The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 25, 1940, Page 1

THE DAILY ALAS “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” KA EMPIRE VOL. LVI, NO. 8423. JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MAY 25, | EMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS 940 PRICE TEN CENT3 ALLIED ARMIES ENCIRCLED British Admit Sit FIGHT FOR | POSSESSION OF CALAIS Germans, Allies Battling on Streefs of French Seaport FOUR CHANNEL CITIES ARE SHELLED BY NAZI Heights of \m Ridge Re- ported Taken by Reich BERLIN, May 25.—The German and Allied forces are fighting inj| the streets of Calais, French sea-| port, where the straits of Dover Jeave only 22 miles of water between | the port and England. | Hitler’s dive bombers this forenoon started a rain of destruction en four | channel ports where the British are | attempting to land reinforcements| and break the trap around the Al-| lied armies. | The diving bombers have shelled | and dropped huge explosives on the | harbors of Dieppe and Dunkerque | in France and Ostend- and Blank- enberghe in Belgium, the last port | the famed sea resort. The High Command declare the | Reich forces have reduced the| Flanders battlefield by two thirds during the past 48 hours and pre-| dicted the encompassed Allied forc-| es will be wiped out within a few days. The heights of V'my Ridge, where the Canadians fought the major| World War battle, have been taken | by the Nazis forces. | The communique says: | Heights of Vimy have bes This is an important hillside,” south of Sedan on the Germans southern| buige. | Aerial successes are also claimed by the Reich forces. | - e, SAN FRANCISCO FAIR REOPENED | FOR "40 SEASON| Turnstiles CIiWing Merrily Indicating Attendance Will Be Large SAN FRANCISCO, May 25.—The San Francisco World Fair reopened for the 1940 season today, and first | indications were that crowds flock- | ing to Treasure Island by ferry, car and bus would exceed last| year’s opening day total. | In the first hour 11,000 persons | passed through the turnstiles into | the fairgrounds, nearly double the total in the first hour on last| year’'s opening day. As the exposition reopened, Presi- | dent Roosevelt sent best wishes to| the Federal Commissioner, George | Creel. The President wrote: “This fair takes place at one of the gate- | ways of the New World, It repre-| sents the combined action of many countries and many men. It shows what civilization can be and what it ought to be. The thought that goes into the fair will be highly| useful to the staff work of the| new world we must presently build.” | The President of the New York World Fair, Harvey Gibson, was a guest of the San Francisco Fair, staff at Treasure Island. He re-| turned a visit which President Mar- | shall Dill of the Golden Gate show | paid to the New York Fair on its opening day. | - e METZGARS IN WASHINGTON L. H. Metzgar, General Superin- tendent of the Alaska Juneau Min- ing Company, accompanied by Mrs. Metzgar, have recently visited in Washington, D. C. During their so- journ in the states, the Metzgars | have spent considerable time in Dov- er, Delaware, the birthplace of Mrs. Metzgar, 04 L4 KETCHIKAN GUARDS AGAINST HUGE FORCE FIFTH COLUMNISTS; ALIENS IS ON MOVE ARE ORDERED TO REGISTER TO CHANNEL belonged to, why they have not KETCHIKAN, Alaska, May 5 Tanks, Molor?ed Infantry | As a precautionary move against|become citizens and a brief his- £ y A .« | tory of their life. i S i Th h possible Fifth Column activitics, | ‘°2 F BIRE U Ly win freaming Throug the Ketchikan City Council in a provide a checkup on aliens but| Sma" Ne(k special session last night, adopted | calls attention to danger and en-| an ordinance requiring all aliens to | courages aliens to become ti- e P | register within 30 days. said Mayor Harry McCain. "‘o BE 'I'RAPPED OR wm The aliens in registering must The ordinance is believed to be < tell how they entered the country, | the first such action taken on |)|--]‘ ls AlM of GERMA"S subversive organizations they have ! Pacific Coast. | French Air Force Making| Lunges, Aftacking with Aerial Cannon . PARIS, May 25.