The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 8, 1940, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEW 'S ALL THE TIME” VOL. LV., NO. 8408. JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1940, MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS CHAMBERLAIN FACES CONFIDENCE VOTE Europe’s War Fears Spreading, New Fronts ROOSEVELT WINNER IN CALIFORNIA Garner Forces Routed in Complicated Primary Election ALABAMA'S BANKHEAD | MADE FAVORITE SON Texas Conventions Declare for Garner Under Har- mony Program (By Associated Press) President Roosevelt yesterday swamped three other slates in the complicated California primary, in- | suring himself all of the State’s vote | if he is a candidate for renomina- | tion Preferential ballots for the Presi- dent beat Garner by more than five | to one. All Indiana Congressmen seeking reelection got early leads, including | two blacklisted by the Townsendites. Florida’s Senator Andréws was well ahead in his contest for renom- ination with Francis P, Whitehair leading the gubernatorial race. Bankhead Favorite Son Alabamans gave Speaker Bank- | head favored son status, though he | has declared he would not oppose Roosevelt. The Alabama Congress- ional delegation was renominated mostly without opposition. In South Dakota the Repubhcans renominated Governor Harlan Hush- | field and the Democrats selected | Lewis Bicknell, Texas for Garner Texans gave Garner a seven to| one lead in county conventions as Rooseveltians stood by a harmony agreement that Texas wouldn't try to stop Roosevelt if he sought the nomination. Walter Johnson, famous baseball | pitcher, apparently clinched the Re- publican nomination to Congress in the sixth Maryland district. Roger Babson announced he prob- ably would accept the Presidential nomination of the reorganized Pro- hibition Party. HOUSE VOTES AGAINSTCAA MOVEBY FDR Fourth Reorganization Order Is Turned Down by Large Vofe WASHINGTON, May 8. — The House has passed and sent to the | Senate the resolution rejecting President Roosevelt'’s fourth reor- ganization order which would place the Civil Aeronautics Authority under the Department of Commerce. The vote was 232 to 153. About 75 Democrats voted with the solid Republican membership for nulllification of the order. Stock QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, May 8. — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stcok today is 6%, American Can 114'%,/ snaconda 29%, Bethlehem Steel "4, Commonwealth and South:p/ 1%, Curtiss Wright 10%, Geperal Motors 54%. International Hy ester 55%, Kennecott 35, New ck Central 15%, Northern Pacific United States Steel 60%, Pound $3.33%. DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today's Dow, Jones averages: industrials 147.96, rails 30.90, utilities 24.83, 'Wounded Slayer of Four Is| | himself, lnld one Nazi official. Highway Measure Boosted ;House Passes Bill Extend- ing Life of Commis- sion 4 Years WASHINGTON, May 8 The House has passed and sent to the| Senate the bill to continue the Al-l‘ aska International Highway Com-| mission for four years from August | ‘The measure is now in the hands‘ of the Senate Foreign Relations| Committee Chairman Warren G. Magnuson, | of the Commission, predicts early approval of the bill, The bill provides for no money |but the Commission is asking the State Department to furnish $16,000 | for additional reconnaissance flights and surve)s Shoohng Professor Is Better Unable fo Tell Story | —Others Dying SOUTH PASADENA, Cal. May 8.1 —Verlin Spencer, who in a fit of | rage killed four attaches of the| school here, wounded two others and | is slightly improved but| in no condition to tell his story. Recovery of two women victims,| Dorothea Talbert, School Board Se- cretary, and Ruth Sturgeon, art in- structor, is doubtful. Spencer opened fire when the Board of Education refused to renew | his contract as Junior High School | principal. Eledric Chair Is Senfence Alleged RingTeader, Insur- ance Murder Plots, Found Guilty PHILADELPHIA, Pa, May 8.