The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 14, 1940, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” cMPIRE VOL. LVL, 8413. JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, MAY 14, 1940. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS SMASHING BLOWS DEALT BY GERMANS Surrender of Rotterdam Reported Tonight WHITE FLAG STRUNGUP AT SEAPORT Second City of The Nether- lands Capitulates to Invaders FURTHER RESISTANCE | IS DECLARED FUTILE City Heavily Bombed—One‘ Dispatch Declares | Flames Raging )NDON, May 14 A radio roadeast heard here tonight and ! identified as made by the announcer of a Dutch radio station quoted the | Dutch A Commander-General | Henri rard Winkelman as declar- ing, “Our resistance has been brok- | en by overwhelming power.” | He said further that Rotterdam and Utrecht, the second and fourth‘ cities of The Netherlands, have sur- caption as a Nazi s0 rendered to the Germans, the whlte‘\ in Norway. Whether flag having been flown, denoting | German-sponsored capitulation. ldier and Nazi and Norse—Side by Side ey This photo, passed by the German censor, is described in the Ggrman a Norwegian soldier guarding an airport the Norwegian warrior is one who sided with the government set up in Oslo, is not known. | Winkleman said: “We have noth- ing to reproach ourselves with. ave- TRIUMPH IN PRESENT WAR DECLARES SECRETARY HULL N rland has not ceased to exist Winkelman said that Rotterdam had been heavily bombed again and | that fighting was continuing in Zeeland Province. —_ | CITY IN FLAMES | PARIS, May 14. — The military spokesman says the “greater part of Rotterdam is in flames and the situation is growing increasingly . LEGISLATION SURRENDER CONFIRMED | F R VETERANS BERLIN, May '14—The German High Command announced tonight announcement | - that Rotterdam, the Great Western | Netherlands seaport, has capitulated. | New Precedent Is Sef, | Claim of One U. §. The text of the Representative says: “Under tremendous pressure of at- | tacks by German diving bombers | and the approaching attacks of ar- mored units, Rotterdam has capit- ulated thereby preserving itself from | destruction | “In the north of Belgium, German armored units have reached Ligny and are in pursuit of the retreating enemy.” S | | WASHINGTON, May 14 The | House has passed and sent to the | Senate legislation to pension de- pendent widows, children and par- ents of eve deceased World War veteran regardless of the cause of death. The vote was 247 to 31 and it is estimated that it will cost $40, 000,000 the first year. Before passage, the House shout- ed down an amendment by Rep- e | | resentative Costello which would | nave eliminated pension to par- | Costello 'contended this sets ents a new precedent in legislation for veterans. -ee PARIS, May 14.—Charles Morice, | military commentator of the French | newspaper Petit Parisien, said muri cities, Liege, Namur, Dinand and | Sedan” seem to have been attainea by the enemy.” BRITISH SUBS OPERATING OFF California Communisls NORWAY COAST | Secrefary Gets Wrathy Nine German Transports, At Convention Supply Ships Success- | — - Iak:BIasl Against FDR SAN FRANCISCO, May 14.—The | California Communist Party has closed its two-day convention with fully Attacked a blast at President Roosevelt LONDON, May 14—British sub-| State Secretary William Schneid- marines off the coast of Norway erman charged President Roosevelt have “successfully attacked” nine|with placing himself at the head German transports and supply ships | of the imperialistic war camp, united and operations are continuing. This|against the working class and the is according to an official British majority of American people. He Government statement. lalso accused the Chief Executive of ! i ~ |leading the United States into war New Zealand scientists have dis- | on the side of the Allies after mak- covered native forests in the An-|ing peace with Wall Street. tipodes are suited to fibreboard The party also pledged support to processing, and have imported |Earl Browedr for President and American equipment for a wall-|Anita Whitney, of Berkeley, for Sen- board plant, 'ator, WASHINGTON, May 14.—Secre- | tary of State Cordell Hull is reliably | represented as being convinced the Allies eventually will defeat Ger- many . This conclusion is based on a speech made last night by Secretary Hull before the American Society on International Law in which he urged his listeners to “hold fast to | the conviction that law and moral- Jity will triumph just as they have in |the past, over similar challenges. I |am certain of that triumph.” Secretary Hull named no Europ- ean nation | Associates | strongest spe | the outbr | 2 Defenders - Outflanked call the address the ch he has made since of the European War. > Dutch Admifihe Hague Is l Abandoned - Move Government Seat l AMSTERDAM, May 14 The | Dutch admit being outflanked from |the north and south and have {abandoned The Hague as the Ger- | mans moved to within 15 miles of Rotterdam. | The Dutch Government has mov- ed the seat, presumably to Eng- land. ————-——— (GOVERNMENT OF " DUTCH IS MOVED 10 LONDON NO LONDON, May 14—The Nether- lands Government, Premier Jan de Geer and his staff, has moved to London, joining Queen Wilhelmina and others of the royal family who arrived yesterday. A SN A GEOLOGIST PASSES THROUGH Harry Townsend, geologist for the Anaconda Copper Company is on board the northbound Yukon Jand is going to Seward, Two Fronis HEARING ON COLONIZATION BILL BEGINS |Brownell Ofifiases Scheme —Raps Performance of Federal Bureaus FUNDS MISAPPLIED ~ INALASKA, CHARGE Ickes, Senafor King Sayi We Want Everything for Nothing WASHINGTON, May 14.