The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 10, 1940, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” EMPIRE VOL. LV.. NO. 8384. JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1940. 'MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS —— SIX NAVY SHIPS SENT DOW L4 & 4 4 & Sharp Engagements Raging, Norway Coast HEAVY TOLL ROOSEVELT SIX T0 ONE IN ILLINOIS Garner Snowed Under by Avalanche Favoring | Third Term NEBRASKA GIVES MARGIN TO DEWEY Roosevelt lllinois Tofal Is Larger than Dewey and | Garner Combined | (By Associated Press) 1 Yesterday's Iilinois presidential preference primary gave President Roosevelt a sweep over Garner. | Incomplete returns indicate Roos- evelt leading Garner by a six to one margin | Mayor Kelly of Chicago declared the vote gave ‘“overwhelming em- phasis to the demand that President Roosevelt continue in leadership for another four years.” | Defeat Conceded of the tragedy which took the live: her two sisters, Daphne, 10, and Marquis, 3. Shown in a receiving saying. Survives Family Tragedy Eleven-year-old Chloe Davis told Los Angeles police a harrowing story beat the three small children to death with a claw hammer, then set fire to her hair and pleaded with Chloe to hit her with a hammer because she couldn’t stand the pain about 20 times and then the hammer broke,” the child was quoted as S L4 & 4 & OCCUPATION OF NORWAY PROCEEDING Invasion Schedule as Plan- ned Is Being Carried Out, Nazi Report BATTLE ON BETWEEN { DEFENDERS, INVADERS \Present Whereabouts of| Royal Family Shroud- | ed in Mystery | | | | | (By Associated Press) | BULLETIN — STOCKHOLM, { s of her mother, Mrs. Lolita Davis; Deborah Ann, 7; and her brother, hosptal, Chloe told how her mother April 10.—Distress signals from the German steamer Curitbya, | far up in Olso Fjord, indicates | that Germany might not be in | control of the deep fjord lead- | “I took the hammer and hit her | N8 to Norway's captured Capl- | here sal§ the Ouritbya had been | fired on by coastal batteries at Garner’s backers conceded defeat but contended their showing was impressive considering the lack of organization for a Garner candidacy and the Vice President’s silence. In Nebraska, Thomas Dewey held a four t othree margin in early vot- ing over Senator Vandenberg in a similar Republican primary. Roosevelt and Dewey, through fresh triumphs in the midwest farm belt, assumed stronger leadership in Presidential races that challenged other contenders. 11,000 Margin In Nebraska, Dewey was running more than 11,000 votes ahead of Vandenberg when counting passed the three-quarter way mark. | In Illinois, Roosevelt rolled up a| six to one margin over the nntl-j third term candidacy of Garner, S causing State Democratic leaders| WASHINGTON, April 10—Presi- to describe the vote as a “demand dent Roosevelt today signed a for the President’s renomination.” | proclamation barring United States Dewey was unopposed fn Illinois shipping from all waters around but his supporters had hoped a big|the Scandinavian Peninsula. turnout would indicate Republican The President signed a procla- strength in November. Roosevelt's) mation extending the European tctal, however, was rnnning well combat zone from Bergen on the ahead of the combined Garner- West coast of Norway around the Dewey vote. peninsula to the Russian main- ——————— | land, p . d ' The zone extends around the resident, | LOCAL | Kola Peninsula to Russia and thus prevents vessels from going into Garner in | NOTIFICATION 28! cCollector of Customs James J. ear p ' | Connors last night received notifi- U.S.SHIPS BARRED IN SCANDINAVIA ‘Presidem's Proclamation Extends Combat Zone North of Bergen | the White Sea or visiting the Rus- sian ports of Archangel or Mur- | mansk. {cation from J. M. Johnson, As- sistant Secretary of Commerce | that all vessels contemplating voy- ages to Scandinavian waters should be informed that the combat zone probably would be extended imme- | diately and such voyages could not be completed legally. Vice-President Nof Invited to White House for Conference WASHINGTON, April 10. — Dis- regarding his