—German heav_vi |tanks and motorized _infantry | | streamed seaward tonight through a 20-mile neck near their salient in an all or nothing gamble against desperate French attempts to slice | the salient and turn the tables of | entrapment on the Naazis. i | Truck-borne infantry and lum-| | bering big tanks were followed by | trucks and lighter blitzkrieg units | of ' motorcycles, machine gunners‘ | and armored cars. | The Germans are said to be run-| ‘ning a risk of disaster as complete as that facing the Allied Armies | | trapped in Flanders unless the | Nazis can consolidate their corri- | dor position sufficiently to prevent | |an Allied break through their lines | | from the north of Somme. | | The French air force also lunged | | against the moving armored col- umns, attacking them with aerial cannon, as well as bombs and ma- chine guns. | The military expert of Le ’I‘emps,{ | a Paris newspaper, said the plane- | | borne cannon are good weapons | against tanks, He wrote: “The use| |of aviation to destroy tanks has! |long been sought by France. That | success is now obtained.” ITALY IS GEARING | ~ FOR WAR Civil Mobilization Decree| Issued for General | Conscription ROME, May 25.—Geared for war | with the entire resources subject to conscription under a new civil mobilization order, Italy is ready the minute Premier Mussolini press- es the button for a plunge into the European conflict as an ally of Germany. All signs indicate this move will not be long coming. Ominous indications topped the | ( | civil mobilization decree, one for | —_— “ By JACK STINNETT | additional classes of the army and | WASHINGTON, May z3. — The | naval reserves called to the colors ‘ STOCK QUOTATIONS | [ (" eal in Washington is over and another the postponements of | | at the Department of Justice. It|the sailings of three big transAt- | was born back in January and its|lantic liners which might possibly | " Golden Gate Theme Girl ) P - 23, of Los Angeles, is the 1940 “Theme Girl” of the San Francisco Golden Gate exposition. Miss Engels’ official Blonde Virginia Engels, title is “Miss Streamline.” ATTORNEY GENERALOF UNITED STATES STARTS NEW DEALS OF HIS OWN uation THREE $ Is Growing IMPERIAL VALLEY HITBY SEVERE EARTHQUAKE & 4 Photos show the terrific havoc resulting from the severe earthquake which hit the Imperial Valley in Cali- fornia. One photo shows two autos after cornices from a building had fallen on them. he other picture shows a drug store. Both photos were taken in Brawley. Latest count shows eight dead in the earthquake section which extended into Mexico. ERIOUS FIRES House Speeds OF MYSTERIOUS ORIGIN Legislation BREAK OUT IN DAWSON For Defense | | | 5 papa is Bob Jackson, who first|serve as troopships. Intensified y 25. — Closing deas A p P 3 {8, as) . NEW YORK, May 2 = O e | paced the justice corridors then a5 blackouts also indicated “some-| . TIBBANEE Gl {Passes Roosevelt’s Appro- q:‘m:m’:‘ a ay's short session of Attorney General of the United | thing” about to transpire. ”,»W:;': l;‘t':l»'onWN(\:“N%LASE‘M stock’ at taday's ¢ ses T nte s e 3 says the Daws ews g, | B8 2¢ yos ; ; TR i h o Ce‘wAR I"DUSIRIB | g ghet iy w bind Anaconda Shjih ook place; | a mysterious explosion in the rear Power and Light 2%, Bethlehem Steel 69':, Com- 15/186, ) the other day at a staff confer- 21%, ence. The one-time country monwealth and Southern law- CONTROLISGIVEN | answered Jackson, “it will_cramp my stylé®’ DOW, JONES AVERAGES i‘ trol over essential war industries. are slated for transfer Large Amount of the building. ’ ¥ | yer who now is the nation's No. 1| Peters Jewelry store, two blocks A Curtiss Wright 8 /8, C;e“;:_lve’:';r‘mwrney‘ was presiding. An of- ‘ ’ from the Dawson News Building,| WASHINGTON, May 25—Legis- tors 39%, 1“‘”‘"“““;““ York Cen- | ficial asked what was to be done| BR'IISH MI"ISIER\ ¢ was badly damaged by a fire| 'Ation to permil unlimited expan- 43, Kennecott 28%, New ¥OUHCED” | about employees' putting their feet which started in the rear of the|Son Of the Army Air Corps under tral 10%, Northern Paci Y%l te deaks [ $ J g building at 5 o'clock Priday (yes- President Roosevelt’s one billion, United States Steel 45%, Pound‘ “If ybu are going Have a pule LONDON, May 25—An Order in| SEATTLE, May 25—Two =igh- terday) morning one hundred and eighty-two mil- $3.18 3/4. | against putting feet on the desks”|Council has been issued giving the |ranking Coast Guard officers, well| "0 0 iay ni X # < |lion dollar defense program, has| | ndidte | Gertainly | Minister of Supply complete con-|known in the Pacific Northwest, ednesday night, fire starting In |, ceq the House and been sent the rear of the Orpheum Theatre,| \, the Senate to other destroyed the theatre, Yukonia Ho- | The House acted on the Army X e " J ts of duty. The following are today's Dow,| Another perturbed and jumpy| Under the order the Minister| POS : ria B e m,emg'e: industrials 114.69, official once asked the Attorney| Of Supply is empowered to fix| Capt; M. J. Ryan, Commander ls;ch :I:X_l)mywoglow: tmz Elljml‘gm shortly after the Senate Naval Tails 2276, utilities 1852 General if he didn’t think there| WOTKing hours and wages as well of the Juneau District of the Coast| © ém; r%;y':‘l:“, ::;l‘le};' dv:“"' Committee voted a 10,000-plane ki . 