The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 18, 1940, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, TH%SDAY, APRIL 18, 1940. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENT3 VOL. LV., NO. 8391. CRISIS NOW NEARING ON PACIFIC OCEAN Nazis To Unleash Sub Warfare SINK EVERY SHIP, SPARE NONE, ORDER German Undersea Boat Commander Tells of What Is Coming LONDON, April 18.—The Lon- don British Press Association ried a repert teday that Ger- ny would launch unrestricted m cubmarine warfare “after May. The ation quoted a sur- viver of the British torpedoed steamer Stancliffe who said that the ccmmander of the attacking German submarine told him the Germans would “sink every ship at sight and spare nobody after May.” He said that was the High Command order. ECONOMIC OFFENSIVE IS ANNOUNCED LONDON, aApril 18—Prime Min- ister Chamberlain told House of Commeons today that envoys are re- turning to southeastern European posls where Great Britain is launch- ing an economic offensive. “No one of these states has any cause to fear the Allies,” said Cham- berlain. S ee—— COAST STEAM SCHOONERS ARE T0 BE TIED UP SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., April 18. —The Shipowners Association of the Pacific Coast announce the suspension of the entire west coast steam schooner service. The action was taken after the shipowners cancelled their con- tract with the CIO American Com- munications Association after a dispute over radio operators. It is estimated that the tying up of the fleet of more than 35 steam schooners will take several weeks. Owners said that the vessels will be tied up as fast as they reach port. More than 1,000 men will probably be thrown out of work by the tieup. ., — ALLIES MAKING HEAVY BUYING, UNITED STATES WASHHINGTON, April 18.—Ar- thur Purvis, head of the Anglo- French Purchasing Commission, announced today that the Allies have already purchased ‘“huge quantities” of the latest type of American military aircraft. BOB LANEY LEAVES KINY, GOES SOUTH Bob Laney, one of the popular announcers of KINY, has resigned his position, for the present time at least, and is leaving on the Northland for the south. His stay in the south is indefinite. e, — MAYOR STRICKEN SAN P'RANCISCO April 18— Mayor Rossi of San Francisco was rushed to a hospital late yesterday after being stricken for the second | | | | | "'STREAMLINED™ BLONDE Competition for the title “Miss Streamline,” Francisco’s 1940 Exposition became more intense with the selection of Virginia Engels to represent Los Angeles in finals. Angeles” in competition with scores of the city's fairest. She attributes her shapeliness to out- door exercise, dancing. Execuhon of 0ff 90 Days Governor Olson Grants Re- prieve fo Robert Perry -Sentenced fo Die SACRAMENTO, Cal., April 18— A 90-day reprieve by Gov. Olson has delayed the execution of Ro- bert Perry, an elderly Alaskan, scheduled to die in the San Quen- tin prison gas chamber tomorrow. The postponement was requested by the State Advisory Pardon Board, which is considering Perry’s plea for commutation of his sen- tence to life imprisonment. The elderly prisoner, well up in his seventies, was convicted of slaying a San Diego bank jani- tor during an attempted robbery last year. He claims that Perry is not his true name—and that he wishes to spare the feelings of relatives in Alaska. Perry said he left the Territory to search for his second wife, who withdrew his substantial bank bal- ance and departed for the States. If the death sentence were car- ried out, Perry would be the old- est man ever executed in Cali- time in three days. The Mayor was | fornia. reported to be suffering from severe | abdominal pains. The Mayor’s phy- sician, Dr. George Becker, said that | a heart specialist was called in but - e A new featherweight steam engine which ‘compares in effeciency and | at ovening of San | A 23-year-old | blonde, she won title of “Miss Los | | Francisco AlaskanHeld | |Scores of fires started simultane- | The fire swept four square miles, | | month to grab vital iron ore fields. BR"ISH IN 1Passed by British - SUCCESSFUL MANEUVERS German Transport Is Sent Down Off Bergen- Soldiers Land LONDON, April 18—The Brit-| ish Admiralty announced this af-| | ternoon that aircraft and army | have carried