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THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LVL, NO. 8418. * JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, MAY 20, 1940, MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS CE TEN CENTS NAZIS DRIVE TOWARDS ENGLISH CHANNEL Atta NATIONAL GUARD IN NORTHLAND Chief of s{étf Gen. Mar- shall, Gives Plans for Defense WASHINGTON, May 20.—Gen. George C. Marshall, Chief of Staff, told Senators last week when re- $12,000,000 appropria- tion for defenses in Alaska, said a National Guard is planned in the Northland. His testimony was made public today. Gen. Marshall said the Govern- ment will probably provide armor- ies and other equipment for Na- tional Guard Units probably to be established. Senator Thomas asked whether the Eskimo, Aleuts and Indians would make “good soldiers.” Gen, Marshall said he expected a much better response from citizens in Alaska than would he expect in this country, with almost cvery able-bodied man from 18 ‘o 45 joining the guard. Regarding bases being built by Russia in Siberia, Gen. Marshall said: “It appears to me, and I am not an alarmist, that ordinary pre- cautions make it essential at this time that we immediately start questing a work on an Army field at Anchor-| Alaska.” age, The big appropriation réquested | the Anchorage base. B i Makes Ple To Support Allies Now Kansas Editor Calls Upon Economic, Moral Forces For Aid EMPORIA, K;:Mny 20.—Pub- lisher Willilam Allen White called upon the United States economic is for and moral forces to support the|meeting at the San Francisco Pre- | Allies now. White telegraphed his plea to| cks & Queen Is R | | | 1 | efugee Now | | | Above is a picture of Queen Wilhelmina of The Netherlands, who fled from Holland aboard a British destroyer and is now a refugee in MOBILIZATION IN WEST TAKEN UP BY COUNCIL 1 Selective Service Officials Now in Session in San Francisco service sidio is considering plans for eme gency mobilization in the Far West. England. She is shown accompanied by one of her officers. Hifler ef al, Not Such Great ~ NIGHT RAIDS By JACK STINNETT | WASHINGTON, May 20—That there’s nothing new under the sun has become such a trite phrase| that anyone who reads may run| ln” at the mouth with it a dozen | | times a day without getting more | response than a casual “ain’t it | s0?” Nevertheless, ever since iEuroxll'nn wildfire burned into Su- | detenland and spread to the Fin- nish forests, reams have been writ- | |ten and more reams talked about| | “new methods” of warfare. With | Commentators and military observ- ers are at it hammer and tongs. several hundred leaders through-|The ten-day meeting is attended ov | BUT WAIT A BIT out the Nation. He suggested cre- ation of a committee of prominent and influential Americans to back his idea and carry it to the Am- erican people. White said that the nations of Western Europe are now struggling in a ‘battle for what he Vabeled “the civilized way of life.” Added the Kansas publisher: “In foreign affairs we must present an unbroken, non-partisan front the world. It is for us to show the people of England, of France, of Belgium and Scandinavia that the richest country on earth is not too blind or too proud to help those who are fighting tyranny abroad. If they fail we shall immediately have to prepare to face their con- querors alone.” WOMEN FOR CONGRESS IN OREGON STATE PORTLAND, Ore, May 20—A woman friend of the Roosevelt fam- ily, Mrs. Nan Honeyman, was nom- inated by Democrats of Oregon's Third District Friday as a candi- date for Congress. Mrs. Honeyman served in Congress from 1936 to 1938 when she was defeated by Republi- can Homer Angell. In Friday’s Primary Mrs. Hon- eyman easily defeated State Senator Dickson. She will oppose Angell again in the November General el- ection, | representatives of eleven Western | states. The conference is the fourth an- nual meeting of the Regional Com- mittee which consists of Army, Navy Reserve and National Guard | officers. The program includes plans | for raising 1,000,000 men in the | United States within three months after declaration of war. It also | deals with the formation of spec- m‘ml regiments in Western states and! Hehth | calls for