The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 22, 1940, Page 1

DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIMI‘,"’ \OL lVl NO 8420 JUNhAU ALASKA WEDNESDAY, MAY ZZ 1940. MI:MBER ASSOCIATLD PRkSS PRICI. TEN CENTS HALT NAZI DRIVE TO ENGLISH CHANNEL 4 & Allies Deal Counter Blows By Land Air RUMANIA IS MOBILIZING TO STRENGTH Three HundTe?i Thousand | Reservists Suddenly Called fo Colors (By A\\l)(lal('(l Press) A sudden renewed alarm in south- cast Europe was caused today when the General Staff of King Carol's little oil kingdom of Rumania, call- ed 300,000 Reservists to the colors on 24 hours’ notice. This is virtually full mobilization. URGENT CALL FOR WOMEN MADETODAY Broadast Is Sent Out from ‘ Paris-Picked Up in | New York NEW YORK, May 22.—Women of ance and Great Britain are called n today in a Paris morning broadcast to “join all services of | the army where they can replace | men.” | This broadcast was picked up here | by CBS. | | 1 | >, ——— Republitans of Monfana fo Vole In Dew_ey Lineup HELENA, Mont, May 22.—Eigh: | uninstructed delegates have been selected by the Montana State Re- publican Convention to go to the National GOP gathering in Philu- delphia in July. In effect, the Mon- tana delegates are pledged to Thom- as Dewey, despite the fact that they | are uninstructed. The eight delegat- es are governed by unit voting, and | a majority of them are definitely Dewey uummmrs President Calls Attention fo Warfare of Nazis WASHINGTON, May 22. — President Roosevelt, at a con- ference with newsmen yesterday afternoon, said enemy planes are sweeping down the roads in" France with machine guns wide open, taking a death toll of refugees which has never | been seen before. | The President said he thought | the United States should real- | ize the implication of that method of warfgre, In a tense atmosphqgre, the Pres- ident declared that he had received | information from the battle areas of France that from three to five million French war refugees were | flecting southward over fields and highways as the German Blitzkrieg | swept toward Reims. He described | the refugees as mostly women and children, plus a few old men. He declared that Nazi warplanes were swooping along the refugee-packed highways spraying death from their machine guns. The President then remarked that in view of such disaster and | such methods of warfare, the Unit-| ed States would certainly moper-‘ ate in the defense measures bemg} rushed forward. RETURNS FROM VACATION Returning from a vacation in the states, Mrs. James York returned to Juneau on the steamer North Sea. r \Gas-Proof Box Shields Princess Didatorial Powers Are Over Brifons Governmenfi:flen Author- ity Commanding Both Men and Money (By Associated Press) BULLETIN—LONDON, May 22.—Within three hours today, the House of Commons and Lords passed and King George signed the bill giving the Chur- chill Government unprecedented sweeping war emergency powers to censcript both labor and | wealth. Great Britain today marshalled all |of her miliions of men and money to save the empire. The Government asked virtually for dictatorial powers over labor and | wealth, the poor man's wages and |the rich man's wealth | Parliament quickly assented, rush- inz through an emergency bill One of the terms of the bill pro- | vides for excess profits taxes which are raised to 100 per cent to avoid wal profiteering. D - Prince Bernhard (right), husband of Princess Juliana of The Nether- lands, is shewn helping 2 nurse (Ieft), carry a gas-proof box in which | his nine-monihs-old daughter, Princess Irene, traveled from their ‘ | 1 to Lendon, Juliana and Princess Beatrix, 2, also fled to Picture cabled from Londen to New York, shows the arrival ———— Halt 0l Dutch I’nnwss Remhes Lomlon : ToNazis Is Order homela London at London. ~ ROOSEVELT ASKS BILLION FOR DEFENSE BLITZKRIEG OF GERMANS IS SLOWING Reich F ieflr(ommander Von Reichenau Makes Statement GENERAL WEYGH ' YAS ISSUED DRASiC ORDER | Successful Night Raids Are | Made on Communi- cation ! LONDON, itt Al- 1 ot iand and ‘ n mech- AN AL eyville regon have averted for the present, completion of the | threatened Nazi line drive to | the English Channel which | would pen in the British Army. | The military spokesmen said the Allied military positions show a slight improvement for the first time in five dark days. There were successful large scale bombing attacks last night on the German main line of communications connecting Namur, Dinat and Aachen. Heavy fighting has occurred Addressing grave-faced members of Congress, President Roosevelt in a special defense message asked for | $1,182.000,000 in cash and contract authorizations for military implements to “meet any lightning offen- : sive against our American interest.” Photo shows Mr. Roosevelt speaking, on rostrum behind him are Vice-President Garner (left), and Speaker Bankhead (D.