The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 15, 1940, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LVL, NO. 8414. MhMBER ASSOCIATLD PR[;SS PRICE TEN CENTS JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 1940. NAZIS ENTER FRANCE, BUT HURLED BACK Air Raid on England Indicated By Germany ' ARMADATO STRIKE ON NORTH SEA Authorizedlfl'ézii Sources| Say Plans Made for Quick Assault | POWERFUL FLEET HAS ~ vicus AIR BASES IN HOLLAND Berlin Newspapers Siress Dutch Surrender as lemg New Aid BERLIN, May .;—Avked how the great air coffensive will ctart against England, au- The Lon- the LONDON, May 15. press, one of aily newspapers owned by Lord Beaverbrock Minicte [ newly appointed aft Production, as the result of a German in the low countries coon thorized German sources said that “whenever we are completely ready, and exactly at the right moment, when it today is most uncomfortable for Eng- land, the armada will swarm over our British enemy.” Newspapers in Berlin today stressed that. the Dutch sur- render gave the Germans air- ports Holland which within a vhort range of Eng- air in are land. The iv only 125 miles from the hook of Holland to Harwick, which is 156 miles from Vlissingen. new:papers show that it UNITED STATES GETS WARNING TO PREPARE, POSSIBLE INVASION NORTHLAND Back From Nbfse WarflZon/ev BASES ARE URGED FOR Great Britain ceases to control the Atlantic, there is a possibility of the invasion of America at hand. Senate Na\}al Committee Makes Recommenda- tions for Defense THIRTEEN PERCENT INCREASE APPROVED [Large Fleefior Pacific Is Insisted Upon in Report Made s, therefore, have a 'h to make prepar- s and they should do s¢ on a scale bigger than has ever been known.” o MR WASHINGTON. May 15. — The| Senate Naval Committee today sub- | |mitted a recommendation to the| Senate favoring the 11 per cent in- |crease Fleet Expansion Bill saying {that thé resultant defense force | should be effective that “few ¢ | nations, not excluding the victor-| | fous totalitarian nations will vlnn-i lenge its power.” [ ‘ The Committee recommended the expansion of fleet and air bases, ané | :in the future, possibly two ocean | fleets. | | The recommendation sa’a that an- |other canal across Nicaragua may S0 “In the Pacific, we should maintain an impregnable fleet and air base lat Hawaii and complete or under- | take construction of air and sub- marine bases as recommended by | the Hepburn Naval Board at Unal-| |aska, Sitka and Kodiak.” | ng and | | - Italvy is overlooking no detail of modern warfare i1 equip and fire play pped with smokescreen apparatus la Lower photo, an infantrym:n army truck ¢ troops can advance. a defense position. ITALIAN SOLDIERS PREPARING FOR WAR n important part in the training of Halian infantrymen. ng down a smoke-barrage under cover of which shews how liguid fire is used to drive an enemy from GERMAN LEGIONS STRAFED After “Enemy”’ Penetrates Beyond Border, Tide Is Stemmed 'BRITISH PLANES FLY LOW UPON ATTACKERS Fierce BaflI—e—Is Reported Raging Around Sedan in Northern Sector (By Associated Press) German troops, sweeping into | France on the sixth day of the |war in Western Europe, “pierced” | the northwest extension of the | Maginot Line in France, the Ger- | man High Command reported this morning. | The French High Command ad- | mitted the Nazi Legions crossed | the River Meuse under the impe- |tus of a massive attack, both by !land and air, but said the German | tide was stemmed and hurled back six miles. “Terrific” Battle | The French High Command ad- mits the Germans originally penc- | trated 10 miles beyond the river, or 20 miles into France but this | thrust was reduced to a four-mile Btk seagke ;sahem in a fierce counter attack. . The British Air Ministry describes |the battle raging around Sedan, ‘F‘rance as “terrific.” The report | says British fliers strafed the “en- 'emy troops and tank concentra- training its soldiers. Upper photo shows an Italian | | ‘ | | | | | SPEED WORK, BUILDING OF BATTLESHIPS Washmgton fo Be Launch-| ed on June 1 - Month Ahead of Schedule PHILADELPHIA, Pa., May Geared to the highest producnon speed in the history of the Navy| vard here, the Washington, the! mightiest battleship of the fleet, will be launched June 1, more unu one month ahead of schedule. 