The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 27, 1940, Page 1

, 4 D T 1 AT N THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LV., NO. 8399. JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 1940. 7 MEN BER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS GERMAN COLUMNS SMASHING AHEAD Reich Officially Declares War On Norway | STATE OF Director of Invasion MOTOR'ZED Germans and Allies Battle for This Harbor NAZI FORCES SIEGEIS [ oo - TROOPS IN 'MAKE SPEED, EXISTING =, NEW AREA NEW ATTACKS . Hitler Issues Proclamation i Zg . Columns of Invaders Mov- Which Is Made fo Di- | Marvel of Transportation g2 | Is Demonstrated by ing Fast Toward Trond- | heim and Vicinity oy German Forces s i FOREIGN MINISTER | [T & e 'R =~ |ALLIES, NORWEGIANS SETS OFF BOMBSHEllj A | ARE NOW THREATENED . Declaration Made that Al- German Drive Extending lies Had Planned In- | for Control Over Cen- vasion of Norway tral Part of Nation BERLIN, A,,.Tm __Germany pro- | e BULLETIN — LONDON, April claimed the existence of a state of 21.—The British War Ministry war I)o-n\-clvnllhe gelf: a.:(‘:llvNor\\;?iv} ‘ officially reports that a strong oday and charg e Allies with | German attack against the Al- deep seated plans to invade Norway | to qust it back. A naval battle of considerable | jjed forces in Norway's Gud- which Germen intervention foiled | Ly, e lin e and. Nazi forces Wa? | prands Valley, through which “by & few hours.” A e vicinity. | the German force is attempting Shertly after Adolph Hitler, in a \ G il . . to reach the strategic held port sweeping proclamation, had stated | 7 B e S R 5 + the diplomatic status of Germany’s 3 oy g 4 i i - ] a ro Ing of Trondheim has been beaten 4 invasion of the northern kingdom, i 4 STOCKHOLM, April 2—The mod- ern marvel of transporting motoriz- ed troops, tanks and armored cars over 50 miles of hazardous mount- ains and roads in less than one day to within striking distance of the British forces south of Trondheim appears achieved tonight. A German column, cording to frontier reports received here this evenir3, said the Germans sped over the mountains from Tynset to Kvikneset and are “within striking distance of British forces at Storen, / 30 miles south of the important Harbor of Trondheim, Norway, pictured here, was erman held port of Trondheim.”| - one of the first Norwegian ports taken by the Ger- 3 mans, but the British and Norwegians attempted sy o i e e i, /Target tor German Bom'bers? ONE BR'STOL gt b, Wpialie seith The official statement declares announced the publication of ‘docu- mentary proof” that the Allies plan- German pressure continues | | strong and the “situation in Nor- BAY MpANY‘ o | | ned to occupy Norway in an effort o i e ik ] i i to widen the war and destroy Germ- 5 | | v Gen. von F:l,lke.nhorst (right) is saluted as he arrives at the Oslo air- | | STOCKHOLM, April 27.—German Norway Blamed port after a flight over the scene of German operations in Norway, | ro se | columns are smashing ahead across The Foreign Minister asserted that The members of the General's staff are unidentified. Von Falkenhorst \ N T pA KlN Central Norway from Roros, which | was recaptured late yesterday, after Photo, radioed from Berlin | | d0 ‘by, the Gerasn propaganda roort Seventy-mile Stretch fo Be . . i |ing soward Blbeets then. Basibas " policed by Inferna- | i {Tovo OVt WA o Doy o2 e oo S R (1 e 3 2 ate UflleSS Umon Padis | wegian positions in the entire Trond- Air Force Finds Plans p H . ] Hizh German Naval and Army reSI en'la s I’a "l . Air Force officials said that during | 1I0fla| For(e M d : F D | heim area according to Swedish dis- German troop operations in Norway, P a e In ew aYS ‘pnlcl\es. - | Latest information from this front SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, April 27.