The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 4, 1940, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LVI, NO. 8431. JEJNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 1940. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS MORE NAZI RAIDS ARE MADE ON FRANCE MOREFUNDS | Keaton o Wed Young Dancer ENGLANDTO FOR DEFENSE OF NATION Over Billion Dollars Is Re- quested by FDR for 68 Navali\A/esseIs WASHINGTON, June ¢ — President Roosevelt has asked Congress for funds to start con- struction of 68 naval vessels, ubmitting a defense request for 277,741,000 for both Army and Navy. T sum includes funds for the start of three aircraft car- riers, 13 cruisers, 22 submarines and 30 destroyers. — - FLYINGPROGRAM | T0 BE EXPANDED | AT ONCE BY CAA Forty-Five Thousand New Pilots To Be Provided By July 1, 1941 WASHINGTON, June 4.—Chair- | man Hinckley announces today that the Civil Aeronautics Authority will expand the primary training pro- | gram immediately to provide for 45,000 new airplane pilots by July 1, 1941. * Timé -ét;;l—bs (ause Fires, NightTime Incendiary Explosives Are Dropped by Germans in Air Raids PARIS, June 4.—Many time bombs ‘ were dropped on Paris and also Le- | Havre in air raid yesterday. | These time bombs exploded dur- | ing the night and‘resulted in start- ing scores of fires | D Girls Die, InFrance Thirty AIsoI—njured when Bombs Are Dropped on School PARIS, June 4. — Eleven young girls were Kkilled at a girls’ school just outside of the city m yes- terday’s German air raid and 30 girls were injured. This is the re- port received officially from the school officials. KEEP CONGRESS IN SESSION IS PLEA OF 6.0.P. WASHINGTON, June 4.—Repub- lican members of the House have | voted unanimously in favor of a | resolution calling upon Congress to | remain in session throughout the | present international emergency. | The resolution was presented to a meeting of House Republicans by GOP Leader Joseph Martin. Martin said that Congress should | remain in session to give adequate | consideration of defense plans, tax programs and to avoid the necessity of conferring greater powers upon persons he called “government bur- eaucrats,” and. the 'White House. Belgian forces from Dunkerque. Eleanor Ruth Norris Screen Comedian Buster Keaton third time. dancer. Keaton, filing notice of in Trimmed k_) EMBARKATION, ALLIED FORCE IS GREAT JOB \British Admiralty Tells of Hundreds of Boats En- gaged in Work LONDON, June 4.-The British Admiralty discloses thst on arms of 885 craft has taken part in the embarkation of British, French and The ships and boats engaged in| the spectacular naval operation in-|* [ ] lr Rald | cluded 139 naval craft and 746 other | A'mY, [ | vessels of all sizes and types. | munitions, The Admiraity reported the loss of | |30 naval craft, including six destroy- ers. The other ships were described as “auxiliary craft such as trawlers, idri!t s, mine layers and tugs.” | The Admiralty's communique said:" | “British, French and Belgian troops }have been brought back safely to |the country from Belgium and | northern France in numbers, which | when the full story is told, will dis- | may the world.” | 335,000 RESCUED | LONDON, June 4—Prime Min- | ister Winston Churchill announced | in the House of Commons today that a fleet of 1,000 Allied ships rescued 1335,000 French and British soldiers in the great cross channel retreat |from the bloody Flanders battle. Churchill also said that about 30,- /000 of the expeditionary force had been killed, wounded or missing. | The Prime Minister also said that when he first set the time for the withdrawal of the expeditionary force, a week ago, “I feared that it would be my hard lot to announce the greatest military disaster of our long history.” O Prevailing Wage on Federal Projects in Hawaii, Also Alaska WASHINGTON, June 4 — The House has completed congressional |nction on the bill to require pay- ment of prevailing rates of wages on Federal public works in Alaska and Hawaii, | Rep.: and Buster Keaton 8 plans to venture into matrimony a The bride-to-be is Eleanor Ruth Norris, 21-year-old 44, and his flancee are shown in Hollywood after tention to wed. Senalor Agonizes Over U. . - Defenses But Gets His Hair Fit War Helmel | | By JACK STINNETT WASHINGTON, June 4.