The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 7, 1940, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. LV., NO. 8407. HAMBERLAIN ADMITS DEFEAT, NO Alaska Colonization Plan Is MORE RAIDS SECRETARY ICKES NOW MAKES PLEA Throws Solgl_nlerior De- pariment Strength Be- hind Proposal WASHINGTON, May tary Harold L. Ickes has thrown the support of the Interior De- partment behind the King-Haven- ner bill to authorize colonization of Alaska by war refugees from Norway, Finland and other Euro- pean nations and native Ameri- cans. The Interior Secretary said col- onization will bring rapid devel- opment of a larger stable farming population and also aid the Na- tional defense. Secretary Ickes said the funds now going for relief of victims of war will go toward harnessing de- velopment of Alaska. The Interior Secretary said he recommends the legislation and trusts it will receive favorable con- sideration. Secretary Ickes subscribed to all| limitations of the bill such as the| provision no public money be ex- pended in the venture and that| 50 percent of the colonitds be made | up of native Americans. | FLIES INTO RAGE; FOUR SHOTDOWN School Principal, Denied Renewal of Confract, | Turns Murderer SOUTH PASADENA, Cal., May 7. —Flying into a rage after the Board of Education refused to renew his contract as Junior High School prin- cipal, Verlin Spencer, 38, fatally shot four school attaches, critically | wounded two others and then him- self. The dead are: Superintendent of Schools George Bush, aged 60. John Alman, Principal of the high school, aged 50. William Speer, 43, School District Manager. Victor Vanderlip, 45, Manual Training and Arts Instructor. Police investigators said Spencer had a nervous breakdown a year ago and has bickered with the School Board and teachers since then. FRENCH TROOPS REACH SCOTLAND Force Sent Info Norway Campaign Retuins Safe- ly fo British Port LONDON, May 7. — Authorized British sources disclose that French troops which were withdrawn from the Trondheim front have landed in a Scottish port 2 The French soldiers were under- stood to have reembarked at Namsos ahead of the British, who were the last to leave, and boarded their transports early last Friday morning. > —— ARMY MEN ARECALLED (By Associated Press) Official reports are given out that The Netherlands Government has cancelled all Army leaves and ordered men to report for imme- diate duty. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, MAY 7, 1940. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS Nazi Hawks on the Wing =i e 7 7.—Secre- | These Junker “Ju 87’s” of the German air forc | * of the Arctic port of Norway.” 17 PRECINCTS shown at an un- disclosed place in Germany, are known as Hawks, since they attack similarly, diving at their prey, releasng their destructive bombs after aim has been established by the course of the ship. Winston Chur- chill, director of British armed forces, said such an attack recently damaged the British cruiser Aurora and sank the destroyer Gurka. GERMAN Y CHARGES ALLI ES ARE PREPARED FOR ACTION IN NEAR EAST BY MAY 15 3RD DIVISION REPORTS 28 OF 50 PRECINCTS Twenty-eight precincts out of over 50 precincts in the Third Di- vision give the following totals of last week’s primary election: Democrats — Delegate: Dimond, 1,802. Attorney General: Roden 707. Auditor: Boyle 909; Sheldon 719. Highway Engineer: Hesse 721; Rivers 913, g Long term Senator: 123; short term, Brownell Taylor 665, Representatives: Burchette 577; Eagen 865; Hatton 443; Horning 811; Huntley 539; H. H. McCutch- eon 803; S. J. McCutchheon 788; Nutbeem 421; Smith 816. Republican—Delegate: Grigsby 801; Coffey 1. 969; Cole 392; | Duker 94. Attorney General: McCain 403. Auditor, Humpheries 321. Highway Engineer: Miller 258; Reed 177. Long term Senator: O'Neill 391; short term, Chamberlain 212; Mur- ray 247, Representatives: Peterson 377; Selby 394; 364. 3 Halibuters Sell, Seattle SEATTLE, May 7—Three hali- buters arrived and sold today as fol- lows: Prom the western banks—Martin- dale 40,000 pounds 9% cents a pound straight. From the Andresen 409; Wilson local banks—Thelma Second 10,000 pounds, 10% and 9/ cents. Yaquina 13,000 pounds 10%s and 9 cents. — .