—J. Car- los Brownell, former Mayor of Sew- ard, today told the Senate Commit- | tee on Territories that Federal restrictions and a lack of cooperation by the Interior Department is pre- | venting the development of Alaska.| Borwnell objected to the enact- | |ment of a bil authorizing the forma- | tion of public purpose corporations for the development of the Territory | unless Alaskan officials could exam- ine the records and stop undesirable companies through the courts. i Alaska Hogtied | “Tnis bill” he said, “is just an- | |other example of giving powers to | bureaus and not giving Alaska the | {right to say anything.” | He said that bureaucrats slowed | the development of the Territory | |and that “appeal to the Secretary | of the Interior has very little ef-| | fect.” | Brownell declared that badly needed roads in the Territory had | been left unbuilt because the Alaska | Railroad opposed them. He added |that “millions of dollars” poured into the Territory had been misap- plied Tax Yourself, Says Senator | Senatar King of Utah, told Brow- 'nell “You have the power to assess | yourselves for roads. The trouble is that you are unwilling to assess | yourselves to build roads.” Secretary Ickes explained the bill would authorize formation of cor- porations with $10,000.000 capital if they have at least $250,000 in cash He said “Some Alaskans who are used to crying for and existing on Federal subsidies” would oppose the plan, | | | | 4 1 Prefer Appropriations “After all,” he said, “you can’t blame Alaskans for preferring ap- propriations to immigrants.” Ickes said the purpose of the bill |is an extension of the Alaska mar- ket, broadening of its economy and | creating of jobs | The bill provides that at least half | the employees of the corporations imllh(. be American citizens. The bill | contemplates providing homes for | European refugees. Ickes said it would provide American investment ! entirely under Federal | for capital | supervision. NATION'S CAP Allied Fleet Massed at Suez The British battleships Resolution and Bahram are shown in the harbor at Port Said, Egypt, one end of the Suez Canal, where the Allied Possible spread of the war to the Mediterranean brought the concentration of France affirming their determination to fnlfill obligations in the Near Fast EMMA GOLDMAN, NOTED ANARCHIST, — Emma known TORONTO, Mav 14 Goldman, internationally anarchist, aged 70, died home here following an illness of several months. She had a stroke last February but was believed to be recovering. As a philosophical anarchist, she became known as “Red Emma” on both sides of the Atlantic because of her constant teaching of a social revolution. She always denied that she ad- vocated violence, but from the time of the Chicago Haymarket bombings on May Day, 1886, until the United States entered the World War in April, 1917, her linked, directly or indires almost every major instance violence against the existing order that took place in this country. Deported in December, 1919, after serving a short prison term for obstructing the World War she was sent to her native Russia She soon fell out with the Soviet leaders, denounced Bolshevism as tyrannical and spent the follow- ing years wandering restlessly about Europe, always casting a longing eye toward America's shores. Born in Kovno, Russia (now in Lithuania), June 27, 1869, the daughter of a Russian Jewish fam- ily, she came to this country with her family when she was 15 years old. Her she indicated in childhood, TALCITY " ISHAVING RAT TROUBLE; PIED PIPER NOW WANTED By JACK STINNETT WASHINGTON, May 14—Want-| ed: A Pied Piper. | | The nation’s capital is having| |rat trouble . . . not the kind that| | spawned during prohibition and in| | the rackets, either . . just old- | fashioned gray rates that grow big and fat raiding the hen houses {and garbage cans. | Some unprofessional estimates rin as high as 400,000 for Wash- |ington’s rat population, but the | scientific fellows pooh-pooh that figure, guess that there are not more than 100,000 to 200,000. No matter what the number the capital has declared a blitz- | krieg on the rodents. Platoons of | rat-hunters are being organized in | several sections of the city and, Iunder guidance of men who know' | their rat poison, starting a light-| . o0; ‘gne was living with Alex- | ning war of extermination that should by early summer make the city completely ratless. Reason for rise of the rates simply that Washington is an old city. Scattered between the islands of new housing developments and new buildings are thousands of | old houses that date back 40 to 70 years. FOUND: LEG IN TAXI Memo to the Screwy News Edi- tor: screwiest news of the week James E. Martin, a cab driver, appeared at police headquarters the other day carrying a gray- trousered, white-and-brownshod ar- (Continued on Page Five) at her| draft, | If you haven't already seen | it, here’s Washington’s bid for the fleet is massed, as tense eyes watch developments in the Mediterranean, f ships with Britain and MILLIONS DENOUNCER = DEMANDED OF BOLSHEVISM, DIES FORNAVY ;Departmenagks Funds fo | Speed Construction ' of Vessels WASHINGTON, May 14. — The Navy Department has recommended | that Congress provide immediately an additional $300,000,000 to speed construction of 68 combat and aux- iliary ships now on the ways In Government and private shipyards and that three shifts be put to work. It is understood that the Presi- dent is planning a message to Con- gress later in the week but will leave up to the lagislators whether to fin- ance the proposed increase in de- fense costs by enacting new taxes or raising the debt limit on borrowing money. 