The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 11, 1940, Page 1

- Naval Baitle Reported THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR s ALL THE TIME” “ALL THE NEW e VOL. LV., NO. 8385. JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 1940. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS e NORWEGIANS NOW FIGHTING INVADERS FIGHTING RAGES OFF TRONDHEIM British andarman Units Engaged in Conflict Tonight, Report WINSTON CHURCHILL SAYS NAZI SUFFERING War Director Declares ‘En- emy’ Has Lost Near Dozen Ships BULLETIN-—LONDON, April he Reuters news agency ries a radio report tonight that » naval battle is in pro- gress between British and Ger- man units off Trondheim. Reuters said British planes have attacked German warships and aircraft in Trondheim Fjord and the battle is pro- gressing. LONDON, April 11. — Winston Churchill, Director of Great Brit- ain’s armed forces, told the House of Commons today that “great losses have been suffered by the Germans on their invasion of Nor- way,” and “that Hitler has.made as great a ategic and polilical error apoleon when he in- vaded Spain.” Churchill — also declared that nearly one dozen German ships, some of large tonnage, have been ik or captured either in the wgerrak or Kattegat or in at- tempting to take forces and sup- plies to be landed at Narvik, the ore center in Northern Norway. Norwegians on Defense Churchill also declared that the as Off Norway Coast | [ | A group of British Expeditionary Force members in divisional exercises are shown on a village street, “Somewhere in England,” practicing for the war *‘over there.” The photo, passed by censors, gives some idea of the mndarn eauipment used by English soldiers. AIRPLANE CARRIER DAMAGED German Bombing Plane Said fo Have Secured Square Hit BERLIN, Aprilll.—German bomb- ing planes badly damaged a British airplane carrier in the North Sea late today, it is reported by DNB, 18 German War (raft Four Nazi Cruisers Among Those Lost in Norweg- ian Waters PARIS, April naud told the French Parliament today that eighteen German w ships, including four cruisers, have been sunk in Norwegian waters. Sent Down 11.—Premier Rey- NAVY GETS BIG FUND; EXPANSION New BafllefiFI;eI from Air- planes fo Warships Will Be Built WASHINGTON, April 11. — The Senate Appropriations Committee stamped with approval today the $963,797.478 outlay for the Navy De- | | | SCAPA FLOW Roosevelf Makes Sweeping AIR RAIDERS BEATEN OFF Waves of Aircraft Sweep Over Big Naval Base | -Bombs Go Wide 10 BIG HEINKEL SHIPS GO DOWN ‘German Air Affacks Are! Fruitless at All Points of Contact | LONDON, April 11-—Waves German bombers last night attacked |Scapa Flow in what observers de- of | {seribed as “the most murderous raid yet made” on that naval base. | However, the raiders were official- ly reported beaten off with costly | losses | Four biz black warplanes were shot down and two others so rid- | dled they probably failed to get home, it was announced. | Two Heinkel bombers are official- ly reported to have been shot down at Moray Firth in the extreme north of Scotland in an attempted attack on a convoy. | Two other planes may have been ! Aéstroyed in” the same engagement, | bringing possible German losses over Britain during the day to ten. Witnesses at Scapa Flow said bombs fell miles wide of warships, | {although a few splashed near trawl- | ers. | The official British |no ships were damaged. ‘ s \ PREPARE FOR i NALZIS DEFY ! SRR . r report said | Germans Say Allies Can't BERGEN IS Order Against Germanyon = RECAPTURED ~ (onfiscation of Any Funds = FROMNAZIS 0f Invaded Nations in U. S. ‘Defenders Massing for At- WASHINGTON, April 11. — President Roosevelt, in sweep- | ing orders, has blocked Ger- | man confiscation of Danish and | Norwegian wealth in the United | States. ] In an unprecedented Execu- the President has except after spec- from the Treasury removal of any other wealth from tive order, prohibited, ial license Department, money or NORWAY IS DETERMINED 10 RESIST INVASION OF this country belonging to the Governments or citizens of Denmark or Norway. By the step taken, the Pres- ident removed any doubt as to the attitude of this Govern- ment toward repetition of steps by which Germany seized all gold and