- OVERACTS SLAPPING BOMBAY, India, — Lalita Pawar, glamorous Indian film star, while playing a scenc fh a film, had to be slapped in the face by her leading man. The slap, however, proved too real- istic and the actress fainted. | BERLIN, May 7—Charges that the Allies would be prepared for “ordered action” in the Near East about May 15 were thundered out in the German newspapers today. Accounts of a purported telephone conversation between Prime Minist- |er Chamberlain, of Great Britain, and Premier Reynaud of France, were printed in the newspapers. It was not disclosed how the Ger- | mans could have obtained any record lof such a conversation but the | charge is that the two heads of the Allied Governments talked for 15 | minutes, starting at 10 o’clock on the | night of April 30 and went into some | details describing “Allied” actions in the Near East war. The news- | paper articles do not state what the “action” would be. FANTASTIC LONDON, May 7.—The German newspaper articles are termed fan- | tastic here and the French report is that the stories are “lying allega- tions.” CONCENTRATION OF SOVIETS IS DENIED, MOSCOW MOSCOW, May 7.—Soviet author- ities deny reports published abroad that several divisions of Russian troops have been concentrated in the Ukraine on the Soviet-Ruman- ian frontier. Reports that the Soviet army was concentrating reinforcements along the northern border of Rumania was one of the many rumors circulated in Balkan capitals. - ALASKA JUNEAU APRIL REPORT i SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. May 7.— The Alaska Juneau reports that the | April net operating income, before depletion, depreciation and Federal |income tax charges rose to $126,250 | from $119,350 in March and $63,300 | from April last year. TIe gold recovery per ton is 97 cents the same as in March. The first four months of the year operating profit is $459,600 against $335,000 last year, Only Four More Voting \ "ONBRITISH ~ OFF NARVIK% Germans Claim Cruiser, | Also Flying Boat Are | Sprayed with Bombs BERLIN, May 7.—A German | communique today says another | British cruiser and ‘a flying boat " have been bombed off Narvik. The communique declares that the German Air Force will be in- structed to “get the British out | OF SECOND DIVISION REPORT ELECTION Places to Make Known Primary Returns | NOME, Alaska, May 7—Primary election returns of the Second Di-| vision, _unofficial , totals. to. date| | from 17 precincts, are as follows: | Democratic | Delegate—Dimond 523 | Auditor—Boyle 330, Sheldon 120. | Attorney General—Grigsby 2217, Roden 253. Highway | Rivers 212. | Senator—Cochrane 458. | " Representatives — Cockburn 76, | Mrs. Bess Cross 249, Mrs. Edna Fix {75, Kell 182, Kubon 71, Lee 168, |Lyng 309, Porter 237, Scott 203, | Smith 267, Whaley 266. } Republican | Delegate—Cole 210, Duker 76. | Auditor—Humpheries 245. i Attorney General—McCain 245. Highway Engineer—Miller 116, | Reed 156. Senator—Egbert 267. Representatives—Ball 216 Hurley | 159, Ost 173, Rude 166, Stangroom 266, Taggart 179. There are four precincts still to |be heard from. Igloo held no pri- mary election. Engineer—Hesse 280, "Red’ Forces Make Raids, Mimic War Peacetime Maneuvers Bring Out Imporfance of Aerial Fleet ALEXANDRIA, La, May 7. Umpires ruled today that light-| ning aerial thrusts at Mississippi River bridges and other strategic points gained initial success for the invading “Red” forces in the Army's big peacetime war games n Louisiana, Texas and Mississip- pi Considerable “damage” was done to the Vicksburg Bridge yesterday as the defending “Blue” forces delayed an attempt to consolidate positions in western Louisiana. Hungary Will Support Nazi | (By Associated Press) [ New support to Germany is in-| dicated in Budapest where the| controlled newspapers today splash-| ed headlines announcing Hungary has “definitely decided to go with Italian Moves in Mediterranean Watched Closely Italian anti-aircraft guns Italy now is projected into the international news Fascist fleet in spotlight following repeated reports the Italians soon will enter the war