-Ala). Members of the joint session of Con- gress shown here, applauded the President Ircqllently. . | during today between Valenci- “RELEFFUND 5575 (By ASH( TED PRESS) In the first o.l.cial German hint that the blitzkrieg might be slow- Governiment Rearmamenl Program Policy Outlined | By FDR; No Profiteering SPEEDING UP :: - . | admitted today that “it may be that our present movements will New Step in Euro- pean Conflict iRussia Said fo Have Taken | KAUNAS, Lithuania, report is circulated | | May 22.—| | A sensational | throughout the Lithuanian capital | |that the Russian Government has | ordered an immediate halt to all| shipments of Soviet oil to Germany. | i The report is said to have orig- | inated in authoritative quarters close | to the Soviet Legation. It is said that even oil now m | transit to Germany over Lithuanian | railroads has been ordered recalled | to Russia. A major portion of Russian oil shipments to Germany have been | going by way of the rail line across | Lithuania which links Moscow with | Koenigsburg in East Prussia. No explanation for the reported both action was given. ‘The reported stoppage of Russian oil, in effect, might prove a decisive | factor in favor of the Allies as Ger- | many’s war machine depends almost | | exclusively on- mechanized equip- | | ment and airplanes which are use- | less without fuel. | \ Russia has been credited generally | ! with supplying a large part of Ger- ‘nmn oil supplies. | - — | UNITED STATES Seeking a haven from war, Princess Juliana of The Netherlands, i ' WILL NOT SELL | shown leading her two-year-old daughter, Beatrix, through the rail- | AI.I.IES pl ANES‘ way station upon arrival in London. Center background, the Earl of | Harewood (English), who met them. Picture cabled from London to [ | : ol _ | Army and Navy Eqmpment Disposal Turned Down | by Committee NAVYFUND | val Appropriations Subcommittee has added $478,000,00 to the Navy's| bupply bill to make provision for | | an increase of 25,000 in the Navy's | leg. arenel } WASHINGTON, May 22—By a e 10 vote of 12 to 1, the Senate For-| Relations Committee has NOR’I'H SEA BRINGS wbnlNG\elgn | | shelved the proposal that the Unit- Kaj Louring, mwenng man, ar-| | rived in Juneau from the South on od. ‘Biates’ Jo1 . AR aud | Navy . lanes to the Allies. hoard the North Sea, He is regis- P * s tered at the Baranof and will re- Only ; Senglar; Frgger. of: Hlinols, g author of the proposal favored | main in Juneau for several days. | | €k |~ Chairman Key Pittman said the | | {Supply BiII Given Added AT GASTINEAU | concensus of the committee mem- Amount for Enlisi- - ed Strength Ty s -y bers was that the legislation would T. R. Curtis, traveling man, ar-‘violnte the International law and WASHINGTON, May 22—Acting rived in Juneau on the North Sea| would constitute “intervention by with the - telephone approval of and is registered at the Gastincau the United States” in the present President Roosevelt, the Senate Na- Hotel, | European conflict. 'MAYNARD WILL BE B’ ol o | pected to speak. emergency to attain special wages and privileges withhheld from the rest of labor, WASHINGTON, May "ZfrPlcsl- dent Roosevelt has outlined a two- fold policy to govern the rearma- Ten Millien 1 Dollars fo Be| Raised for Belgian, ‘u‘.mp to a temporary halt, Gen. | Mazine Weygand has ordered every |man to stand his ground. That ! ment program, as follows: Summing up his policy, President First—Not a single millionaire Roosevelt said the Government pro- may mean hard fights ahead’ should be created in the United | poses in no way to weaken the so- Fren(h Re'uQees Aiding the Allied cause today is States. cial gain of the last few years, g an exceedingly heavy rain which Second—Labor unions should nnt‘!he whole objective being to pre-| wWASHINGTON, May 22. — The is bogging down the fields in —and he said he knew