1,000 Allied Planes Sent DownLReporI German Br;)ad(ast Claims Great Destruction of Aircraft BERLIN, May 14 — A German EMMA GOLDMAN her memoirs, was bitter. She wrote |that her father, Abpaham, fre- quently beat her and she worked for small pay in a factory making gloves and shawls. Married a time the 1amily lived in N. Y., and there, In 1887, she married Jacob Kersner. She wrote that she never quarrclled with him, but that she was going through “a tremendous spiritual upheaval and he did not | follow.” The “upheaval” was her| definite conversion to anarchistic| | philosophy, largely because of her reaction to the hanging of the Chicago Haymarket bombers, | She went to New York, joined| a young radical group on the lower | radio declares that 1,000 enemy : East Side and got a job in a fac-|planes have been destroyed in the | tory. She quit when refused alfirst three deys of fighting in Bel- | raise in pay. In 1888 she helped |gium and Holland lead a st of factory girls. | - | | Free Love Tenets | Along with her anarchistic prin- | ciples, she had adopted free love| u ( Demonsirations A gainst British, French Start Exodus Young For Rochester, Februar) | ei ander Berkman, when the big Pitts- | | burgh cel strike broke out in} controve; was led chiefly by| 1892. The employers’' side of the| Henry Frick, noted for his anti-| | union labor tendencies. Berkman made a bomb and went to Frick's office. The bomb failed to explode, so he shot and stabbed Frick. | But Frick reeovered and Berk- man was sentenced to 22 years’ im- | prisonment. He served 14 years and eight months, Meanwhile his companion was going up and down the country, preaching the abolition of govern- ment, through education of the people to the point where they of Dutch citizens are leaving Italy could govern themselves instead of as demonstrations against " (Continued to Page Three) ) Mediterranean crisis, ROME, May 14—Large numbers Great Britain and France fanned a new NALZI FORCES 'MOVINGINTO - FRENCH AREA | Are Now Directly in Front | of "Little Maginot” Line Defenses FURIOUS BATTLE IS RAGING, MEUSE LINE {Reich Armies Are Driving Through Southern Hol- land-Situation Serious (By Associated Press) The Germans have dealt smash- ing blows in the western European war. The French concede the probable fall of the historic Dean area, 10 miles inside the French border in L | { _ | the fortified Franco-Belgian defense zone and directly in front of France’s “Little Maginot Line,” ex- tension to the North Sea, where France suffered the most disastrous defeat in the Franco-Prussian war in 1870. French dispatches said the Ger- mans, supported by mechanized forces with an air armada of be- tween 6,000 and 7,000 planes and at least 2,000 tanks, have already clash- ed with the French forces. The French claim the German losses in this clash have been “tremendous.” Fighting Furiously Heavy fighting started during the night and continues today with un- abated fury, especially along the Meuse line where the French and Belgian troops fell back on the strong defenses in a “strategic with- drawal.” A great battle is reported devel- oping for possession of Brussels in Belgium. At Amsterdam, huge stores of petroleum have been set afire by the Dutch as a defensive measure. One Drive Repulsed ‘The Dutch High Command reports the German drive at the vital 16- mile dam across the Zuider Zee, which holds back the North Sea, has been repulsed. The British acknowledge the Nazi legions are driving through south- ern Holland and make the situa- tion there “extremely serious” for the Allies. The Dutch Field Army, defending western Holland, has fallen back be- fore a savage German onslaught, returning to the main waterline de- fenses in the Utrecht Province. - PRESIDENT ASKS SUM FOR BETHEL GOVT. HOSPITAL Money for Wafer System Included in Deficiency Appropriation Bill WASHINGTON, May 14.—Presi- |dent Roosevelt today sent deficiency approriation bills to the House, in- | cluding an item of $20,000 for com- {pletion of work on the Office of Indian Affairs Hospital at Bethel. FOR WATER SYSTEM Earl D. McGinty, Supervising Con- struction Engineer for the Office of Indian Affairs said the $20,000 when |it becomes available will be used mainly in providing a water system for the new Bethel hospital. A well dug when the hospital was built did not provide sufficient wat- er, so water has had to be brought in by tank wagons. INSANE MAN DIES Theodore Stensland, who was being taken south for Morningside asylum, committed from Fair- | banks, died aboard the steamer | between Ketchikan and Seattle. The body was taken to Seattle and will be sent to the man's former home in Evelveth, Minn, for burial.