1 The keel of the North Carolina, still larger than the Washington,| will be laid by October 27. | Work on the $65,000000 Wash-! ington, 35,000 tons, was rushed | Captain W. A. McHale, skipper of the American freighter Mormacsea | is interviewed by New York reporters as he returns from the Norse wai | zone. His ship was unlnndlng cargo in Trondheim harbor when the Ger: | aan invason began and is first U. S. ship to return from new war scene | Senafors Drop Frock Coals, ‘Whiskers, Thus Tourists fo Washmglon are Dlsappomled By JACK STINNETT \ WASHINGTON, May 15. Tm*‘ visitor to Washington frequently re- | turns home nowadays feeling that| RE(EIVE AI-MOSI | the Senate was a disappointing | feature of his sight-seeing tour. Bllllo“ DollARS} He saw the Senate in session.| |16 was something of a letdown, ‘particularly after such impressi | spectacles as the black-robed Jus tices of the Supreme Court in | their marble temple, and the Lin-| | coln Memorial with its life-like | | statue. \ Not that Visitor Jones thinks the| | Senators failed to comport them- | selves as members of “the grent.esl, WASHINGTON, May 15—A WPA | deliberative body in the world.”| appropriation of $976,650,000 spend-| It’s just that they don't look so| able in eight months if necessary | great. | was recommended today by the| 1o Jones they look just about House Appropriations Committee | the same as the fellows in the | which reported a lessening of “abus-| Rotary Club. And Jones recalls es " by the relief administration, ,readlng in his boyhood of “the| The relief administration hereto- | frock-coated gladiators in the na-’ Lessening of ""Abuses” by WPA Reported-Louis- iana Found Bad WORKS ON DEFENSE | PROGRAM President Unable fo Send| Special Message fo Congress Today WASHINGTON, way 15.—Presi dent Roosevelt sped work on his| | request to Congress ‘for an extra- ordinary defense program that is |expected to cost $976,000,000. The White House announced that not withstanding the speed with which the Chief Executive is working, he will be unable to whip it into shape to submit to Con- gress before tomorrow. The President worked at his desk until 2 oclock this mommg Dufch Losses Heavy |tions in repeated “low flying at- v | tacks.” REPRESENIING HollAND S AIR ARM | This strafing was highly success- ful | The Allied Command says at least |16 German planes have been de- |stroyed and the British losses are placed at 35 planes, which is “not | considered = excessive” in view of the results attained. FIGHT TO FINISH “BATTLE OF MEUSE” PARIS, May 15. — The French High Command tonight reports that one-half of the German forces which crossed the Meuse yester- day have been driven back. It is estimated that 20 divisions on each side, a total of 600,000 men, are pitted in a finish fight in “The Battle of the Meuse.” Violent counter attacks are being made and the Germans are held | at the four and one-half mile sal- ient. Fresh reinforcements ported arriving at the lines, One German attack is reported to have been made by flame-throw- ing tanks which shot fire 70 yards compared to 15 yards in the World War. are re- German >-ee Duich Told "Lay Down’ s constituting The Netherlands air arm which have been engaged in defend- Here are some of the plane: e nt invasion of Holland by the Nazis. The military planes are shown on ing the nation against the pr | g | “(ommflication |By Cable Is \Cut Suddenly NEW YOEK' May 15.—The Western Union Commercial Cable Company reporis all cable communication with The Netherlands and Belgium were cut off suddenly this morning, Work is also started on material | fore had been marred by abuses in- | | contributions,” and inadequate sup- lana and it was “incomprehensible” lars, Proposed Base | introduced Senate bill 3982 author-| lishments. despite other construction in the| for the New Jersey, one of two/ Iclucling the improvement of private | F u “ Ds u p ervision of operation of projects on ‘thal Federal Officials did not know WASHINGTON May 15.