The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 28, 1940, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE ; “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LVL, NO. 8425. JUNEAU, ALASKA TUESDAY, MAY 28, I940 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS ALLIES PLAN NEW OFFENSIVE ON NAZL @ L4 4 Refugee Belgzans Disown Their Monarch U.S.BOMBER On-Rushing Germans Cross River With Tanks CRASHES, SIX MEN KILLED Craft, on nghi Mission, ComesDownon | Desert ] MARCH FIELD, Cal, May 28.— Two officers and four members of the crew of a Douglas bomber were killed last night, Army officials an- nounced, when the plane crashed near Mojave. Sergeant John Stewart, of Mid-| way, Alabama, survives the crash, | although seriously injured. | The plane was on a night bomb- | ing mission and took off at 7 o'clock, crashing at 10 lock on Murdoe Dry | Lake which is the Army hnmlml(:i range on the Mojave desert. The dead are: Second Lieutenant Jess Smith, 32. Lieut. Charles Nisbett, 25. Sergt. Thurman Owens, The three are all of lemdn Privates Wayne Kaufman, of Bur-| lington, Towa; Doyle Bean, of Kirby- ville, Texas, and Eugene Schultz, of Twinn Falls, Idaho. New Taxes By Congress Are Looming Money Must Be Raised as| Partial Payment for Defense Program WASHINGTON, May *28.—Indi- cations multiplied that Congress | will seek to up taxes before ad- journment in an attempt to plan} partial payment for extra defenses. The leaders of both parties in the House are reported polling their members on the question and the Treasury Department is believed nearly ready to propose a tax plan. Late today it was announced that Congressional leaders have agreed to raise three billion dollars in new taxes during the next five years to pay the cost of National defense. The plan as raitfied by Presi- dent Roosevelt, was drafted at a| three-mour conference with Secre- tary of Treasury Morgenthau, Chairman Doughton of the House | Ways and Means Committee and | Chairman Harrison of the Senate Finance Committee. | The plan calls for immediate fi- nancing of defense costs by the sale of three billion dollars worth of special “national defense. obliga- tions” and alsé calls for the levy- ing of additional taxes, the nature of which has not ben determined | vyel but amounting to between $600,- 000,000 and $700,000,000 annually during the next five years. - e, — PLAYMATES FOUND DEAD IN ICE BOX Two Lads Finally Found After - Extensive Search Made ROSEVILLE, Cal, May 28.—The | More Money P —————— R e e e ot o — This picture, transmitted by radio from Berlin to New York, shows a German tank ¢ rus\lll K a stream wmrwhore in Belgium as the Nazi drive thrust dl‘fpcl into that (nunlry and France. NAZI PLANE 11942 Model LOSS SAID | Aufomobile Now Sought SOLDIERS ‘LAY DOWN Wnconditional Surrender s, Reporfed Having | Taken Place ‘ PARIS, May 28. 'fl\(‘ French War Ministry = spokesman said wnlght‘ that the Belgian Army “almost in | its entirety” has given itself up. as; prisoners and the situation, as the | result “is very difficult” for the Allies. | The French spokesman places the number of Belgian soldiers surren- dering at 300,000 The official communique tonight says the German divisions are pushing hard in the east and west | directions on the northern front above the Lys River in the direc- tion of the channel ports of Os- tend and Zeebrugge. The unconditional surrender of | the Belgians broke the back of the| Allied armies in the north and| brought the battle of Flanders to| the culminating point. British and French are mendous operations” in bombing German air fields and communi- air forces tonight participating in “tre- | King Leopold fo Surrender; BELGIAN Belgian ArmyIs Ordered by \TWO FORCES T0 CONTINUE Reynaud Makes Slalemem WITH FIGHT PARIS, May 2&——[‘"&“0“ Pre- mer Reynaud today announced the capitulation of the Belgian Army to the German invaders. Premier Reynaud said King Leopold made the decision to surrender against the unanimous vote of his Ministers, The French Premier also said that the. French and English forces have been fighting alone since 4 o'clock a. m., European time. The Premier made the an- nouncement in a natignwide ra- dio broadcast stating that the surrender was unconditional and was made without consull either the French or British Governments which “went to the aid of Belgium.” The announcement was u.de only a few hours after the Bel glan Premier, Hubert Pierlot stated the Belgian Government had decided to continue the war and Pierlot called on all Belgians to continue to resist in confi- dence that victory would