customary procedure, H President Roosevelt failed today to| a ll anes invite Vice-President John Nance Garner to the usual White House Nyviken. | [ tal City. Messages picked up | | | IDAVIS GIRL T0 BE KEPT FROM FUNERAL RITES 11-Year-0ld—lass Absolv- German communiques announce that the occupation of Norway is proceeding on schedule mapped out before invasion was so suddenly started. Travelers reaching Sweden declare |a battle is on between Norwegian troops and German land forces, sup- ported by planes, at Elverum, 75 miles northeast of Oslo. The Norwegian Royal Family is reported to have gone to Elverum, ed of Blame, But Is | Sfi" in [US'OdY inear the Swedish frontier, during | yesterday and taken up refuge. Many LOS ANGELES, Cal, April 10— of the Norwegian government of- A Juvenile Court order will keep ficials also accompanied the Royal Chloe Davis, 11, from the funeral family. | services of her mother, despite Ff Shattered communications, how-! Coroner’s verdict yesterday Which ever, hid the whereabouts of the | virtually absolved her of blame in'Royal Family today. the brutal hammer slaying of her mother, two sisters anid a brother. Her story that her mother com-! RESISTANCE BROKEN mitted the other slayings was ac-| BERLIN, April 10—A commun- cepted, and that her mother had ique issued today said Norwegian forced her to kill her, but the cmld}resiscauce to the occupation has was ordered kept in strict custody been -broken, | of relatives, however, until a hear-! The communique declared, “In| ing April 17 which will determinethe course of occupation of militar- | whether or not she will become a jly important points in Norway,| permanent ward of the court. | Norwegian defense forces at the, T beginning resisted at several poinhs,‘ S [ 1 . chiefly near Horten, south of Oslo, Henle and at Christiansand, but resis-' " Operated on 4 & Here are the principals in the war of words aroused when the Nazis produced a White Book which they said is based on documents purportedly found in German-captured Polish archives. According to the Nazis, various of the documents passed among Wiiliam C. Bullitt (right), ambassador to France; Joseph P. %eonnedy (center), ambassador to England, and Count Jerzy Potocki (left), Polish ambassador to the U. 8., promising U. S. armed \ntervention in the war. Secretary of State Cordell Hull (lower) has emphatically “mied Washington’s slleged role in Europe’s war intrigue. L4 4 LATEST WAR BULLETINS; NORWAY PUTS UP FIGHT: ANOTHER SEA FIGHT ON BULLETIN—LOND April 10.—Norwegian and Swedish scurces tonight asserted that British forces had recaptured the western Norwegian ports of Bergen and Trondheim, which were occupied by the Germans yesterday. However, official British quarters refused to confirm the Norwegian and Swedish reports. Earlier, a Reuters dispatch said German and Allied war- ships were seen off Trondheim. SEA BATTLE BULLETIN — STOCKHOLM, April 10.—~A mighty sea battle during which British fleet units attacked 10 big German troop- chips, sinking two and scat- tering others, was seen tonight from Paternoster Reefs near the island of Marstrand. German’ warships escorting the trdbp-laden vessels attempt- tance has been broken at all points with exemplary collaboration. “Defense units and fortifications in Oslo Fjord have been over-| Throat Infection Necessi- | lates Emergency Work by Doctor Friend whelmed and silenced, and Narvik, | Drontheim, Bergen, Stavanger,! Egersund, Christiansand, Arendal [ SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, April 10. | —Sonja Henie, film and ice skating star, arrived here today, weak and wan as the result of a throat in- U. 5. HAS ISSUED OVER TWO MILLION PATENTS; . | ed to fight off the British men- o-war, but three hours later it appeared the fight was over and tHe transport fleet had been dispersed. Thunderous cannonading echoed over Goteborg in the northern archipelago of Nor- way in a large scale naval ‘en- gagement and swarms of air- planes were seen to be partici- pating in the fight. FURIOUS FIGHT BULLETIN — STOCKHOLM, April 10.