— Herman Petrillo, alleged ringleader of the wholesale insurance murder plots, has been convicted of first degree murder with a recommen- dation by the jury that he die in the electric chair, for the drown- ing of crippled Rafaele Caruso, six years ago. Petrillo received the verdict and sentence calmly. STATEMENT IS JEERED BERLIN, May 8—The statement made yesterday by British Prime Minister Chamberlain in the House of Commons that the Allied with- drawal from Norway was effected without the loss of a man, drew jeering comment from official quarters. “If England suffered no losses, then why did she find it necessary to withdraw and how was it that we found such vast stores after the Englishmen’s hurried depfarture,” | German Bomber Shown Dropping Missiles, Norwegian Village NAZISNOW According to the British-approved caption material transmitted by radi o from London with his picture, it shows a low-flying German warplane bombing the Norwegian village of Rena north of Elverum on the Glom ma River. This is an Associated Press photo from Paramount News. later captured Rena. 8 Killed When Nazi Bomber Cruslu Thrce British civilians were killed, loaded with explosives was shot down by anti-aireral The five German airmen were Killed. “as big as house plosion blasted out a crater llndlophnw shows debris and wre: 100 were injured Casualties were England’s first FOGS PLAY GREAT PART IN WAR; GERMANS TAKE IsGiven ADVANTAGE OF WEATHER By JACK STINNETT WASHINGTON, Bay 8—It's the easiest thing in the world to rwm.‘ a war on a map on your library table. Any ordinary fellow with a knack for strategy can beat any ful} fledged general, hands down. As| Napoleon observed, anybody can| map a masterful piece of strategy.| But it takes a genius to carry it| out, ‘ The trouble with you and .nv when we map strategy is that we leave out factors, including the weather, and what it does to armies and navies, and the ele- ments they use for travel—water, air, and terrain. More often than not, it’s the , weather that wins and loses bat- | tles, and not armed forces, | In this battle for Scandinavia, two extremely important weather factors don't appear on your map. 1. The North Sea is the fog- giest area on the earth’s sur- face in the spring, and, 2. Norwegian roads at this time of year look like the lane to the pasture after a spring rain. That means the Germans have an ally in the Scandinavian weath- er, just as they had the weather for a friend in Poland, and just as the Russians tried to use the (Continued to Page Two) stone, Smoke rises from a house sin England and 50 homes wrecked when a Nazi Heinkel bomber ft May 1 at England’s resort town of Clacton-on-Sea. aid raid lesses in the war. Ex- # when the bomb-loaded plane streaked down in flames. cked houses where the )llzne cxpluded More Aid To Satko Yacht Clubs of Seattle Do- nafe Material for. Changes in Ark SEATTLE, May 8-—Mike Wolf- of the new Order of Ci , said members of the and Queen City Yacht clubs have donated sufficient materials to make sixteen changes in Capt. Paul Sat- ko’s Ark which Judge Long ordered Truck drivers are now sought to cart the material to Everett, where the yacht is at a dock. The material includes a bilge pump, galley stove, cables, etc. Capt. Satko, at Everett, said he has received an invitation to go to | Anacortes where he is promised gasoline and ofl. thle | hit b one of the bombs. Germans OVER 100 ARE DEAD IN FLAMES | One Hundred and Twenly- Five Injured in Town Hall Blaze | PASTO, Colombia, May 8 — A growing list shows that at least 103 |are dead and 125 injured in the town | hall fire Monday night in nearby | Sardona. | The hall was crowded by cele- ;brams observing the anniversary of Gen, Santander, one of the founders of Colombia. PROF. ALLYN FOUND SHOT IN HIS HOME Nationa lrifi(nown Food Authority Murdered, Police Claim WESTFIELD, Mass, May 8 —Prof. | Lewis B. Allyn, 66, nationally known foed authority, was found shot to |death in his home here under cir- cumstances, the police said, that in- dicated murder. | Allyn's body was found last night | stretched out on the floor in the liv- ing room. Mrs. Allyn said she heard sev- eral shots and went to the living room to investigate. Prof' Allyn was shot twice. Small rifle shells were found near the front door of his home, ap- parently left there after the shoot- ing. The Professor had been reading a book entitled “The Gun.” e SUPERINTENDENT HERE Lawrence Freeburn, superintend- ent of the Pyramid Packing Com- pany at Sitka, is aboard the North Sea enroute to Sitka. i | | MOVINGTO NEW AREA‘ The Nelherlands T|ghIens Defense as Troops Near Border BALKANS STIRRED BY MORE RUMORS Eyes Turned Toward Rome for Mussolini's Actions (By Associated Press) [ New fears that Europe’s war is| on the verge of spreading to new | fronts heightened interest as Prime | Minister Chamberlain’s Government | in Great Britain faces a bitter test.