come sooner or later. Premier Reynaud further said the Belgian Government in op- position to the King's order would continue to function and “raise a new army.” ‘leglslahon Aimed af (ommunisfs, Bunders, | | WASHINGTON, May 28. Or Aliens Passes Senafe ~— The| employment of Communists and British Prime Minister Orders Generals fo Battle On TREASON" (RY HEARD ON STREETS OF PARIS Attempt Will Be Made fo Rescue "'Trapped” Soldiers, Belgium BULLETIN—BERNE, May 28. —Thirty Allied Divisions are reported moving into position tonight, south of the Aisne River, near Rethel, for a “now or never’ ofiensive to rescue French aud British forces trapped in the German’s Lille pocket. Reports reaching here from both sides of the war zone in- dicated Gen. Weygand placed the major part of the Allied | For Defense President Seeks Thirty-fwo Million Dollars fo Train Air Pilots WASHINGTON, May 28.—Presi- dent Roosevelt has added $32,000,- 000 to a prospective defense out- lay. The President asks the sum | to train civilian pilots for the Air forces. H cations. 'HOOVER FAVORS ADMINISTRATOR Warning fo Ameri- FOR ARM AME'" can Public TOBE2,000 MayBe Nix BmlSh Say 4,500 German Treasury Se(retary Gives Airmen Lost in 12 Days’ Fighting \Denies National Defenses LONDON, May 28.—British air au- | wASHINGTON, May 28.—Secre- | Neglected During thorities last night estimated that tary of Treasurer Henry Morgen- | the Germans have lost more than |thau today warned the American | 2,000 bombing and fighting planes | people they may have to forego 1942 H T in the twelve days between May model automobiles in order to make IS lerm 10 and May 22, | machines available for defense. The British spokesman said that The 1941 models will appear on| NEW YORK, May 28. — Former | these plane losses entail the loss of | schedule as machine tools for their President Herbert Hoover in a radio about 4,500 German airmen, includ- | manufacture have already been de- speech last night advocated a “sin- | | ‘: campaigns against the Germans. | | | Senate has passed legislation: (o Bun® members engaged in inter- | restrict sharply the number of jobs | state commerce and will limit to held by Communists, Nazi Bund| 10 percent the number of allen members or aliens and also outhwu;: workers in any interstate industry “oppressive labor practices” of In-|except where the number of citi- terstate Commerce. zen workers is inadequate. The vote was 47 to 20. Employment. of labor sples or ‘The bill now goes to the House. | strikebreakers is also prohibited un- The measure will plohlblt nl der Lhc bill, force in this position before the Belgians sarrendered. (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) Belgium’s King Leopold’'s order that the Belgian army of approxi- mately 300,000 surrender today is “promptly” disowned by his own refugee Government in Paris. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill told the House of Com- mons that the Allied Generals havs been ordered to continue thelr Capital Hears Nazi Plan The action of the refugee Bel- glan Government officials in Paris means, in effect, that the King has been deposed from his throne as he has no right to swrender his No. 12 Is Scheme to Cut |Grandson ofTormer Kais- |in the battle of Flanders. ———-— |ing pilots, airplane gunners, navi- | jivered. pRIN(E w“'HH'M | gators and observers, It is predicted that auto manu- F WAR | The German losses are said to|facturers might continue the 1941 'l |include 1580 planes shot down in | models u—.mugh the year of 1942. ITALY READY - T0 ACT NOW ROME, May 28.—The surrender of the Belgian Army is expected in foreign circles to hasten Italy's |entry into the war to help Ger- | many finish off the Allies and win a share of the victor's gains. Sranegetle !combat, with the rest of the 2,000 - figure accounted for by antiaircraft | fire and accidents. Most of the German losses are said to be bombing planes, while about 800 of them were pursuit craft. BRISTOL BAY PACKERS GET a First | er, Wounded, Dies Fol- lowing Operation BERLIN, May 28—Prince Wil- helm of the Hohenzollerns, 33, | grandson of the former Kaiser, and who marrier a commoner, was killed | The Prince, who was Lieutenant, was heading a company. | gle headed Administrator” to direct the United States armament pro-| gram and warned aganst giving au- | thority to more boards and bu-| | reaus. Hoover suggested that the Admin- |istrator be an industrialist and not |a politician and he also suggested | a single purchasing department for the Army and Navy. | Hoover disputed President Roos- | evelt's fireside chat claims