other international assets in occupied Austria, Czechoslovakia and Poland. GERMANS;PROCLAMATION ENEMIES ON NEW FRONTS Budge Hitler's Forces from Norway LONDON, April 11.A proclamation reaffirming Norway's determination to resist the German invasion and rejecting the German demand for recognition of the Nazi puppet gov- ernment under Major Vikdun Quis- ling has been issued by Premier Ny- gaardsvold . This is according to a Reuter's British News Agency report receiv- ed here. The Reuters dispatch says the re- port is based on a Norwegian news agency dispatch from Elverum, pres- ent seat of the refugee government. According to the same report, the proclamation was immediately fol- lowed by a statement from King Haakon which said: “I fully adhere to the Govern- tempt fo Wrest Trond- heim from Enemy 'GERMAN ADVANCES NOW BEING STALLED British Forces Aiding on West Coast-Defense Points Fortified BULLETIN — STOCKHOLM, | April 1L—With Bergen recap- t tured from the German invad- i | i i | ers, the Norwegian Commander there has wirelessed that the forces are now massing for an attempt to wrest Trondheim, further up the west coast of Norway, from the enemy. Ger- man troops are now concen- | trated around Trondheim. BERGEN RECAPTURED STOCKHOLM, April 11.—A radio from the Norwegian Commander at Bergen declares the seaport of Ber- gen has been recaptured from the German invaders. | The President of the Norwegian i Parliament announces that Nor |way's forces are now cooperating fully with British forces. The an- ‘nouncement was made after com- ! municating with the Norwegian Government which has established headquarters at Elverum. Nazi Advances Repulsed | Itis also said that the German {advance eastward from Narvik has |already been repulsed and Hamar |has been recaptured and the Ger- |man forces near there have been : official German news agency. The French Premier said the partment during sear beginining i : i Jorweg! g > pa g the year beginning r¥ i 3 | s . Norwegians “in their wild and “qye agency’s report declared a|Allies lost only four vessels, July 1 OFFENS|VE oF BERLIN, April 11—Nazi Ger-\menys appeal and I am oaVitiosdiiio nied Sl QRE coUBBIEIE AR mountainous country” should be = i % o) & many, steadily tightening her iron | cept for air communication. i PN g bomb of heavy caliber struck the ——— — Increasing contract authorizations 4 the whole people are with me in able to maintain “vigorous and pptich squarely. 1noreasiP s ST e fist on Norway, is defying the|ine gecision taken.” Blasting Bridges prolonged resistance” against the LA i | by $15,000000, the way was opened N AZI Fon([sjmm to loosen her hold, author- i Reports being received at various German invaders. AMERI(ANS IN | for the Navy to acquire 471 new war | ized Germans contend. points in Sweden indicate the Nor- planes, bringing the total up to 3,- | —_— | The German sources said “Ger- wegians are blasting bridges to make Churchill charged that the in- vasion of Norway was “long and elaborately planned.” Losses are Related ROYA[XIR " WAR ZONE MAY 028 by the first of July, 1941. | The bill makes funds available for starting of work on two battleships, an aircraft carrier, two cruisers, | man positions throughout Norway are so thoroughly consolidated, | there is not the remotest possibil- ity they can be dislodged by the French Army Leaves Sus- pended-Action Expect- the German advance difficult and also to cut off German forces. Norway is hastily fortifying every defense point, arming workers, mem- 1 ALASKA AREAS MAY NOT PUT UP Churchill announced that the de- stroyer Glowworm was apparently . bers of rifle clubs and military ‘ lost Monday morning off the Nor- | | eight destroyers, six submarines and | school pupils to help defend the na- several smaller craft | | Funds are also available in the . & b 3 i s worl Going further, this source pic- measure for continuing work On| pARTS, April 11. — The French |y eq 4 steady stream of German IRy BT o, two aircrafl Carriers, 1o offensive of the Germans on | jorthern kingdom and made the 42 destroyes, 20 submarines and auxX- he Western Front tonight and all most. catogoriatiiEntal of rdobh lliary vessels. army leaves have been suspended - ¢ 3 * relative to an; nsive ses s = —— AL A o y extensive sea bat. |English and French.” Deny Sea Battle FORCES IN RETURNTOU.S. State Department Author- TWO F I.IGHTS izes Removal of Those | Desiring fo Leave Norwegian Airdrome Re-| ed on Western Front SALMON IN 1940 . | German planes are reported cir- | cling over the Kongsvinger railway station, dropping light bombs. 