| It is reliably stated that the chief | ioppmitlon to the Chamberlain Gov-i ernment will come from the Par-| liamentary Labor group which is| prepared to introduce a motion of “no confidence” when debate starts today and a vote will probably be taken by tonight. | Netherlands Anxious In The Netherlands, great sus- pense is felt over “increasingly un- certain” international situation. The Netherlands has tightened defense to the utmost following cutting off | telephone communications with the outsid world during the night. Germans on Move A New York source, closely in touch with the situation, said re- ports were that one column of German troops was moving to- ward the Dutch border from Bre-| men and another column was moving from Dusseldorf. The des-| tination of both columns is said | to be Leeuwarden, near the Dub(:hl northeast coast and Arnheim, miles southeast, which will he valuable air bases. Official German sources, however, deny emphati- cally that any columns are mov- ing toward the Dutch nation. Scutheast Europe Strain Southeast Europe is stirred by reports that Germany has asked Hungary for a right-of-way through her territory for Nazi troops. A Sofia newspaper, regarded as a Nazi mouthpiece, carries a Ber- lin dispatch saying Germany and Italy are ready to send large ar- mies into Southeastern Europe if Allied action is apparent. “Prepare Quickly” Everywhere in Europe there seems to be a watchword “Prepare Quickly."” Chamberlain’s statement yester- day in the House of Commons that an unexpected blow might be struck at England, has caused an alarm that air raids by Germans may be the next Nazi move in the war against the Allies. Eyes on Mussolini All eyes will be turned toward Rome on Thursday when Premier Mussolini stages one of his specta- cular military reviews on the an- niversary of the proclamation of the Italian Empire, Mussolini will decorate Italian war veterans and may throw more light on Italy's future role in the European war. For days Fascist spokesmen and editors have been making warlike threats and British diplomats are understood to have pressed Italy for a clearer statement of her intentions. TRAWLERS LOST LONDON, May 8-—The British Admiralty announces that six naval trawlers were lost during the with- drawal of the troops from the Trond- heim area. e TRIPPS RETURN Chester K. Tripp and his mother, Mrs. H. T. Tripp, returned to Juneau this afternoon on board the steamer North Sea. They have been south in California for several months. D One of the first tunes used for the waltz. was “Ach, du lieber Augustin.” OUSTER IS DEMAND OF LABORITES Prime Minig;rSays He Is Prepared for Great Test 'DAVID LLOYD GEORGE DENOUNCES LEADERS Czar of London’s Municipal Government Makes Motion BULLETIN — LONDON, May 8.—Prime Minister Chamberlain and his government won by a vote of 281 to 200 for confidence tonight at the end of the most violent debate on the conduct of hostilities ever to have taken place in the House of Commons. Playing his trump card for the imperilled government, Win- ston Churchill admitted in the closing debate that he took full responsibility for the Norweg- ian campaign and admitted that withdrawal of the Allied forces from southern Norway was be- cause Britain’s air power was “numerically inferfor to Ger- many's.” (By ASSOCIATED PRESS) The demand of the British Labor group made in the House of Com- mons that the Chamberlain Govern- ment be ousted has been accepted by the Prime Minister as a challenge | to test the vote on confidence in his | zovernment. ‘The demand is supported by David Lloyd George who led Great Britain | to a victory in the World War with |the Allies. He vehemently denounc- ed the “unintelligent and half-heart- ed” leaderships and in a tensley dramatic moment pointed to Prime Minister Chamberlain, who he said had spoken of sacrifices, and bitter- ly said: “There is nothing that would contribute more to the cause of victory in this war than that he sacrifice the seals of his office.” Herbert Morrison, vigorous Labor leader and virtual Czar of London’s municipal Government, made the motion for a vote on “no confidence” in the British Government. Cham- berlain said he was willing to face the test. POPE PIUS EXPRESSES HIS FEARS Believes Olfir—NaIions Are foBe Invaded in Present War ROME, May 8—Pope Pius made known today that he shares the widespread fears of other countries that the danger of invasion has not been passed. The Pope, addressing 4,000 pil- grims, sald: “The earth should be a place of concord instead of fire. War has broken out between various na- tions and invasion of other nations is now threatened.” TWO PASSENGERS FOR JUNEAU ARE ABOARD TONGASS Steamer Tongass, scheduled to sail from Seattle this afternoon for Ju- neau and wayports will have two assengers for this port. A, H. God~ lard and wife. Mr. Goddard is an employee of the Alaska Juneau.