on the side of Germany. Italian troop movements, concentration of the even more jitter situation. F. D. R’ Conservation Tour P TO JUNEAU, ALASHA PN | \— Pt = Yor? — WASHINGTON,2.C |} NORTH CAROLINA " . AND TENNESSEE ‘,‘: T 2~ ' NATCHEZ TRACE OR NATCHEZ, KING'S CANYON NATIONAL PARK, CALIFORNIA This International Illustrated News map shows the proposed route President Roosevelt will follow on his tour across the United States, | which the president says is in the interests of national conservation. | A national park in the Smoky mountains, ranging through Tennessee [ and North Carolina, will be the first he will dedicate, Others are in California and Washington. The plans to visit Juneau, Alaska, are still tentative. fense moves in the east combine to make Hurope the Mediterranean and Allied de- PRIMARIES ON TODAY IN STATES California, Four Others at| Polls — Dewey Wins Maryland, Idaho (By Associated Press) Twenty-four Republican conven- ion delegates from Maryland and fdaho were enrolled under the Dewey banner as a result of yester- day’s primary and today California Democrats registered thelr third term views in a complicated primary. Today four different States, one pledged to Roosevelt, one to Garner and the others with delgations un- | instructed, were holding primaries |also. The States are Alabama, Flor- | ida, Indiana and South Dakota. President Is Given Report On Infernational Highway; Immediately Given House By PATRICIA S§. JERNBERG relations between the citizens of the Secretary to Delegate Dimond |United States and Canada. WASHINGTON, April 27.—(Spe-| 3 The construction of the highway | cial Correspondence)—The Alaskan | tion: |is feasible. From what is already International Highway COmmission. |y un"of the country through whicn | consisting of Honorable Warren G | | Magnusory, of Seattle, Chairman, Mr. Donald MacDonald, Fairbanks, Honorable Thomas Riggs, Jr., Cha man of the International Boundary Commission; of Washington, D. C. nor of Alaska, and Mr. James W.| Carey, of Seattle, has submitted to the President, and the President to- | day sent to the House of Represen- tatives, its report with respect to it would run, no engineering prob- lems present themselves which have not already been solved in the con- | struction of roads in Alaska, Canada, |and the United States. Comparing Honorable Ernést Gruening, Govcr_’lhe costs of similar roads already | constructed through similar types of country, it is apparent that the| highway should be built at a reason- | able cost. However, until a definite route is decided upon and careful | ground surveys and engineering esti- construetion of the highway to Al- mates made, this Commission can aska. : X | only make a general estimate of the While the report itself gives a cir-|tota] cost of the project. A definite | cumstantial account of all the num- | estimate will depend on final engin- emusm;wtors involved in building cering surveys. the hway, the conclusions and 3. There are in general two pro- s ;i?'::::::::;fiydbg:r C:xr:ij;:Zr; posed routes for the highway, Roptes the people of Alaska are deeply in- A and B, together with combinations terested¥filifHia subject, i is thoughc|Cf, Boutes A and B, wiich ase des- best to quote that part of the mmn‘cnbed in this report and are shown in full. It is as follows: o the map AGMEHRSRBNIRE M. ADY Fh |of these will accomplish the objec- Conclusions |tive, namely: “to construct a high- 1. The construction of the highway | way to connect the Pacific North- is a worthy project. It would be a|west partof continental United States most important factor in the devel- | with British Columbia and Yukon opment of the great natural re-|Territory in the Dominion of Canada | sources of Alaska, Yukon Territory with the Territory of Alaska.” and Northern British Columbia, con-| prom the general aata already tributing greatly to the welfare of agsembled by the British Columbia- the inhabitants, opening up a vast| yykon-Alaska Highway Commission new country for settlement. It should | apg the Alaskan International High- increase the revenue of the existing | way Commission, the latter com- steamship and railway