|indicates that the Norwegian units : The Alaska Salmon Company are already well scattered while the last night announced cancellation |Allies are giving ground before the of its Bristol Bay salmon expedi- relentless attacks of the machine tion for this season. gunning German planes, | J. Paul St. Sure, attorney for| It is indicated that a decisive bat- the Alaska Salmon Industry, in a|tle is expected to be waged at Dom- Norway connived the plan. He made | s in charge of Nazi invasion of Nor this assertion in a half hour address| to New York, apparently was rele » in the Chancellry before diplomatic| bureau to refute reports of the Allied hombing of the corps and the foreign and German correspondents. a retreat the day before. “we found the entire plans for the ; occupation of the Allied armies.” ena or BUDAFEST, April 27.—The Hun- | Public Receives Documents " | garian government announced today Even as Von Ribbentrop spoke the {that it proposed an international | control of a 75 mile stretch on the German Government released a ser- ] " . ’ . ies of documents purporting to prove I( ln | Danube near the Iron Gate which | the British had issued orders Germany accused the Allies of at- that tempting to dynamite. . on April 6 and April 7 for the seizure g 2oty | of strategic Scandinavian points. The Hungarian proposals are re- letter to the unions concerned,|bas, 100 miles south of Trondheim * Staff Comander Captured M | e liably understood to have full Ger- wrote the “Alaska Salmon Com-|and 70 miles south of Storen, the Somewhat belatedly came the an- | By JACK STINNETT man backing and have been to Yugo- pany will not undertake any expe- | highly important railroad and high- nouncement of the German High i 1INGTON, April 27.-While|slavia, —;_‘“W‘"“ and Rumeania. % Hition out of San Francisco to|WAy junction where the road from Command that Nazi forces had cap- other Presidential candidates are| The Forelgn Office communique 2 GF R i-hel ! e Oslo branches of snes. tured three Britijh Drioners in £ “'|(|I A S uLnLcisa"l Hungary feels, after recent hap- | Important air base of Malmo, Sweden, only 18 miles from Nazi-held Bristol Bay in 1940. Reridhae: Fadl ff to Andalsnes. ed 4 fsoners | setting themselves up in Denings Aicre ‘the Danube; Miian ho| Denmark, may become a target of German bombers if hostilities ‘“The Alaska Packers Association ed forces are reported landing Norway, one of Fhoul e 64 BGI a( s [ primary alleys and throwing them- |Penines 4ong B¢ PAAe IO 10| against Sweden result from the present Scandinavian activities. |and Red Salmon Canning Com- 8t some port near Trondheim Commander who was beanm:u.» a selves a strike or a gutter ball, St o‘I aliing ”'c g Tn'crc.lnre‘ The Swedes have ordered a blackout at Malmo and cluttered the pany desire to send expeditions| The (,enmm drive indicates that number of pelitically and militarily Aspirant Robert A. Taft is quietly | y ¥ S dHE GFeR field with old taxicabs, broken-down jalopies and carts. and operate in Bristol Bay put| the Norwegian railway network may | soon be controlled over Central Nor- . important British operations, orders picking off Republican nhational all must, work together.” , 3 2 a i i — — cannot and will not undertake to —_————— o i s @ - £0~¢ " jerma 2 253 - | ity iRy . m: umuxsaumm_} as a door-to-door | the river in Nazi gunboats. working agreements are reached | >o o g brush salesman’s. i2 d with all unions on or before mid- STR I K E AI At "the Ohio Senator’s head-| night of Friday, May 3." . { quarters in the Raleigh Hotel here,| | | i Bl AL | ‘COllmer-OffenSlve Repon' henchmen claim *he already has! | | [ F. . h the promise of 300 state delegates,| l | ed-Field Strewn wit | | 'I'o BE BU“.I - | will have twice that many before | KET(H I KAN the boys get together in Philadel- | | Dead Japanese . |pbia i June. Some political com- Granled 10 ' A DUE: DELINQUENT | : Top w v ::lr?mors sarre SRR PR NEW YORK, April 27.