—Capitol | barber shop: | Good afternoon, Sena-| tor. Hear you gentlemen mady be| | around all summer. | | Senstor: Poppycock. Cut it short.| {1 may be wearing a helmet before | | I get time for another haircut. | Representative (from adjoining | chair) :Hello, Senator. Sounds like | you don't think much of our pre- “)mr('dncss program, Or do you? { Sen.: Humph. You know what I think of it, young man. I'm the| original one-man armaments bloc. | If Congress had listened to Ber- | nard Baruch for the last two or to me, for that matter— | wouldn’t be in this mess. But things will be all| right, now. With an air force of 50,000 planes, a full peacetime and reserves of men and we won't have -any- thing to worry about, will we? | yez | we Sen.: Hah! Maybe yes, and may- Ibe no. But first let me ask you something, Mr. Representative. Aren’t you on that House commit- !u’v that lopped millions off the | military appropriations bill last January? Aren’t you one of those who told the army they could | have only 57 new planes in 1941, Eand that 37 of those would have to be strictly training planes? | And after all that, didn’t I see you inpmauding wildly the other day ;when the President called for that | 50,000-plane air force? Rep. (weakly): But conditions change, Senator. Barber: When I was in the . . | Sen.: Of course, could have foreseen a few years ago that that beer-hall corporal, ’and his stomach - empty nation 9 if any one| CARRY WAR T0 VICTORY 'Prime Minister Declares There Will Never Be Any Surrender | LONDON, June 4.—Prime Min- ister Churchill told the House of | Commons today that “we must expect another blow to -be struck almost immediately at us on the French.” He made this statement |as he told of the “rescue” of 335- 1000 British and French soldiers from the bloody disastrous Fland-| ers battle. The Prime Minister also added that “Great Britain will carry this war to victory if necessary, for years, and if necessary, alone.” ' Dramatically, Churchill further. said: “We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France. We shall fight on the seas, the oceans and we shall fight with growing confi- dence and growing strength in |the air. We shall defend our is- land, no matter what the cost. We | shall fight on the beaches. We |shall fight on the landing grounds. We shall fight in the fields and streets and on the hills. We shall never surrender. Our Dominions across the seas and our British fleet will carry on the struggle, even- if our island is subjugated and starv-| ing, until in God's name, the New | | World, in all of its strength and | might sets forth to the rescue snd ‘ liberation, of the Old.” | MANPOWER, U 5. ARMY, NOW SHORT clares Chief of Staff | Gen. yajshall WASHINGTON, June 4. — Gen. George Marshall, Chief of the Army Staff, told the House Appropria- tions Sub-committee, according to testimony made today, that the| man-power of the Army is at a| “tragic shortage.” - Unite Wrangell Potlaich : Colorful Situation Is “Tragic” De- Kudanake Elevated fo Po- sifion of Chief Shakes; Large Attendance WRANGELL, Alaska, June 4. Hundreds of visitors from all parts of Alaska and the States yesterday enjoyed the first day of the Wrangell Potlatch which day’s events was climaxed last night by a banquet at the Wrangell Tnstitute. Gen. Marshall said that a ground | garrison for one battalion of in-| fantry and field artillery detach ment, should be constructed at An chorage, Alaska, and then forces| sent there as soon as possible. TAX BOOST CONSIDERED BY LEADERS Congressional Action Indi- cates General Raise on Incomes . WASHINGTON, June 4. — Con- gressional tax leaders are reported | authoritatively to be considering a | boost in the pending tax bill to| more than one billion dollars. | One method proposed is by broad- | |ing the income tax base and in-| Kudanake, 76-year-old Indian, was elevated to the position of Chief Shakes. Indian war canoes, dances and | songs contributed to the festivities and color to the ceermonies which are continuing today with the dedi- cation of the restoration of Chief Shakes community house and totem pole dedication by both white and *HERE'S WORK AHEAD £ ‘showing a cruiser (left), supply dock and destroyers. Al of U inoreased activity, as a result of the extraordinary defense appropr The foree of 11.000 versons employed at this yard is to be greatly augmented. dStatesNotfo | Recognize Any Transfer, New World Possessions; BEEXPANDED WASHINGTON, June 4.