claim that be- tween 30 and 50 fast bombers, only one of which failed to return, were concentrated in last night's attack. The air base is the one from which German planes have been (Continued on Page Three, -, — PROPOSED ALLIANCE OBJECTED Soviet Russia Will Fight Norway, Sweden and Finland Pact MOSCOW, March 20.—The Tass News Agency declared today it is au- thorized to state that Russia will consider any defense alliance be- tween Finland, Norway and Sweden as “aimed at Soviet Russia.” The alliance, the Agency says, would be contradictory to the Russo- Finnish peace treaty. The statement contradicts Nor- wegian reports that Russia would dent Roosevelt last year. not object to the triple alliance.