volunteers and aid of pa- triotic societies to stimulate enlist- ments. ALL CLASSES OF MAIL T0 COMENORTH \Post Office Depariment Makes Special Re- quest on Congress WASHINGTON, May 20. — The }Fosc, Office Department has asked icongress to authorize it to carry all classes of mail to Alaska by air- plane to overcome transportation difficulties. The request was made by acting fl’ostmast.er General Ramsey Black in |a letter to Speaker Bankhead of the House. The present privilege covers only lnrst class mail. | Armies, guns and supplies, | dropped from the skies—marvelous! | Thousands of troops- ferried by | plane across the Skagerrak into suffering Norway—wonderful! The old troop transport system soon will |'be obsolete, Better start junking the ships. Better start building ar- | madas of the skyways. Submarines and planes: the brand new way - of dealing blitzkrieg That A. Hitler and his ;gangAwhat geniuses! They've made | the only really original contribu- tion to warfare in our generation.| Wait a minute before you start nassing out any- credits—if credit | t can be called—to A. Hitler,| Stalin & Kamerads, Inc. Lec's‘ ;ake a look at three letters dug| up by the American Association lor the Advancement of Science. Letter No. 1, dated 1784 and written by a man who had just witnessed several balloon ascen- sions: “It appears, as you observe, to be a discovery of great im-| portance, and what fmay possibly | give a new turn to human affairs. Convincing soverelgr‘ of the folly | of wars may perhaps be one errect; of it; since it will be impracticable | for the most potent of them to guard his dominions, *ive thousand balloons, capable of raising two men each, could not cost more than five ships of the line; and where is the prince who can af- ford so to cover his country with troops for its defense, as that 10,- 000 men descending from the clouds might not in many places do an| infinite deal of mischief, before a | force could be brought together to repel them?” The author? lin! Benjamin Frank- (Continued on Page Five) FINAL STAND FEAR OF WAR IN MEDITERRANEAN STRETCHES BRITISH SUPPLY LINE PARIS IS BEING TAKEN Desperate Fighing Forces Withdrawing fo New Positions By DREW MIDDLETON i S rrespondent Su uX- | PEDITIONARY FORCES IN FRANCE, May 20.—(Passed by the Field Board of Censors)— The British forces, fighting with desperation, this afternoon con- tinued withdrawals to positions on which they must inevitably make a final stand on the Nazi advance which is incredibly swift. The new positions taken by the fighting Britons are be- lieved to be strong. BRITISH AIR FORCES MAKE Geniuses Affer All; Today's :ime Wniser churchil ~ Warlmplements Used Before Makes Desperate Ap- | peal fo Brifons LONDON, May 20.—Bombers and fighting planes of the Royal Air| Force roamed the skies from Ham- | burg in northeastern Germany m“ Sedan just across the French fi‘m1~‘ tier, during the weekend blowing up‘ German oil tanks and attacking| troops and lines of communication | to relieve pressure on the Allied | armies | A bulletin issued by the Air Min- | id that dawn attacks were made on enemy troops and focal points in| Northern France and that during the night enemy road and railway junctions in Belgium were heavny{ SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, May 20.|the German foray into Scandina-|pombed ! | —The selective council | via, this talk has broken out anew.| A{ the same time Lord Beaver- | brook, new Minister of Aircraft pro duction, declared Britain must have more airplanes at her command. He appealed to men who know how to assemble aircraft to report to the nearest factories at once. z In a broadcast address, Prime| Minister Churchill again warned | the Empire that Allied mastery can only be regained by a furious and unrelenting assault on the Nazis. He expressed confidence the stabiliza- tion of the Western Front will be achieved, but, added solemnly, “at- ter this battle in France, should Germany be victorious, there will come the battle for our islands. They are all that Great Britain has and all that Great Britain means. That will be the struggle!” ARMY BILL Y BILL GIVEN NEW BOOST NOW WASHINGTON, May 20. — The Army bill totalling $1,820,941,000, un- precedented in peace time, today won quick approval of the Senate Appropriations committee. POSTMASTER NOMINATIONS WASHINGTON, May 20.