The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 27, 1940, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA “ALL, THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” EMPIR 9 VOL. LVI, NO. 8424. JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, MAY 27, 1940. BLOODY BATTLE Roosevelt Warns Nation To BOMBS PLAY NO FAVORITES The British- app ved capti man air raid. The wagon is filled with hastily gathered belongings. 1 on this picture cable weman dead beside a wagon she and other civil /-MM,Mgm&‘.w& don o New York says it shows a Belgian e from an “open town” ahead of a Ger- PATHOS ON PARADE IN BELGIUM This official British picture cabled from London to New York i hows Belgian war refugees making their way through a shattered street in Louvain, Belgian town which fell to German might. Note woman in lead with head bowed on her baby. FOR DEFENSE—Cablephoto from time a soldier stands guard behind the G SEBERN RETU; Roy E. E. Sebern, Senior Clerk in the Forest Service, has left washington to return to Junead, according to word received here. He had been on special detail in the Capital, London SIreék Bar ricaded With Wire London shows barb wire barricades just erected in London streets, first in history that the British capital has been so protected. Scene is outside the Admiralty building as wire. In background is Big Ben. | MARSHAL RETURNS | U. S. Marshal Willlam T. Ma- honey returned to Juneau yester- day on the steamer Denali from Skagway with a prisoner, Joseph SUPERINTENDENT HERE Here from his cannery at Juneau today for several Johmson, a deserter from the Ma- | Wright is staying at the Gas- ings. No serious damage was done,| tineau, | rine Corps, Iey| ENEMIESON BOTH SIDES ~ OFBORDER XPresident Calls for Great National Effort for ’ Preparedness 'HELP RED CROSS | | CAMPAIGN, IS PLEA U. S to DEVigoroust with "Poison’ Forces of Dissension WASHINGTON, May 27-—Presi- dent Roosevelt last night warned the nation to be on guard against “un- diluted poison,” those foreign forces which seek to disunite the people and disrupt a preparedness program by creating dissension. Reporting on the state of the nation’s defenses in a radio fireside chat, the President called upon pri- vate industry for “the best, speed- |iest and most efficient mass pro- | duetion of which it is capable.” Roosevelt offered Government fi- | nancial aid if needed | On top of the billions now receiv- |ing approval by Congress, he said | he would not hesitate to ask more defense funds if they prove neces- sary. Social Gains Safe The President renewed his pledge not to surrender any of the great social gains made in recent years | He urged protection of the consum- | er against any rise in the cost of | living. With these things he combined | |an appeal for contributions to the| | Red Cross to aid millions of home- less women, children and old men who have fled the battle zones of Belgium and Northern France “in | the name of our common human-| ity.” As for the nation’s present de-| fenses, he disputed all contentions ;(hal the billions spent for that purpose have “gone down a rat- hole.” "MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENT2 RAGING 'IN FLA Production of Artillery Is Speeded Up-Gasoine Being Conserved ROME, May 27—Premier Benito!| Mussolini conferred today with his | Army chiefs and subsequently or-| dered expansion of production of | artillery, conserving of gasoline sup- plies to suspending of civilian mo- tor traffic on June 1. - = ", Decision Is Rendered in . Sitdown Case Unions Are Not Liable for| Damages, Detlares h Supremg Court the es could mnot be collected under the Sherman Anti-Trust Law be- cause there had been no intent by the unions to restrain interstate commerce. Earlier, a District court had | Natien Stronger | The President said the Navy is| stronger now than ever bfore in| peacetime history, the army is vastly | | strengthened and the Air Corps has (Continued to Page Two) | | | RESPONDING 70 CALL OF U S. CHIEF One Industry—Ready fo As- sist in Acceleration of Dgfianse | WASHINGTON, May 27.—Manu- | facturers of machine tools, respond- ing to President. Roosevelt's call for the “best, speediest and most' |efficient mass production” promised | to give the Government first call| |on tools for vital acceleration of de- |fense industries. | Clayton Burt, of Hartford, Conn.,| |one of the five leaders in the ma-l‘ ‘chine tool manufacturng industry, | jconferred with Treasury, War, Navy |and Commerce Department offic-| |1als and said: “We are confident of |our ability to meet the require- | ments.” | OREGON TOWN IS SHAKEN UP | | | | i however, granted the company judgment of $711932 against the Unions. CANADA EXPANDS FORCES TO MEET WAR SITUATION nouncement in Can- | adian Commons | OTTAWA, May 27.—Prime Minis- ter Mackenzie King announced in | Commons tonight that Canada’s mili ! tary and air forces are to be expand- ed immedaitely to meet the critical | war situation. | ATTACHES OF FOREIGN Be On Guard "(;zechs Ott to Eight» Nazis , ‘TWOIA:OR(ES FINGERPRINTING OF | Members of a Czech legion formed in London to take a crack at their nrdll foe are shown getting a “bon voyage” from Mme. Edouard Benes, wife | of the fo_rrgler premier of Czecho-Slovakia, as they left for France te “egin training. France already has a Czech legion on the Western' Froas / WASHINGTON, May 27—The Su- preme Court has ruled that a labor union is not liabie under the Federal anti-trust laws for damages result- ing from a sitdown strike. | The decision was made in the suit| by the Apex Hosiery Company of | Philadelphia against the unions of the American Federation of Labor. | Associate Justice Stone delivered the 6 to 3 decision. Chief