that de- | fense was neglected prior to the present Administration. Hoover said the menace of Hitlerism was still unborn in 1932 and the war fever did not rise until two or three years later. No Immediate Danger i Hoover declared that only through the appointment of a National ad- ministrator could the difficult job | He was wounded in the abdomen in | Sunday’s fighting and died follow- ing an operation. | — e — — | J. P. MOFFATT IS NOMINATED FOR MINISTER Career Dip%t Named 101 Canada as Successor fo Cromwell w WASHINGTON, May 28—Presi- dent Roosevelt has appointed Jay Pierpont Moffatt, 43, career diplo- mat, as United States Minister to, Canda. He succeeds James Crom-| well who won the New Jersey Dem- cratic Senatorial nomination. Moffatt has served in various Capitals and conferences abroad |of rearming America be carried By JACK STINNETT WASHINGTON, May 28. — You| would think that a park service| guide, who had a visit from Presi-| dent Roosevelt, would have a happy tale to tell his grandchildren. But not the guide who tends the Ship Museum in Yorktown. In a tight little one-door build- ing that looks more like a white barn than a museum, the York-| town repository has three British cannon dredged out of the York River, They are relics of the urca'l battle of 1781. The park service had | recreated in the museum the gun| deck of a British frigate and mounted the cannon. They had sent to London for dope on hand-| Great Brifain in One-HaIl mos!. cornpnmcnmxy The villains of the piece are Hitler, Von Ribbentrop and Himmler. At one point, the British Ambassador says: “If T were entitled to appor- tion the blame for the tragic and ghastly war which we have now entered, I should do so as follows: firstly, the overween- ing ambition and the ever- growing megalomania of Hitler; secondly, the self-interested ad- vice of Herr von Ribbentrop and of the small clique of Nazi veterans and gangsters. . . . to whom, for their services in the struggie for power, were given many of the plums of victory. . and thirdly, Himmler and READY, PACK ASTORIA, Ore., May 28. — The | Columbia River Packers Association began loading supplies today aboard the steamer William L. Thompson and the vessel will sail for Bristol Bay within a week. Other canning firms sending ex- peditions soon are the Pacific Am- | erican Fisheries, Libby, McNeill and | Libby, and Nakat Packing Com- pany. TOMOVEINLAND ORDERS AWAITED DOVER, England, May 28.—It is unofficially reported that English civilians along the coast are await- ing Government orders to move farther inland. Children are al- ready leaving. N g GERMANS LAND FROM PLANES IN NARVIK REGION Cross Waters in Collapsuble Boafs for Atfack on Brifish STOCKHOLM, May 28— German | troops, landed’ from planes, are re- ported to have crossed the Rombak- | fjord in collapsible boats to attack the flanks of the British near Nar- vik, the northern ore port in Nor- way. Baseball Today .: out with efficiency and economy. He sald that America was in no immediate danger of attack but ad- mitted the perils of any forign in- vasion of the Western hemisphere. | Said Hoover: “Now is the time to keep cool. Before operating from | any air base in the western hemis- phere, an enemy must first eapture | that territory. |the American fleet which is twice as strong as the combined fleets of Europe, omitting the British. This is a job which would take time even if it were possible. There is no occasion for panic, but there is \need for speed.” Plane Facilities Hoover said that the United | States did not need 50000 airplanes ‘dnring peace time. He said that {the country needed the machinery |wlth which to turn out 4,000 planes \d momh and the personnel to fly | He must get past| Sald Hoover: “If we could dem-| onstrate that we could supply the| |Army and the Navy with 4,000 | planes a month, that would be am- | his blackshirted 8.S. and secrei police.” To me, the most amazing revela- tion in the book is the record that | the G about, that the President was com-| !¢ German Army General Staif| | had every one of its blitzkrieg: ing down. The President has a| ° ! definite yen for naval history.