—Presi- dent Roosevelt today sent the fol- lowing nomipations to the Senate for Alaska postmasters: Charles Sheldon to be postmaster at Seward and Lydia Tilson to be postmistress at Sitka. I m BRITISH TERRITORY Distances in nanlical miles “ o . , Britain, uneasy lest Italy's Duce jump off his fence and into the war on Germany's side, has ordered her Jmerchant marine to avoid the Mediterranean Sea. Tais map shows what that means in lengthened life- lines to Britain from her empire sources of supply in the Far East Figures on the map indicate the mile- age of alternative Mediterranean ing differences up to 75 percent. Invasion Aol U. S. Is Not To Be Feared Col. Lindbergh Makes Talk on Eve of Great Flight Anniversary o WASHINGTON, May 30.—Ameri- | 1© jstry shortly after daybreak today |ca need not fear invasion in the op- inion of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh “unless the American people bring it on through their own quarreling and meddling with affairs abroad.” Declaring that the definite policy of defense is the first necessity, the | aviator and Army Air Corps Re- serve officer, calls for an end to the hysterical chatter and calamity of an invasion.” Lindbergh asserted the country needs a greater air force for the Army and Navy. Col. Lindbergh spoke in the eve of his thirteenth anniversary of solo flight to Paris. CIANO OFF 10 ALBANIA ON MISSION Makes Veilg Reference that lfaly Ready to Go fo War ROME, May 20.—Foreign Minister Ciano is arranging to go to Albania tomorrow as a sequel to his speech made in Milan yesterday that It- alians will be ready for the call of Premier Mussolini to gain the Na- tion’s aspirations. Count Ciano said he intends to inspeet the public works projects in Albania, — eee Hifs Aliens; No Firearms LONDON, May 20.—Great Britain in a special governmental order has | he expected to remain, has his | and around-Africa routes. SEVEN DIEIN CALIFORNIA EARTHQUAKE Imperial Varey Struck with | Intensity - Fires Are Caused Elsewhere | EL CENTRO, Cal, May 20.—Sev- | en persons are known dead as crews | searched through ruined buildings for further victims of the worst | | earthquake to strike California in | several years. The temblor struck | the Imperial Valley Saturday night | claiming lives and causing wide- | spread property damage in El Cen- | tro, Brawley and Imperial and caus- ling a fire in the Mexican border | town of Mexicall. | | Four persons were killed in the collapse of a grocery store on the principal business street of Imperial Another person died when a wail | of the EI Centro hotel toppled. | Police said a Chinese died and sev- eral persons were injured when the quake started a fire that destroyed an entire business block in Mexicali. One man was killed in a building collapse at Brawley. The disruption of telephone lines throughout the quake shaken area made check of the lives lost and property damage difficult. The Im- perial city hall was almost entirely | demolished but miraculously no one was killed. The Imperial Theatre, which was vacant at the time also fell. Streets were buckled at Brawley and two bridges over the new river were damaged. However, no one was killed or injured. The most serious damage was at | Mexicali where the shocks broke water mains and fire sewept through a block with a loss estimated at $100,- Firemen battled the blaze with water pumped through thousands of feet of hose from Calexico across the Mexican border. Water tanks suppying Holtville and Imperial were knocked down by the series of shocks and officia!s | guarded against the possibility of | fires. | In many other towns and cities | Braces connect comparable distances, show- Gen. Weygaiéé! Commanding Allied Forces Succeeds Ge? Gamelin on Fighting Front-Plans Pincer Offensive PARIS, May 20. — Gen. Maxine Weygand had been named Com- mander-In-Chief of the Allied land forces, succeeding Gen.. Maurice Gamelin. The official communique, lssued Sunday, did not mention what post Gamelin has been given WEYGAND HAS PLANS BASEL, May 20.