out successful opera- | | tions “for the past two days. One | German transport was sunk Tues- day off Bergen and a submarine was attacked and hit squarely the same day.” The announcement also said the Royal Air force conducted repeat- | ed raids on Stavanger, downing one Heinke and one Dornier flying boat and damaging two others in an engagement with Germans at-| tacking British war vessels. All| British planes returned safely to their bases. Soldiers in Norway The War Office statement says British troops have contacted N wegian forces in Norway and * op-‘ erations are proceeding with land- | ing of British soldiers.” This is | the first official announcement | that British trogps are uperflung in Norway as it was understood ‘only marines were on the fighting | front. | | Aerial attacks ‘are also being| |made on German water craft an- chored in Norway's many fjords and are also making successful |raids on Norwegian airfields oceu- | med by Germans SAN FRANCISCO GETS REMINDER, ' GREAT DISASTER ‘Severe Earth Movement Is| Felt on Anniversary of 1906 Quake, Fire | SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.,, April 18.| A clearly felt reminder came today of the sudden disaster which be- |fell that city 34 years ago. On the anniversary of the de- tructive quake, which practically | estroyed the city in 1906, Ssn‘ residents felt a sharp| | trembler which lasted for more than | | a minute. Today’s trembler seemed center- ed at San Jose but it did not do any apparent damage. The earthquake of April 18, 1906, | tumbled buildings into the streets, shut off San Francisco's water sup- ply and communications systems, |and killed hundreds of people. ously in various parts of the city. 498 blocks, including the entire business district. Without water, firemen finally halted the blazel with dynamite after three days. | WARNING IS GIVEN ITALY Must Behave as Neural, or Watch Oui-Swed- en Is Given Tip LONDON, April 18—New British Minister of Economic Warfare, Ron- ald Cross, declared in a speech to- day that Italy “must behave as a neutral” if she wished to be treated as one, He also warned Sweden that Ger- | many might attack within the next — .- PADEMEISTER SELLB John Pademeister, captain of the halibuter 31A27, sold 1,700 | pounds of fish to the Alaska Coast i b L It was with the greatest of delight that the Brit- ish censor released this photo. For it i of the air- craft carrier, Ark Royal, the ship that the Ger- BRITISH NOW IN CONTROL OF NARVIK; ARE FIGHTING WITH NORWEGIAN ALLIES B1G SHIPS SOMEWHERE NEAR N\R- VIK, Ap: 18. — The British Marines are fighting alongside of the Norwegian Allies and have occupied the Narvik ore port and surrounding area and the , Germans are retreating to the south says J. Norman Lodge, Associated Press Staff Corres- pondent. Lodge says: “With a driver as a guide, I made my way afoot to the outskirts of Narvik where I was arrested by British troops. “I ascertained the British are occupying Bjorksen, a short dis- tance this side of the Swedish border; Grataujen and also three places to the north and’ - south ef Narvik, Elvegaard, El- vegaarsmoen and Harstad, the latter which is lhe British Ianl‘l- “The British appear to be ex- tending occupation and the Ger- mans are retreating southward, careful to keep west of the Swed- ich berder to avoid internment Lodge finally showed his pas: port and was released by the Brit- sh troops and latter arrested again and turhed over to the Norwegian authorities who ordered him back to the border. He finally returned to Vannas, Sweden. GERMAN BERLIN, April German news agency, a statement denying troops are in Narvik. “They have not been there at any time since the German occu- pation,” says the DNB. DENIAL 18—The DNB, has issued that British SENATORS CHOOSE THEIR . WEAPONS FOR CAPITAL'S BIGGEST BATTLE OF GUNS DEUTSCHLAND IS REPORTED T0 BE ASHORE STOCKHOLM, April 18. Norwegian advices reaching Sweden from Trendheim report the German pocket battleship Deutschland ashore at Asjen- fjord, northeast of Trondheim. The vessel is the 10,000-ton sistership of the Admiral Graf Spee which was scuttled by the Germans at Montevideo. There was no confirmation of the re- port. BASEBALL The following are scores of major league games played this afternoon: National League Chicago 1; Cincinnati 2. Other games postponed on account of rain or cold. American League Detroit 4; St. Louis 2. Boston 7; Washington 0. | weight with the Diesel engine has'Fisheries this morning for 7 and\other games postponed on account that there were no complications. been tested in Germany. 