'ORGANIZATION wegian coast in a battle with Ger- man warships. He said that last| Monday afternoon the British fleet cruising off Bergen was continu- ously attacked by enemy aircraft and a heavy bomb fell on the deck of the battleship Rodney but the Packers and Union Fail fo Make Agreement- Deadline Date aecks “resisted it 5 Z g WASHINGTON, April 11. — The | LEAVES HOSPITAL | HALIBUT SOLD HERE In only two places did the Ger- The destroyer Gurka was also fuelmg Tank F"’ed_Nau State Department announces it has | —_ o man air force have encounters R DRIVE SIARTS sunk and the cruiser Aurora was | duthorized removal from Norway,| parle C. Jameson was dismissed| One halibut vesseel, the 31A303, withy the British fleet yesterday,”| SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, April 11.| ‘ M e i D PIanes Are Desiroyed | Sweden and Denmark of all Amer- {oday from St. Anns Hospital,|sold cargo today to New England|ii was said, adding “Yesterday's| _Representatives of several unions | U-Boat Sunk | | icans wishing to return to the Unit- ‘th he has been receiving medi- | fish broker Bill Carlson, 2900 reports of major naval clashes are|and the Alaska Salmon Industry E“I'RE (oAST Churchill said the British de-| i i (e cal care for the past few days. 'Dounds at 7 and 5 cents & pound. yholly unfounded.” B i e LONDON, April stroyer Zuku sank a German U- oy Ajr Ministry reported _this boat off the Orkneys and also, in| yoring that two Royal Air Force a long range battle between the|fioniers fired a refueling tank on battle cruiser Renown and Ger- , Norwegian airdrome that de- The Department decided to re- move those wishing to go the over- | | Ships Confiscated ] DNB, German news agency, re- |ported in a special bulletin that the German Army at Bergen has ments that will permit “sailing of the supply vessel Chirikoff on April 17 The employer spokesman prev- International Fishermen's Allied Workers lssue Genoa for embarkation on Ameri- census takers are certain of one ‘ The percentage of men to women LOCATED IN 05LO union agreements are made prior to . can ships whose own - 3. man cruiser Scharnharst, the Ger-| g roveq g German bomber and ready promised cmpe::io:"e N [confiscated five British steamers | jously said that Wednesday would man warship was hit and dam-| gamaged two others that had oc-| ‘The Department listed 1,067 Am- | . |loaded to capacity with cannom,ipe the deadiine for signing agree- Alaska Charter aged but was able to escape at|cypieq the airdrome. | ericans in Norway, 1,752 in Sweden | machine guns, munitions and other | ments that would enable the vessel high speed. 1 . I 2 2 T [ | war materials, contending that|to sail % g v AL | On the return flight to their and 552 in Denmark on January these./ selzures showed ' the Britial | SEATTLE, April 11.—Plans for an " | base, the British force engaged a| 1. The majority are enabled to pay [nad planned s,,,s ]-0 d dil : The packer spokesman sald the|niensive organization drive on the | German bomber which “is unlikely | their own way. rm {)ant Berg i me tionary | first sailing of the Chirikoff for|paiiric Coast and Alaska have been | to have been able to have reached| Germany, it ‘is believed, will ‘;r"ci: at Bergen and at other|Karluk and Chignik will probably|.,mpieted by the Executive Board { its home base.” readily grant the American request | P gk S be cancelled and very likely there| e 10 International Fishermens' | —— e — |to grant transit. | PR — will be no salmon season at Karluk| aji0q4 Workers group. The Board | l % it today, he probably would put it or Chignik has just completedl a three day ses- (lAIM BRIIISH | By JACK STINNETT this way: “Go west young womz\n.‘u. S. plA"B ARE The packers may be able to take|sjon. ¥ ;ARMY AWARDS WASHINGTON, April 11. — The!if you want to get married.” care of the season on Bristol Bay A charter has been issued to the i but even that is in doubt unless all| Copper River and Prince William | Sound Cannery Workers at Cordova, ) thing: They'll find more persons|js far greater in the Western States. 