Justice Hughes wrote dissenting opinion Justice Stone's decision affirmed the ruling of the Federal Circuit Court at Philadelphia that damag- FOURMILLION IN U. S. | E peditionary IN GRIP OF DEATHTODAY Allies and Nazis Thrashing - Away for Mastery of | English Channel MAY ALSO DETERMINE FATE L0ST MILLION" Dunkerquew—iflerfrontRe- | ported in Flames After | Bombing Affack BULLETIN — LONDON, May 27~The British Communique tonight says that the Ger- mans today violently attacked the French and Belgian forces and flanks of the British Ex- forces, but the British infantry counter at- tacked successfully with coop- eration of French tanks which have been brought into full action. (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) The Allled and German armies are today thrashing like giant py- | thons each seeking a' strangle hold Flanders " [in the bloody battle o 7 | for mastery of the Fngiishi Chan- nel, and also to decide the fate of the so-called “Lost Million” of the Allied troops. The Germans declare Calais, on the Strait ¢f Dover, has been cap- o % —_— | tured, but the Allies deny this latm N l WASHINGTON, May 21 Germany is hurlis #t masses ipproved of legislation requiring|on slaught in the v ciennes sec- uge fingerprinting of aliens who are| lOF, foreing the hard-pressed French For Brl'lsh stimated at 4,000,000, also of a . ! i ” new Dosibacs aw to impose severe penalties in| The French High Command in “fifth column” activities, | admitting a setback said the situ- Senator Tom Connally, sponsor | Lieut. Gen. Sir John Greer of the alien legislation, said the . law is an essential new defense Elevated to Chief of | proscam. | The legislation will impose fines| 1p to $10,000 and prison sentences | 1 to 10 years for any attempt to| subvert the military forces by dis-| | tribution of unAmerican literature General Saff LONDON, May 27.—The British ation is, however, “not unfavor- able.” The Germans threw waves of tankless infantry in a furious at- tack on the Lens and Ypres sec- ‘The Nazi High Command asserts a deep breach has been cut in the Allied lines and that counter at- Army has a new High Commander today. Lieut. Gen. Sir John Greer Dill has become Chief of the Imperial General Staff and Gen. Sir Ed- much Ironside has been given com- mand of the home forces. - 'Prime Minister Makes An-lveman Screen and Film Actor Is Dead HOLLYWOOD, Cal, May 27. — Joseph de Grasse, veteran stage and screen actor, was found un- conscious on a street corner late last Saturday and died enroute to a hospital. MILITARY NOW BARRED FROM U.5. MANEUVERS INNETT By JACK WASHINGTON, May 27"'”"”"7 Sam’s getting testy about his mili-| tary secrets these days, even to the| extent of barring foreign military | attaches stationed in Washington| from the United States Army's sham war ground in Louisiana and | Texas. } The official - reason why gold| embossed invitations are NOT go-| ing out to gold-braided, eagle-| Insufficient accommodation, my eye. The truth is that a military at- tache whatever country he is serving—and that means us, too- is oftentimes a glorified, if LE- GAL, spy. It's part of his job to ferret out facts without appear- ing to do so. | For instance, our military at- taches in Poland gathered much material and information about blitzkrieg last year. For in Poland a modern war machine was in action against a! more or less old style army. What : | NEWPORT, Ore, May 27. — A eyed observers of foreign BOVErN-|giq ji do? Did it bog down any- Straits, Frank Wright, superinten- |sharp earth shock was felt at this| ments. is because there will be| # dent of the packing company, is in|seaport town late last Saturday,| “insufficient accommodation.” | days.|rattling dishes and shaking build-| where? Did it leak blood or gaso- line? One thing they determined was (Continued on Pna; ‘Three) or other means, Senator Connally sald aliens will probably be given only four months to report to postmasters to regis- ter. - MALTA WILL HAVE CURFEW Precaution Taken Against Any Invasion by Parachuters MALTA, May 27.—The Governor of this important British naval base has ordered a curfew from 11 p. m. to 5 a. m. effective tonight. The new curfew is laken as a pre- caution against parachute invasion D IRISH ARMY T0 BE PLACED. ON WAR FOOTING Forces fo BéiBirought Upto Full Strength-Reserv- ists Are Called LONDON, May 27.—Ireland's army is to be brought up to war strength | and placed on a war footing “almost f at once” it was learned here today. Army reservists and volunteers are | being called. | tacking French colonial troops had | been thrown back with “bloody | losses” northeast of Lens. | The waterfront of Dunkerque, on | the North Sea, north of Calals, i1 | reported in flames after German | bombing attacks. | The German spokesman said the |breach in Allied positions in the | battle of Fianders has penetrated almost to the World War battle- fields of Ypres. The new onslaught is aimed at separating French, Brit- ish and Belgian armies, estimated at between 500,000 and 1,000,000 al- ready encircled in the pincer move- ment. S oalio s WARSHIPS OF BRITAIN SHELL GERMAN UNTS Heavy Casualties Inflicted on Nazi Charge at . Boulogne NEW YORK, May 27.—A British Broadcasting Company dispatch, in the Germar{ language, said this forencon that German troops ad- | vancing on Boulogne on the Strait |of Dover suffered heavy losses on account of the continuous shelling by British warships. The broadcast asserts that sewv- eral large German armored units were totally destroyed. - A dainty pudding sauce that is easy to prepare: Beat jelly and cream together, using one-fourth as much jelly as cream and beat un» til frothy. Serve quickly Try it on warm or chilled dessc:l..