—Norwegian troops, battling fiercely, are defending their government at its new capital of Elverum. In a terrific battle with in- vading German forces, about 200 Norwegians were reported killed or wounded, and Ger- man losses were not immedi- ately known. The German forces were re- portedly being augmented by reinforcements, but the town had not been occupied by 7:30 this morning, Pacific Standard Time. Volunteers have joined the regular Norwegian troops in the fighting. BOMBING BULLETIN—LONDON, April 10.—A Reuters dispatch said a Play Star Roles in White Book Charge | | & Stockholm tonight said the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet reports German units of con- siderable strength wiped out by Norwegians in the Elverum bat- tle and several hundred Ger mans have been Kkilled. EMDEN SUNK NEW YORK, April 10.—The British Broadcasting Corpora- tion radiced tonight that the German cruiser Emden, which captured the American freight- er City of Flint last October, has been sunk by the British. L e CONGRESS NOW SEES END OF ~ WORK IN JUNE FDR Given fie}ori on Pro- gress from Majority Leaders Today WASHINGTON, April 10—Major- ity Leader Sam Rayburn, in the House, said that he and Senate Ma- Jjority Leader Alben Barkley told President Roosevelt today that Con- gress is “well along” in its work and will be dy to adjourn between June first and tenth. - HAMAR IS CAPTURED legislative conference with Major~ ity House and Senate leaders Ray- burn and Barkley. The unexplained action developed gave immediate speculation regard- ing relations between the two as being cooled. It is reported authoritatively that Garner has received no word from the White House why his counsel was not sought. L eee—— NO TAXI SERVICE, | 1 HOUR TOMORROW | Baftles Raging in Northern' and Oslo, among others, are firm-| ly in German hands,” ! fection which necessitated an emer- gency operation at sea on the liner Lurline bound in from Honolulu. She remained in the care of a nurse in her stateroom and will stay in bed until the ship reaches Los | Angeles on Friday. The operation was for a perri- tonsilar abscess and was performed by Dr. M. W. Brachvogel of Aber- | deen, Washington, a passenger ac- ;qua!nmnoe .of two days ago, when Miss Henie’s temperature was at 102. With her aboard ship at the time 'of the operation were her mother, BERLIN, April 10.—German air & brother and sister-in-law, and Make Atfack Brifish Navy Part of North Sea Is Claim For one hour tomorrow, 1 to 2 squadrons are engaging in battles Dan Topping, New York sportsman o'clock, there will be no taxi servu:e:with the British Navy at “several With whom her name has been ro- in Juneau. | points” in the northern part of the}mnm“!! linked. All members of the Transport| Workers Local 172 will attend the North Sea. ———-———— The official DNB said German PETERSBURG HALIBUT funeral services of Walker Collins, |scouting planes first encountered The first halibut of the season veteran taxi driver, and during the|British units and then warned the was sold over the Petersburg Cold funeral rites, taxi service will be|war squadrons which immediately Storage dock last week. Top price completely off. took to, the air for attacks. lwlfl 10 cents. WASHINGTON, April 10. — From 1790 to 1940, from tallow candle to | 1,000 watt lamp, from 10 miles an | hour to 250, from horse back mes- senger to round-the-world telephone and wirephoto, from blood-letting to miracles in surgery and conquest of disease, from an average life ex- pectancy of 34 years to 61— Today, April 10, Inventors and Pat- ent Day, the nation will commemo- | rate the 150th anniversary of the‘ first United States patent laws. It took President Washnigton, who signed the first Federal patent, sev- en days to travel by coach from Mount Vernon to New York for his inauguration. Today the trip can be made by plane in less than two hours. TODAY, INVENTORS DAY By ALEXANDER R. GEORGE AP Feature Service Writer Only three patents were issued BY NAZIS German ship, presumably a transport, was sunk by the in 1790—the first year of Federal Norwegian destroyer Aeger o 100 e control—No. 1 going to Samuel Hop- during yesterday's occupation RN, April 10.