5548 | . . s | Guard, < ash- | 88 i vear i 4 i ——— | should be a rule against employees’ | 25 prices and install inspectors to 'd, has been called to Wash Pt gy 0 4 Sarvbir anop limit on the Navy's growing air 5 o reading newspapers. That quizzi- The castor bean, from which €as-|cal smile which Jackson uses| tor oil is taken, is a native of Afncnl where other men might use m‘qser; but is grown in most warm-weather | countries. | —— e Canada's (Continued on Page Five) at more than $23,000,000 in 1938, | | see that the orders are carried out.|ington and Commander F. A. |sler, of the Coast Guard Sper artificial and natural salls from Seattle June 5 (o take silk industry produced goods valued |over the. post of Commander of! - D i jcorns. and Arcade ‘Cafe; 'all adjoining The House approved unanimously All three fires were n widely | the legislation authorizing future separated parts of Dawson and ulliexpuuswn of the air force and the Juneau district. of mysterious origin. shore aviation bases. BY GERMANS Darker DRIVE MADE 'HASTRAPPED BIG FORCES Capture of Fn;orlant Sec- | tions Put Thousands in Peril ismzmuis UNITS | POUR OVER PLAINS \England’s Prime Minister Makes Appeal - In- vasion Looms | ‘ (By ASSOCIATED PRESS) The Allied Armies in northern | France and Belgium, estimated from 1500,000 to 1,000,000 soldiers, are trap- ‘ped, the German High Command | declares, by the Nazi forces driving | through Flanders, It is claimed the | encirclementmovement was complet- ed with the capture of the French | seaport Boulogne and the Belgian |cities of Ghent and Courtrai, and with the crossing of the Lys river. The British admit that the Allied outlook is growing darker. The French claim they have re- duced the. Peronne-Bapaume gap from betwen 30 and 35 mils to about 20 miles wide but admit Nazi blitz- krieg units are still pouring through the coastal plain. ‘The French claim the Nazi ad- vance in the Stomr region has been checked, the whole front is “with- jout change” and the situation in Boulogne ‘uncertain.” The gain ciarms of the Germans mean that the Allied forces are iso- lated as the Germans have stretched en unbroken line in front and the Allles now have the English Chan- nel at their backs and unless the | corridor is broken through to aid | them, it appears they must surren- der, die or try to eseape by water. It | puts the Germans another step clos- | er to their position of invasion of the | British Isles. | Churchill's Appeal “The gravity of the situation deep- {ens hour by hour and we are now | cailed upon to make the supreme ef- | fort to defend our liberties and win |the war,” Prime Minister Winston |Churchill said today in a public isv.ea\tement exhorting the labor unions |in Great Britain to do all possible | to ald the Government. “The peril of the British Expedi- | ticnary forces is very grave and the situation js confused,” further stat- ed Churchill, and he admitted the encircled Allled forces include the main body of the British Expedition- ary forces and Belgian Army in parts of France, including the PFirst and 79th armies. The Prime Minister also stated that it is the belief that | many of the defenders have been taken prisoners and war booty taken, NEWGROUP PLANNEDBY ROOSEVELT National D e_f;n se Emer- gency Coordinafion Is Latest Scheme | WASHNGTON, May 25. — The White House announces that Pres- |ident Roosevelt is planning to name a National Defense Emergency Co- ordination group composed of both private individuals and Government | officials. The announcement is made by | Stephen Early, newsmen's Secretary, |and he added that the plan is still in the preparedness stage and the President has not yet decided on the /men who will be brought in to re- | present industry, agriculture, trans- portation, communications, labor and lconsumer&