| :“_’l"‘fd.""t ';' the most minute He's an expert. He has cullmll:l_ even before the move against some of the Navy’s best on moot | AUStIa. questions and navigation records | | Tw“'lh in with this are reports often have proved him right. The| '} Washington that German Army | plans for every contingency, in- museum was in a dither. Its crack| guide was selected to put the guns| ;:1::1’43 Switzerland and the Bal- tiionats thelr Thood: are on file. These plans. i is said, number 12, and the twelfth is a gigantic maneuver for the in vasion of England—a scheme for cutting Great Britain in half and waging a war to the death. This could be nothing more | than one of those Old Wives' tales | ’thu criculate about the nation’s | capital one the slightest pretext. those who| But it could also be one of those| ling such cannon. Guides drilled | for weeks, in the motions of load-| ing, cleaning, aiming and firing. Then, one day word spread The presidential party arrived —and the United States secret service wouldn't let the Presi- dent go inside. There's a rule, it seems, that no President of the U.S.A. can enter any build- ing with only one exit. Book Review: For a tip from the capitalites and read | of international espionage. Sir Nevile Henderson’s “Failure of| More than a month ago military a Mission.” | folk were whispering that May 10 ¢ | made | nation to the enemy. Frenchmen in the streets of Paris cried “treason” when informed that Belgilum had surrendered. Allles to Carry on | Prime Minister Churchill said the | Allies will carry on with all vigor and he was wildly cheered today |in the House of Commons when he | said: “Nothing which may happen |to us in this battle can im any | way relieve us of our duty to de- }rmd the world cause to which we | have bound ourselves.” | The German High Command de- |clares the Allied armies are pock- {eted in Flanders and doomed. Plan New Coup British Naval spokesman hinted the British Expeditionary force is preparing fo withdraw {from the battle in Belgium but it |Is not immediately indicated whether the withdr from the continent shifting of forc France. ‘The naval sp Expeditionar ‘Thu al will be merely a outh to aid kesman sald the would face ttempting to cr the En Channel as the | Royal Air Force and fleet would | have to hold off the Nazi air force. German Claims The Germans said a new series of smashing successes have been 4s the mechanized columns {broke through strong border for- tifications on a broad front and captured numerous towns and vil- lages in a giant squeeze movement in Flanders. | It is estimated that 700,000 Al- |lied soldiers are trapped in an area scarcely larger than a good- western cattle ranch and mm this crowded section waves of |came in late on the big war, take|facts that drift up from the depths 9ive bombers are unloading lethal | | gas, cargoes of bombs and machine gun bullets - e Sir Nevile was the British Am-| Was the date for the Nazi crash WESLEY MONSEN GOES TO into the Netherlands. Even when | INTERIOR FOR VACATION the Norwegian campaign was| bodies of Richard Payne, 8, Bobbie Richmond, 4, have found in an icebox in a shed. and|ang his last mission was in accom- { i been | panying Sumner Welles on his Eu- SHARES DUMPED, ‘The following are scores of games ple notice to the world to keep off | layed this afternoon in the two | bassador to Berlin from 1937 to i {718 oA \lhe outbreak of the second World Chief of Police Joe Allen said the two lads were probably locked | in the icebox by playmates. | The little boys had been dead | for several hours when found. | A big search by Legionnaires and townspeople had been-.instituted for the missing youngsters, ‘Bnnno( Hotel, major leagues: National League Cincinnati 2; Pittsburgh 5. St. Louis 5; Chicago 0. American - League Washington 4, 1; New York 12, 3. Detroit 8; Cleveland 5. Chicago 9; St. Louis 10, ropean fact finding mission. | s owvorox | STOCK EXCHANGE ARRIVES ON YUKON Bruce Bower, traveling man, ar- NEW YORK, May 28.—Traders rived in Juneau on board the north- dumped stock today with the receipt bound steamer Yukon. Here for sev-of war news and losses started early eral days, Bower is staying at me‘in trading. Transactions totalled 1,300,000 shares, | | | | | E— FLIES TO FAIRBANKS | War. You might think his account | would be crammed with propa-| | Mrs. D. R. Gustafson, wife of the | Fairanks mine operator flew home | by PAA Electra today after arriving | here on the steamer Yukon from lche States, ) ganda — and there is, of course, some of it there — but he has| leaned over backward to be fair| |and his appraisals of many Nazi| leaders, including Goering, are al- opened, army and navy imsiders ;votn'ked and said: “Wait until May | Not all the rumors that float about Washington are hooey— most, perhaps—but not all. You'll have to choose for yourself, | Wesley Monsen son of Al Mon- | sen, PAA pilot, arrived on the Yukon |from Seattle where he was ; |uated this month from |lege,and continued his | Interior where he will |his summer vacation.