lines NOW migsion favors at this time a general The Dewey delgates led an unin- structed slate by better than seven to one in Maryland. The Idaho Republican convention broke tradition and voted 133 to 68 to instruct its eight delegates to sup- port Dewey. Convention Arrangements While the selection of convention delegates continued, Senator Wheel- er suggested at Washington thet Democratic leaders take a cue from the Republicans and meet in ad- vance of the national convention July 15 to draft “fundamental prin- ciples” for the party platform. The Republican Platform Committee is meeting a week before the party’s June 24 convention. Early reports from California |show a light vote today, even though weather was perfect. Out of more |than 2,000,000 registered Democratic the four-way fight on convention voters, leaders predicted a total vote of a million and a half because ot endorsements. ee— SENATOR MADE JUDGE IN LESS THAN 2 HOURS Schwellenbfi Is Quickly Confirmed After FDR's Nominatfion WASHINGTON, May 7.—United States Senator Lewis B. Schwellen- bach, Democrat of Washington State, was yesterday afternoon con- firmed by the Senate to be United States Judge of the Eastern Wash- ington District, within two hours after his nomination by the Presi- dent had been received. The nomination was confirmed RWAY gain Urged SAYS NAZIS 100 QUICK ON ARRIVAL Forces to Act Lack of Airdromes Also Prevented Fighting PRIME MINISTER MAKES STATEMENT Cries of "Resign” Ring Ouf During House of Com- mons Talk Today (By Associated Press) Greeted by shouts of “Resign,” British Prime Minister Chamberlain told the House of Commons today that abandonment of the Allied campalgn in southern Norway “was a shock and a disappointment, but the campaign is not finished there,” and the British official added: “Re- member also there are other fronts which may at any moment blaze into a conflagration.” Opposition interrupted the grave |faced Minister so frequently that once he sat down until order was restored. Chamberlain sald the withdrawal from southern Norway was ‘“not comparable with the Gallipoll inei- dent during the World War” and | that not more than a single division of troops were involved in British losses and no considerable amount of stores were left behind. The Prime Minister further said: “T belleved it right to make the first attempt in Norway and equally as right to withdraw troops when it was clear the plan would not suc- ceed.” The Prime Minister blamed with- drawal from southern Norway to “our’ inability to secure airdromes from which we could operate fight- ers and also because of the rapid arrival of German reinforcements.” Chamberlain warned England may soon face attacks “In a most violent form.” The Prime Minister announced the designation of Winston Church- il to direct the British Military operations hereafter “with prompt- ness and energy.” Clement Attlee, Labor Opposition leader, assailed the speech as mere- ly “one of excuses” and said Churchill and his War Cabinet “is a failure and the members have been missing busses since 1931, this referring to Chamberlain’s re- cent statement that Hitler “missed the bus” by not attacking the Allies more vigorously last fall. When Chamberlain started hig speech, the members of the Gov- ernment majority showed by cheer- ing they intended to support him but at the close the cheering waned perceptibly. The Speaker was repeatedly forced to rap for order during Chamberlain’s talk. ” In closing, the Prime Minister gravely said: “I do not think the people of this country yet realize the extent and imminent threat impending.” Dimond Opposes FBR Plan WASHINGTON, May 7.—Alaska Delegate Anthony J. Dimond told the House he opposes President Roosevelt's reorganization plan which would abolish the Air Safety Board and transfer jurisdiction to the Department of Commerce. Delegate Dimond had inserted in the Congressional Record that the Alrplane Pilots’ Association of Al- without being referred to a com- serving Alaska and along the route.| (Continued 5n Page Eight) 1t would promote still more trhmdlyl mittee for study. t aska sent him a radiogram oppos- ing the change,