5.05 cents per pound. 'of rain or cold. By JACK STINNETT WASHINGTON, April 18— There’s going to be a duel—with rifles—in the Senate. It may develop into a fair-sized battle, with verbal barrages from both sides and a lot of sniping fromr the flanks by crack-shot out- siders, The duel will be over the Army's new semi-automatic Gar- and rifle. The first pop-pop will be heard in Senator Elmer Thom- | as’ sub-committee on military ap- propriations. From there on, any- thing is likely to happen and my advice is don't get caught in thp crossfire. The Garand rifle is nine pounds and some ounces of wood and steel. It fires eight cartridges as| you pull the trigger, then flips is ready for eight more. Experts have said that a man can fire with | heard of | it 2% times (whoever firing half a time), using the old Springfield, standby of the World War, is firing once. | The Garand’s automatic operation works on a gas combustion prin- ciple, like the piston in your car FIVE YEARS OLD That'’s all I know for certain—| and that's enough to make the Garand sound like something ‘Conunucy on Page Four) while a man | ensor—With Great Pleasure mans claim to have sunk. According to the cap- tion, the ship is at a British naval base being “gpring cleaned.” SAYS JAPAN NOW BUILDS Forty-lhreefl;usand-Ton | Baftle Craft Under Construction WASHINGTON, April 18.—Con- vinced that Japan is building sev- eral 43,000-ton battleships, Admiral Stark said that the United States Navy is contemplating the con- struction of several super dread- | naughts of 50,000 to 52,000 tons, The Chief of Naval Operations told the Senate Naval Affairs Com- mittee that he believed Japan is building eight large type vessels but he doubted reports that twelve were under construction. | Earlier in his statement, he said | the Navy has renewed advocacy of a major air and submarine base |at Guam, an outpost 1,500 miles from Tokyo. | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | >-ee ROTC MINIMUM 10 BE REDUCED AT U, OF ALASKA WASHINGTON, April 18.—Alaska Delegate Anthoyn J. Dimond has introduced a bill to exempt the Uni- versity of Alaska from the minimum limitations as regards the number of students in ROTC units. Several days ago, Senator Lewis B. Schwellenbach and Delegate Di- mond introduced bills in the two Houses of Congress providing for a ROTC unit at the University of Al- E Lz\ if a minimum of 50 students It is now desired that the mini- mum registration be exempt as it is believed that not more than 25 or 30 would be available to register for the ROTC unlL FOOD POISONED, : SOLDIERS ILL out the empty cartridge clip and| | FORT LEWIs, Wash., April 18— One hundred soldiers stationed at Fort Lewis are recovering today after being stricken with food pois- oning. Major Wesley Brigham said that all were violently ill for a time, but none were in serious condition. An investigation was started to de- termine the source of the food pois- oning. - e Uruguayan industrialists have {formed a cottan-growing company |and will erect a $1,150,000 yarn fact- Seizure of Pacific Islands Is Threatened b y Japan; Hull Issues Important Nofice WASHINGTON, April 18. — The United States called on other na- tions last night, particularly Japan, |'0 respect the status quo of The | Netherlands’ East Indies, in the Pa- | cific, regardless as to what happens to The Netherlands. Secretary of State Cordell Hull's statement was issued in response |to a statement by the Japanese | Minister of Foreign Affairs last | Monday expressing concern of the | Japanese Government for mainte- [ nance of a status quo in The Neth- | erlands’ East Indies. | | PREPARE FOR TROUBLE SHANGHAI, Apri! 18.