—Reports reach- |ing here sald Gen. Weygand, newly named Generallisimo, is apparently |shaping a powerful pincers counter | offensive from Valenciennes to Re- | thel to cut off the German advance. WEYGAND IS WARRIOR PARIS, May 20.—Gen. Weygand, |73, is known as Marshal Foch’s hadow” in the World War when he was Foch's Chief of Staff. Later the two became inseparable. He was born in Brussels but at the age of 20 relinguished citizenship to become the adopted son of France. In the late days of the World War he was summoned to Poland when the Russians threatened to take Warsaw and in five days the Rus- sians were in full retreat. Gen. Wegand relinguished com; mand of the forces in the near east to take his new post. - eee NEW ADVANCE BULLETIN — BERLIN, May 20. — German troops have stormed and captured Laon, 75 miles northeast of Paris on the eastern side of their “bulge” into France and advanced in a southwesterly direction to the Oise-Aisne Canal. This is ac- cording to an official com- munique issued here tonight. | windows were broken and minor | damage done by the quake. The | | shocks were félt as far away as Los | Angeles, Long Beach and Pasadena \ ->oo—— | BACK TO ALASK. | Bob Jageumal, oldtimer of Flat, after several weeks Outside where re- | | deprived all aliens of the rights to!turned, his “Outside” plan aban- possess firearms. doned for all times. EXPECTS STORK CHICAGO, TIl., May 20.—Fred Snite Jr, famed “boiler kid" in- fantile paralysis victim, today an- nounced in a mimeographed paper he sends to his several friend that his wife expects a child in September, On Allies Are :S'uedcienelyoSiuiicl;eJ SMASH ON EASED UP jGermans Strike Westward in Attempt fo Isolate Two Armies ST. QUENTIN CAPTURE " 15 CLAIMED BY REICH 'Doubleheaded Thrust from Northern France Re- ported Underway BULLETIN—PARIS, May 20. —Five mechanized German divi- sics, 60,000 men, inside their armored tanks, are today bat- tering their way west across the Northern French plains in a drive toward the Enclish Chan- nel thus easing the smash at Paris. The appareui chjective is to drive & wedge betwcen the French forces defending Paris and the Allied armies, British, Belgian and French i Belgium. BULLETIN—BERT N, May 20 the German across France has verged tovwards the English Channe! rently with the alm of destroving the Brit- ish army nique says ihe Naz i truck west ward and gained Lo 30 miles on a line northward from St Quentin between Percnne and Cambrai. It is estimated that the drive, if successful, will isolate 200,000 British soldiers and Allies on northern flanks. (By ABSOCIATED PRESS) After temporarily halted for ap- proximately 24 hours the German mechanized columns are plunging ahead in a massive double-headed thrust toward Paris from the North Sea ports. The Germans claim the capture of St. Quentin, 80 miles northeast of the French Capital City and have also reached the historic Somme ‘battlefield in 1916. The French said see-saw fighting is in progress and has left the fate of St. Quentin in doubt British Suffer Losses The Nazi High Command says the British are being driven back under forced marches toward the English Channel and have incurred the “heaviest of losses especially among the armored troops.” The dreaded German dive bember plane squadrons, wave on wave, are reported to have destroyed the arm- ored Allied columns racing north from Laon. German reinforcements forced the Allied columns to turn back. The British spokesman early today admitted the situation was very grim. Hitler’'s unrushing war machine is reported to have 800,000 reinforce- ments, withdrawn from Holland to throw into the fray. Peace Plans Hitler is reported to have chosen the site for the German dictated peace terms at historic Munster where in 1648, the signing of the treaty at the end of the Thirty Years war broke up Germany into power- less small states. The German High Command de- clares that the Allies lost more than 100,000 soldiers, taken prisoner, dur- ing the weekend. S e SWEDEN PUTS OUT HER NECK STOCKHOLM, May 20.—Usually well-informed circles said today that it is indicated Sweden will make it olain to Germany that it will not vermit Nazi troops aznd supplies to cross the nation to help lift the Allied seizure of Narvik, where it s reported, the Gerimun forces there nust surrender reinforce- ments arrive quick!y