—Senator Key Pittman of Nevada and Repre- | sentative ‘Sol Bloom of New York ‘have introduced identical resolutions | in Congress declaring that the Unit- ed States “would not recognize any | transfer and would not acquiesce in | any attempt to transfer any geo- | graphecial region of the Western power to another non-American | 1 Hemisphere from one non-American | | power, if such transfer or attempt | | to transfer should appear likely. “The United States shall, in addi- | tlon to other measures, immediately | consult with other American repub- | | lics to determine upon steps which should be taken to safeguard the common interests.” | | The resolution, in effect, would | extend the Monroe Doctrine, through | interpretation. The Monroe Doctrine has already been extended this far by the President The purpose is obviously to fere- | stall any German attempt, if victor- ious in the present war, to claim any | ish, Dutch, Frénch or Danish | sions in the new world. | jI:I!AN(.'E fifr 10 RETALIATE OVER | } | } —Here is a general view of the Brookiyn, N. Y., navy yard ncle Sam's navy yards are in for jations rushed through congress. | amendment putting a total of 10.- ERBOURG ] if LROUUL IS BOMBED BY GERMANS Rhone Valley Under At- fack-Fires Are Set in Several Areas (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) Like bolts out of a clear sky, Nazi bombers de new raids over France today, lollowing bombing | attacks last Saturday and Sun- day on the southern part of France and, yesterday, on Paris. Today's raids were made on Cherbourg, on the English Chan- nel, also a second attack on Le Havre, where incendiary time bombs were dropped yesterday, which ex- ploded during the night, setting many fires. These fires are still burning today and reported spread- ing. It is believed that many civillans have been killed or wounded at Cherbourg and several fires have been started. Other Nazi bombers made an attack on the Rhone Valley, cross- ing the frontierat a high altitude despite the anti-alreraft fire. DUNKERQUE IS ENTERED BY GERMANS Hundreds omlied Planes Are Reported De- stroyed in Raids BULLETIN—BERLIN, June 4. —The German High Comthand claims the canture of Dunkerque and with it complete mastery of the entire French and Belgian channel coast as far south as the Somme River. It is also cinimed that 40,000 soldiers have n taken prisoners as well as a vast amount of hooty, (BY ASSCCIATED PRESS) The German High Command re- e are enter- ! NAVAL AIR FORCE WILL Ten Thousand Pianes Are| Indicated Now in Con-" | gressional : Action WASHINGTON, June 4. — The Senate has approved legislation au- thorizing the expansion of the na- val air force to 10,000 planes manned by 16,000 pilots and pro- viding for the establishment of a defensive ring of naval air bases| around the country. The measure will now be re- turned to the House to act on changes, chief of which Is Lhe; | | | | 000 planes for the.Air Force. | ‘‘ne Hirh Command also claims e [] A' an Ie o;maz 400 Allied planes and many hangars were destroyed in yester- day’s raid on France, in the Paris T seetor, and that 79 Allied planes were shot down, with “nine of our ) SAN DIEGO, Cal, June 5. — Earthquake shocks of moderate in- tensity struck the San Diego re- glon this morning, but did no ap- parent damage The hardest tremblor lasted only machines missing.” The High Command also claims that all nerthern France channel ports are now in German hands and this is admitted. by Prime NAZI AIR RAIDS Indian dignitaries. - D Large Force Be Stafioned At Anchorage Artilery Men, Infantry To Be Sent to New Base, If Built WASHINGTON, June 4 The War Department officials today con- | Minister Churchill of Great Britain. Governors Are Warned To Brepare |Organization of Sixth Col- umn Suggested fo Fight Fifths DULUTH, Minn, June 4.