—Cenuf fotee kins of Massachusetts for “Making ©f Stavenger. o Hped BARS rmm:e}imn‘ More than 40,000 patents are now and sank the Aeger. :;:fi,an adsnndn bl L Sy rung up yearly on Uncle Sam’s reg- | 4 Bd Got sotrcest & ister, . The grand total is crowding THREAT MADE | Authn.u zed G A’\nmn (n;va.L).» z:ng the SR BULLETIN-LONDON, April :the Norwezian Army which ha ’ ; 10—An unconfirmed report |P€€n summored to prepare a defense One Prophecy i po line at Hamar, was thoroughly de- from Stockholm circulated b; e Pamar, i i | Henry L. Ellsworth, retiring as 4 4 ed DY | feated after sharp but decisive § Reuters tonight said British | oo Alier @ sharp it patent commissioner in 1844, told e i e Hastoned o battle and the Nazi forces entered Congress his resignation was of no Meitips. Iavs . SHEene the town and took great concern since mankind had bombard the Germans at Oslo | ... .., . if they have not surrendered the cily to the Norwegians by 1 pm. Thursday or 4 am. Pacific Time. British warships are reported to have penetrat- achieved about all of which it was capable in the direction of material perfection, That was before the telephone, the electric light, the automobile, airplane and radio. Patents of rec- ::n::;n.m'“ Timd Guring A0y ord then were less than 15,000 . Toda idors s ) y 50 miles of corridors in the BULLETIN—LONDON, April ! 10.—A Reuters dispatch from > > HE TURNED RED SIOUX FALLS April 10 —William his cay ! into the curh. had to hire ,mne. He is a cab driver, | (Continued on Page Seven) Brown was much embarrassed when Bil He tion measures, but supported him a cab to get to work on :‘b:he “cash and carry” neutrality ebate. 5 N IN BATTLE 4 L4 L4 & OF LIFEIS ALSO TAKEN (British, German, Norweg- ian Craft Involved in Sea Warfare BITTEREST CONFLICT TO DATE REPORTED Air Forces RSupporting Belligerenfs’ Fleets in Adtion BULLETIN — LONDON, April 10.—The British Navy is report- ed tonight to have penetrated the strategic Skagerrak, en- trance to the Baltic Sea, and sunk two German transports and a German destroyer. The battle was just outside of Swed- ish territorial waters. ¢ Reuters news agency reported the sinking soon after the Steckhelm radio quoted a report from Gotesborg, 20 miles south of Marstand, that a hatile was een raging. warpianes took an active part. Fishermen manned boats in preparation for rescue work. The battle is reported at a point where the Skagerrak meets the Keitegat which the Ger- mans are reported to have mined. (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) Naval warfare off the Nor- wegian ceast up to early today had exacted a heavy toll of ships and men from the Brit- ish, German and Norwegian navies. This has been officially acknowledged by the belliger- ents. Listed among the navy losses are the following: German cruisers Blecher and Karlsruhe. Men lost not given. British destroyers Hardy and Huntcr. Men lost not reported. British dispatches also said Norway’s two biggest warships, the Norge and Eidsvole, have been torpedoed and sunk by German vessels at Narvik with a loss of more than 500 men. Beyond these acknowledged losses, the picture of naval warfare is apparently a series of sharp engagements raging all along the Norway coastline and the situation is confused by conflicting British and Ger- man claims. The Germans assert they scored bombing hits on four battleships, two battle cruis- ers, two heavy cruisers and two transports. Great Britain reports five German cruisers hit and at least one sunk. These are incidents in addition to the acknowledged losses. The fighting is the bitterest in general naval conflict of the Allied-German war so far. Waves of airplanes are sup- porting the belligerent ficets. BURKE CONCEDES COCHRAN WINNER IN SENATE RACE Cornhuskinfibe of FDR’s Cour! Bill Loses Qut in Farm Vofe AMAHA, April 10.~Senator Ed- over complete WArd Burke today conceded the omination of Gov. R. L. Cochran in the Nebraska Democratic Senatorial race. | Burke attributed his defeat in a |large part to the farm and labor vote. Burke fought the Roosevelt Court and various other Administra=