—The latest ' [ ) : information regarding the where- | l\;‘mmzmtl:.f'dispa{c o lfpomld mga;\j*pd a1 L i age OOSLM“" came today from officers of | . par SPRINGS, Ga., April 21 5 —_— t! inese troops have launche til hni 1 i s ¥ op — i a amsjt)‘r :ounrberl—olfenslve in the | ;o”r;;en i f;;s:qtzn?uzldlf :,L? e Japan.ese Foclau BEliAN b | President Roosevelt has ended his | 21 0 TeamS'erS Ull 1on wa"(S southeast of Shansi Province and|nine months or so since he let his [ m»T&e ut;mce'rsl dec mxxhcg ;1}:;:1'; Nl‘“‘:‘ vacation of eight days at the Liv.tlci M a I es '5 MUSi Pay Governor Announ(es In"_ % o have recaptured the towns of Ling- o i o} | & SEich Salou °W White House on Pine Mountain and Y] | 3 g Out on Construction ¢ name be bandied about for tor Man Aboard Infercoastal |¥ork narbor on March 22, is now at | has left for Washington atioard a Territorial Levy " ial Appropriation for chwan and Yangcheng. spot on the 1940 Republican sign- Capetown. special train . g This Month ‘ of New—H—ighway The Japanese retreated northward | hoard, he has made more Lmt,} and O'fshore vessels e o | CO[IS'I'U("OI'I leaving the battlefields strewn With | 300 speeches, ; RN S HRIEP ¢ speeches, has set up an o | their dead. AP o, | & | ¢ e T I R e e | O R Are Affected (CHILKOOT BARRACKS | g L e & west ANSWel| eyery one of the 48 states. | [ | 1t your paycheck is smaller than| KETCHIKAN, Alaska, April 2.— 2 A Teamsters' Union strike yesv.er-I’ rovince Lfipszch&_ said that Jap-| ajthough lacking in that re-| | Sow‘[ks I"v"ED usual today it's because the annual|Goy, Ernest Gruening, visiting here day stopped work on a three-mile|anese troops were given heavy 1085s | yarpaple memory for first names| SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, April 27 { e ritorial school tax has'Bear SUBE | enrciite. 4o TRt Snduded S section of highway south of Ket-|in Attacks on Chinese positions near |,y plain faces by which Presi-|—The Sailors Union of the Pacific ARE M ADE HERE FOR julv A;tract('(l The law places responsibil- | Works Projects Administration had I » chikan. The teamsters asked for a|Narling. dent Roosevelt and General Far-|won a conditional wage increase of ty for payment of the tax on the granted $50,000 for a “great Air base” | employer. Most firms subtract it|on Annette Island, a few miles south wage scale raise from 90 cents to Bl Kt ley repeatedly knocked the hin-|$10 a month after the seamen on| Il f $1 an hour and demanded a closed | H terland politicos for a row of | intercoastal and offshore vessels ,‘9'..“'”’ ,d“\d .mm ‘Ur. Ch”.kom,rmm their employees' checks. | of Ketchikan. | Barracks have been invited to come | | shop agreement. | a I u ers votes, Senator Taft has been show- | rejected the employers' offer of | i to Juneau for the Fourth of July,| The tax is $5 on all males from| The Governor said another $50,000 The R. J. Sommers Company,| ing himself as often mngresv[grammg an increase of $7.50. | shel Simmons, AAT pilot, flew|Mayof Harry I Lucas ax)nouncc(i"m to 50 except soldiers, sailors,| would be granted in the summer contractors for the highway con- sional duties would permit. The| J. B. Ryan, President of the Pa-|g,,, pasénghl u,l L;'”‘I o L»)"\ Ts-| today . {volunteer firemen, paupers, insane | when the work of clearing, survey- struction, granted the wage in- object is twofold: (1) To convince |cific American Shipowners Associa- | jands v.hi.