—Gov- ernor Stark, of Missouri, keynoted a few seconds. It was felt in the Imperial Val- ley where a quake killed nine per- sons May 18. 'WIRE CUTTING PLIERS FOUND, PLANE WRECK ge Is Suspected by Those Conducfing Investigation LOS ANGELES, Cal, June 4—A pair of wire-cutting pliers, found Believe ioWAflacks on l Open Cities Planned by German Bombers PARIS, June o retaliation” | on German civilian populations is | the statement authorized in French | circles. It is said that the French Goyv- ernment regards raids on Southern France, staged last Saturday and Sunday, and the raid over Paris ves- | Sahofg terday, were not raids on open cities | | but on military objectives i | | 0 SPEED UP CONSTRUCTION | i | | | | I Eu iwere going to blitzkrieg would have arope, we half of been |ready to say enough’s enough. But |we didn't see that. We just saw ! the good old Allies standing there |in the way and said, “Oh, well, if | worst comes to worst, well tell jold England and France we like ilhem best,” and that will fix every- | thing: | Rep.: But Senator . . . } Sen.: But nothing. Worst has jcome to worst. And so we say, “Now, well arm. Now, we'll put { three billion dollars into our war | machine. Now, everybody’s happy | again.” Rep.: Well, you'll step. admit it's a creasing rates on incomes below $60,000. Navy's Combat Fleet Now fo Belncreased WASHINGTON, June 4. — The| Senate has passed the bill author- | izing a 11 percent increase in the| Navy’s combat fleet and which also raises the maximum of the Naval firmed as likely that 3,000 artillery | men and infantry will be sent to | in the wreckage of the new Doug- |las transport plane that crashed the National Governors Conference |here with a plea for preparedness throughout the nation. Anchorage, Alaska, to defend the proposed airbase there. | The War Department officials and | Alaska Delegate Anthony J. Dimond agreed that troops will go north after construction of the base is under way. The construetion of the base is, however, still in conference stages. The bill for the base provides $12,- P 000,000 for the airbase and also $6,- ™Ma 000,000 for a military post. | fense program. |last Saturday afternoon, and in| Governor Stassen, of Minnesota, —_ which four men were killed, | welcomed the executives to the Du- WASHINGTON, ,June 4, — Thl!‘amused speculations among investi- | jyth meeting. Government has asked the Ford | gators today. Governor Stark voiced a need of Motor Company, General Motors Some believed that the pliers in-| modernization and coordination of Corporation, Studebaker, Packard | dicated probable sabotage, although | the armed forces. He advised the !and Chrysler corporations to begin it was pointed out that one of|governors that they mwust play their lor expand the production of air-|the four men who died in the crash|part in defense measures by com- lane engines for the huge air ar-;m!ght have carried the tool in a manding the National Guard units da contemplated under the de- pocket. to operate at peak war-time effic- The big plane, built for the|jency. He warned against what he Delegate Dimond said ground de- M. AT Navy, crashed in flames from a|called “an insiduous band of traitors fense is necessary because of recent THE 41 LITTLE PIGS height of 250 feet, just after tak-|and opportunists” He said the best “parachute activities. | MERCEDES, Tex.—J. C. Lear, ing off on its first trial flight. An|form of protection against the fifth ———.——- - ! farmer, thinks his sow has given|inspection just before the takeoff|columnists was the organization of Thomas Mann, the German au- him a faif start in the hog busi- |showed all equipment and instfu-|a sixth column of all loyal citizens, thor, started life as an insurance ness. In her first three litters she ' ments in apparently perfect condi-|though not in uniform, to maintain (Continued on Page Air Force to 4,500 planes, broker, | produced 41 pigs. tion, faith in the Pederal Government, ‘