they would | vent anybody, labor or capital,| American Red Cross today spmdpu‘Northem_ France. | not—take tuncal advantage of the fxom getting rich out of disaster. |the campaign to raise a $10,000,000 - — BRITISH “POCKETED” relief fund after recelving word that | between three and five million Bel-| gian and French refugees are fleeing waior stricken to Southern France. Across the English Channel from England early this morning, Brit- |ish troops were “pocketed” in Bel- France, Wayne Taylor, European | gium by the Nazi mechanized thrust ¥ 8 |delegate of the organization said it | Whick threatens to cut them off ”\ “impossible to exaggerate the re- | from the French. The “pocketed™ a on uc Ing Is wn | fugee problem.’ | forces are fighting with their backs | It is estimated that 150,000 have The French military |says the German advance | have been chased out of Abbeville, | | | REpUBlI(ANS 1‘12 miles from the channel | French troops are reported to have recaptured the town of spokesman to the sea. | been killed or wmm(ln(l ; guards Ar- WAR Is ‘IABOO By JACK NETT MAKING HGHI ras, 60 miles from the Englis WASHINGTON, May Any | channet, probably relieving the I writer of any consequence can get ON pr FUND | pressure on the British. woRlDS FAIR lan interview any time with any “Kill the Sw | candidate for almost any political British women, screaming “Kiil | office—and you can bet anything | you want that any candidate with ‘(ommnn sense is going to do his best to give any writer only that | impression and material which will reflect greatest credit to him, the (Continued on Page uight) - | FORTBATICE House Demo‘cr‘éts Balk At- tempt Decentralize Organization IN NEW YORK Broad(as}inq Bulletins Is Called OffCrowds ' ““iiis s Ui Tuat's why it's fun, sometimes,| wacHINGTON, May 22.—House| g Want Fun [to do a little figurative keyhole pyopmberats shouted down late yester- 'i‘l | Peeping and see what traits a vax:— day the Republican attempt to de- | —_— ‘dldl-llc will disclose when he’s off-| oniratize the WPA by making di- | sunrd. |rect grants to communities. | NEW YORK, May 22—The war is| That’s why, caught in a corner The House Democrats also defeat NAZIEANDS taboo as far as the World's Fair i5/of an inner sonctum of Senator|cq by a vote of 144 to 54 the proposal concerned. ‘This is evidenced after| pon Tafs presidential campaign |thap the WPA fund be boosted ¢ a two day trial of hourly broadcast- | peadquarters, surrounded only by|s2232000000 for the next o o d 3 ing of war bulletins over the Fair's \;ory friends and workers, 1 kept|months Last Uf Majof 4(5“0"5 117 loudspeakers and the ar " 'my mouth shut when the Senator ARSI S 5 ment has been terminated becanse of | i it made his appearance, Around !iene "-Jr_ the apparent indifference of the That's how I'm able to pass . crowds bent on having a good time ap i and not thinking of the strife abroad. — e - Bomb Trawier: SendltDown; along a five-minute profile of a! | presidential candidate with his hair (what there is of it) down, those WITH THE GERMAN ARMIES, May 22. — By LOUIS LOCHNER. The gigantic Fort Batice, last of the great major fortifications around advice, weighed the (“AMBER SpEAKER‘M}LIII'('(‘A.S::‘Y:‘J dkdn'i take it. : M Liege capitulated before my eyes LA 2. Kicked the props out from I r I today as we stood on the heights Russell G. Maynard, newly ap- under the pardonable enthusiasm between Eupen and Malmedy, with of one of his lieutenants. | a commanding view of the whole his press department| LONDON, May 22—The British | region. :Admlralty announces that the Bri-| The German artillery, followed by tish trawler Rifsness has been sunk |dive bombers, made it easy for the as the result of an attack by Ger- infantry force to enter the fort. We man bombers. Three of the crew saw the Nazl swastikas raised above are reported to have been killed but ‘ the main fortification within 20 the other members escaped. lmmu;es after the bombers attacked. pointed Director of the Territorial| Department of Public Welfare, will| 3. Gave be a guest of the Juneau Chnmbor% boys a headache by correcting of Commerce at the weekly luncheon |their count on some unhatched meeting tomorrow. H. L. Faulkner |chickens, and then tried to ease recently returned from a trip to the their pain by dictating a con- Westward -and Interior, is also ex- g, 2 ' (Continued on Page Five)