19 years old in the United Sta(('.\iAflonB. Nevada, Wyoming, Mon- i {than any other age. In 1930, the| Montana, 127 men to every 100 wo- | puR(HAS'N number of | former American Federation of La- bor Affiliate. The Alaska Union, it is said, has a membership of approx- imately 400. APS Records sailing dates. IS UP IN AIR SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., April 11 ~—Whether the annual expedition to the Karluk salmon area will ma- terialize this year is problematical Germans to_Siudy Flying| Machines to Learn Con- struction Defails | greatest persons the | men; in Nevda, 123 to every 100. As same age was found in the 8-year- for cities, new industrial centers, like old class, but it’'s moved up a year|in Nevada, 123 to every 100. As for (since then. | cities, new industrial centers, like Note to the Linton Chamber of | Detroit, are good marriage towns.| BERLIN, April 11.—The German | Navy craft sank two more Alliedl WASHINGTON, April 11 Assist- ldestroyers last night in West Fjord,'ant Secretary of War Col. Louis Battleship Foch, 10,000 Tons, Goes Down af ' DESTROYERS ARE | l 15 SUNK SUNK AT NARVIK. Sk kE ' | the approach to Narvik. This is Johnson announced today that J0s- | commerce, Greene County, Indiana: | san Prancisco is another one. But today as negotiators called new agefl'a nirance | according to the DNB, German of- lin and Cory, Inc. of San Fran-|yoy may lose the distinction of be- | stay away from Hollywood and| BERLIN, April 11 — Inrurmed’“‘“"'"" | Packer attorney J. Paul St. Sure NEW YORK, April 11.—A German radio broadcast picked up here by CBS asserted today that reliable Swedish sources had reported “sen- sational losses” to the French Navy. 1t was added that a battleship in the 10,000-ton class, the Foch, was sunk when trying to force an en- trance to the Skagerrak. French battleship Dunquerque had been damaged badly, | ficial news agency. i S T s ST | tract for power plant equipment United States. Estimates here are a husband. { lA 'at Ladd Field, in Fairbanks, Al-|the population center will move 5| against you. | | aska. {to 40 miles south and west. That| e sum of the contract totals might throw ft into Sullivan or Knox | pap Ngws FOR WOMEN > — URES FOOT GIVEN WARNING "~ BELGRADE, April 11. — Leaflets | warning the Yugoslavians “Do not| Ray Lawrence was taken to St. freedom,” were showered down on mine and is receiving medical the streets here last night, care for a foot injury. counties; or even across the stal 'line into Illinois, say in Crawford or Lawrence counties. If you're good neighbors around there, may- be you can show the folks cf-America publicity campaign. If Horace Greeley were saying| how | Swedish papers also report the resist Germany if you value your K Ann’s Hospital last night from the to make the most of their “Heart-| | While we are on the marrmgei | subject—the 1940 census certainly is} ging to contain bad news for the|regarding n the | ladies. For about 30 years, | surplus of males in the country (once well over 2,000,000 has been (Continued on Page éevm) | cisco, have been awarded the con- ing the center of population in the | wWashington if you're out to catch|sources said the German troops The odds there are|that occupied Oslo found 50 new | | sembled. American Curtiss Wright planes | which had not been completely as- The planes are to be studied thor- | oughly for any possible information ew construction details. -es DIVORCE GRANTED A divorce was granted today in said the deadline has passed for outfitting of the supply ship Chi- rikoff so the craft could sail next Wednesday but if negotiations now on this afternoon can produce re- sults, the vessel could be made ready for sailing on April 19 for the Chignik area, eliminating Kar- luk. Twelve unions are involved in District Court to John Robert Brown from Donna Marie Brown. the negotiations for signing the 1940 agreement. 1939 Profit SAN FRANCISCO, April 11. — The Alaska Pacific Salmon Com- pany shows in an audited annual report today a correct net profit of $559 in contrast with a $301,770 net loss in 1938. Sales decreased to $3,881,524 from $4,047,579, however,