—Chair-| izing an appropriation of $15,000,- | The bill includes $6379,2% for| Navy Yard, reconditioning of 32 45,000-ton battleships. ‘ property at public expense, over which high per centage of non-| | It was said the worst situation was | Bill Infroduced Including | about it. man Morris Shepard of the Sen-| 000 for rehabilitation and general| an Army Post at Anchorage, Al-| destroyers, | manned. projects, “padded sponsors relief labor was required. | found by a subcommittee in Louis! Over Six Million Dol- ate Military Affairs Committee has repairs to existing military mub-i aska. { | | “Ham” Lewis was recognized as|ister Van Kleffen, of The Nether- | Sartoria, there were Beau Brum- | sers, | Vardaman, magnificent in a white now joined the Allied Naval forces. | trasting with his- coal black hair. tional political arena.” ‘ In those days—the early 1900's [ —most of the Senators wore Prince Alberts and beards. News- < \Estimated 100, 000 Have e e a0 e opens| Been Killed in Recent | ing session. ] Flghllflg 3 1 | PARIS, May 15.—Foreign Min-| an airfield at Schusterberg, which is reported to have finally been cap! masked the fate of the formery Kaiser in mystery. Dutch government spokesmen said they know nothing of Wilhelm and at Berlin, Nazi leaders merely shrug [] ] aiser bili. [ ' P » when asked about the former Ge:- man Emperor, | et HE'S POTSDAM, May 15, — Worries over the former Kaiser Bill are re- a former war lord of Germany-- lieved partly by receipt of advices Ex-Kaiser Wilhelm—is cioaked in that “all is well.” Nazi sources s: silence as the troops of a new Ger- | the former Kaiser has no int man conqueror overran the tiny in the present regime. land where the head of the Ger- > suit and white hat con-| R posll g | The committee on the Costs cf man imperial house sdught refuge| .. ... in tne United States represent a capital investment of There was Jeff Davis of Arkan- Medical Care established by a 1928- |2(%7 s World War defeat. | sas, known as the sartorial Dr. 131 survey that sick persons in the ~Wilhelm was known to have re- more than three billion dollars Jekyll and Mr. Hyde of the sp,n.vmghm income groups received two main2d at his home in Doorn when Every year, about 5000 doctors | ate. In Washington he wore the{and a half times as much medical the Dutch opened the flood gates are graduated from the service as persons in the lowes.|to inundate the countryside, The’ standard medical schools in the Uni- groups. i\,uler defenses isolated Doorn andted States. THEM WERE THE DAYS Long before the late Jamesi the Senate's undisputed Sultan of |lands, estimated that the Dutch Army has suffered 100,000 men William A. killed or about one-fourth of its and ex-In-|total strength before ordered to dian fighter, .immaculate in one- stop fighting. | button cutaway and striped trou-‘ Van Kleffen said the Dutch fleet, and Mississippi’s James K. almost intact, has escaped and has mels like Montana’s | clark, “copper king"” LONDON, May 15.—The fate of flannel (Comuiued on Page Pour) 17 high- | tured by the Germans, - Their Arms ‘ Stock Quorarions |Order issued fo Save Civil- ; ian Population and Stop Bloodshed AMSTERDAM, May 15. — Last night Dutch Army Commander- General Henri Gerard Winkelman ordered all Dutch troops, except eral Motors 47 7/8, International|those in the far southwestern Pros Harvester 51%, Kennecott 33%,|Vince of Zeeland to cease fighting Mow York Central 11%, Nmmel” ‘in order to save the civilian pop- S Duited Siaies )| ulation and prevent further blood- 5% | " 53, Pound $3.26 34 shed ‘ NEW YORK, May 15 Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mmn‘ | stock today is 5'4, American Can| 103, Anaconda 24%, Bethlehem Steel | 80%, Commonwealth and South- ern 1%, Curtiss Wright 8%, Gen- Stee - e —— FROM HOONAH Wendell H. Cordle, Principal of the Hoonah Government School, The following are today's Dow,|flew in to Juneau for several days’ Jones averages: industrials 129.09,|conference with Office of Indian rails 25.89, utilities 20.85. Affairs officials, DOW, JONES AVERAGES