§ molrnm;: Passengers were| T hc.: soldiers, if the invitation is|Persons or ‘Ferritorial charges. |ing and preparing a couple of run- . crease but refused to agree to the e ea e hobed-for constituents that he's a|tion, said the increase was “made|R, L. Dyer and Zola Pastna for Sit-| accepted, will be billeted in the| The tax is due during the month | ways starts. closed shop, and the teamsters [ good deal more than the un-|in connection with other stipula-|ya Mrs. R. H. Cameron to Chichagof, | Fair Building or in Evergreen Bowl, |9f April and is delinquent May 1,| “A million dollars is a conservat- walked off the job. | Starched stuffed.shirt which op-|tions and offers of other things|and Lawrence Boglon to Cobalt. s "|for anyone living in the Territory |ive estimate of the cost of such a The Sommers Company refused| oo, mrrm an) 27 The follow- | Ponents would make him out; (2)|have to go along with the raise.| pive Canadian miners for Polaris- lon April 1. Anyone coming to Al-|base,” he said. to grant the privilege of closedshop . *\ 0 e S T Prom |to hammer home in plodding| Harry Lundeberg, Secretary and | Taku who came in on the Princess [Ieanup io |aska after April 1 must pay with-| Both the Army and Pan American because of a contract with the Pub- |\ 0" oiuarq hanks—Alten 40,000 | SPeeches his conservative theories Trcasurer of the Sailors Union of|Louise yesterday left Juneau in two v in 30 days of arrival. | Alrways plan to use the base as first lic Roads Administration, requir-| .., 4c " constitution 40,000 pounds, |Of government. the Pacific, said other things con- |flights with Alex Holden in the Start Monday, The City of Juneau has heen|port of entry to Alaska. ing the hxrmg to come through "he“both at 9 and 7 1-2 cents a pound.i e cerned rates in belligerent zones. |Lockheed, the first trip taking four " designated official School Tax Col- | vThe Governor hopes for comple- Alaska Territorial Employment Ser-| gyce| Second 36,000 pounds, 8% and | HIS FIRST ASSISTANT Heretofore able-bodied seamen | pasengers and the second, one pas- Work Sunday lector here, and the tax may be| tion of the base in two years. He ex- e |7 1-2 cents a pound. Secondary defense in the Taft|have been receiving $7250 a month |senger and freight for the mining, il paid at the City Clerk’s office, |Pressed disappointment. at the im- : The highway, on which the WOrk | prom the local banks—Curlew 8- | campalgn is Mrs. Taft. Martha, as|with food and quarters aboard town, Cleanup in Juneau starts Mon- o R [ possinillty. of gebt mope: ¥SSeR Y has stopped is an experimental NeW | 000 pounds, 9% and 9 cents. | the folks back in Ohio call her,|ship. ———e—— | day. That means that property |TONGASS SCHEDULED | from the East for service to Alaska. type of paving never before tried GRS ST . | is daughter of a one-time Solicitor| The Marine Firemen have also| In 1624 the population of New owners should be busy tomorrow FOR 6 P. M. SUNDAY/ PO 5.1 P in the Territory. The road is CON-| The wettest spot in Alaska is|General of the United States and |reached a tentative agreement with | York City was 270. with rakes, etc, getting debris | According to a gadiogram received | PIOSRRR: DIRR, structed by spreading gravel on the | gile Port Walter. In 1938, it bad | what her husband hasn't in stump- | the employers after a series of meet- S e piled up and then placed on the |by D. 5. Femmer this afternoon, the| Oto Lundgren of Valdes died at road bed and working concrete into| the - all.time, all-Alaska high of | speech pyrotechnics, Mrs. Taft has.|ings and the oilers, watertenders and | Forest planting in the Uniled| curb for city trucks to pick up. |steamer Tongass 1s 5 heduled. o ar- | the Ploneers: Fams A6 Siika off SN LS 126453 inches of rainfall Last' —|wipers will vote on an agreement|States during 1939 totaled 504616 The cleanup campaign will |Tive in Juneau port at 6 o'clock | 38, according o wordl redeived. frops ‘year 255.23 inches fell there, (Continued on Page Three) during today. v acres. last through May 9. Sunday evening. ]Sur‘erimendem Eiler Hanson. | }