—Author- | ities of the British, French and Am- | erican fleets said Japan will attempt |to seize the Dutch East Indies in | the event of German invasion of The Netherlands. In the event of the possibility of |such a move by Japan, the British and French forces in the Far East |are preparing for any eventuality. “TRIAL BALLOON” | MANILA, April 18. Official | quarters in the Philippines remained silent concerning the possible Jap- anese attempts to seize control of The Netheralnds East Indies, im- mediately south of this United States possession Newspaper editorials asserted that war is coming closer to the Philip- pines. Some observers said the Japanese are putting up a “trial balloon” to ascertain how rar the nation could | 8o without intervention of foreign powers, DUTCH STATEMENT THE HAGUE, April 18. — The Netherlands Government has in- formed Japan that the nation would neither ask any foreign govern- ment’s protection for the East In- dies, in case war spreads to Holland nor accept the offer of protection if it is made. The Dutch people received with satisfaction the statement issued by \merican Secretary of State Cordell Hull. ‘JAPANESE STATEMENT TOKYO, April 18—The statement of Secretary of State Hull was greet- d today by Japan as coinciding with Japan’s own wishes. The Foreign Office spokesman aid: “Japan hopes to prevent the vread of the European war to the Pacific.” ROOSEVELT'S HOPEES WASHINGTON, April 18—Presi- dent Roosevelt expressed hopes to- day that a status quo over the vhole Pacific area would be main- ‘ained in the interests of peace. The President stated his views at a conference with newsmen when asked to comment on Sec- retary of Stale Hull's statement. The President said that disturb- ince on the Pacific would preju- lice the cause of “stability of peace ind security mnot only in The Netherlands East Indies but in ‘he entire Pacific area.” The President said Secretary Hull covered the situation thoroughly. SENATE PASSES BILLION DOLLAR BILL FOR NAVY Approprialio—nM easure Goes Back for House Concurrence WASHINGTON, April 18. — The Senate today passed a $963,797,478 Navy appropriation for the fiscal year beginning July 1. The measure now goes to the House for action on Senate amend- ments, The sum of $48,437,000 more than this year's expenditures but $123,- 514,000 under President Roosevelt's estimates. NATIVE STABBED HERE: ASSAILANT IS UNDER ARREST Alec Johns;rr in Serious Condition Due fo Ab- domen Wound Accused of stabbing Alec John- son early this morning at the Native Village here, Tom Shortridge was arrested late this afternoon by the U. 8. Marshal’s office. Johnson suffered a bad cut in the abdomen and is said to be in a very serious condition at the Govern- ment Hospital Shortridge will be charged with assault with a dangerous weapon, according to U. S. Marshal William T. Mahoney. Both men are thivm‘ JOE O'NEIL DIES LOS ANGELES, Cal, April 18—/ Puneral arrangements are complet- | ed for Joseph O'Neil who was rat- ed as one of the crack newsmen | of American journalism. O'Neil| died after an illness of five months. He was rated by Stanley Walker in the book “City Editor” as one of the 12 reporter immortals. { Alaska Colonizafion Bill Is Prolesled by Fairbanks FAIRBANKS, Alaska, April 14 Protesting particularly against the admission of non-quota aliens, the Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce has voted unanimously in opposi- tion to the Alaskan colonization bill now pending in Congress. While agreeing that Alaska needs settlers, the Chamber of Commerce expressed bellef that an adequate number of colonists is available in the states proper Troop Ship Senf Down LONDON, April 18—The British Admiralty announces that a German troop ship and a Y-boat were sunk by British fire Tuesday in a sea battle off Bergen, Norway. Meanwhile semi-official = sources confirmed reports that Allled troops have landed at Namsos, north of Trondheim. PGS 50 . No More Legislafion Is Looming WASHINGTON, April 18. — President Roosevelt disclosed at today’s conference with the newsmen that he did not be- live he will recommend any ad- ditional legislation at the pres- ent session of Congress. e ———— TROOP LANDING REPULSED, CLAIM BERLIN April 18—The Berlin High Coommand reported that a British attempt to land troops yes- terday at Herjansfjord, a few miles north of Narvik, had been repulsed. e THELMA SELLS HERE Nine thousand pounds of halibut were unloaded at the Cold Storage | dock this morning when the Thel- ma, Capt. Bernt Alstead, unloaded his boat and sold his catch to the New England Fish Company for 710 and 515 cents per pound.