The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 8, 1940, Page 1

“ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LVL, NO. 8435. JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 1940. ALLIES AIR RAID SUBURBS OF BERLI Ger ITALY MAY ENTER WAR NEXT WEEK Ships, Under Orders, Hur rying Home or Seek- ing Neutral Ports MUSSOLINI REPORTED READY TO MAKE TERMS | | | | | man 4 MISS ALASKA AND MISS NOME, TYPICAL ALASKA BEAUTIES, ARRIVE TODAY, SOUTHBOUND ARRIVES TODAY FROM FAIRBANK Minnie Motschman Accom- Sudden Movement in Al-| | exandria Gives Rise fo | New Conflict Fears (By ASSOCIATED PRESS) Italian ships all over the world,| from Astoria, Oregon, to Alexan- dria, Egypt, are hurrying homeward | or seeking neutral ports. | Informed Rome sources forecast Italy’s entrance into the European ' war within a week. These sources, assert that the entrance will prob- ably be announced next week panied by Miss Margaref Scott - Be Entertained Given the key to the city today as they stepped from the PAA Elec- tra, Miss Minnie Motschman, “Miss Alaska,” and Miss Margaret Scott, “Miss Nome,” were welcomed at the airport by a committee headed by Charles W. Carter, official greeter for the Juneau Chamber of Com- merce. A round of entertaining has been planned for the two “Queens” dur- ing their brief visit in Juneau. They | were guests at a tea late this af- 14 SUDDEN MOVE IN EGYPT ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, June 8.— The Egyptian government today suddenly sent 6,000 children and aged women and men from Alex- andria to the interior as all Italian ships here received orders to re-| turn immediately to Italy and widespread war moves in the Med- | iterranean are believed imminent. Soldiers and police visited hun-| dreds of homes here shortly after dawn and ordered immediate evac-| uation of children, aged men and | women, on special trains for the interior. - ee— Merchant Cruiser s SentDown Brifish Craft Is Torpedoed But with Loss of Only | Four Lives , LONDON, June 8-—The British Admiralty announces that the armed merchant cruiser Carinthia has been torpedoed and sunk and | two officers and two seamen were killed. 7 | The Carinthia was a Curnarder of 20,000 tons capacity and former- | ly in the transAtlantic sérvice. | J. F. Barrett was captain of the | ship. The announcement does not state | where the Carinthia was torpedoed and sent down, Narfiixg_a}n | In Fight Zone Allies Ha ve Pushed Ger- mans Back Within Six Miles of Sweden STOCKHOLM, June 8. —Thei newspaper Aftonbladet today says the Allies along the Narvik railroad have pushed the Germans back to| the las ttunnel, only six miles from | the Swedish border. The newspa-| per declares that fighting is i.n-i creasing in ferocity. —————————— PYLE AT SEWARD Dr. Taylor J. Pyle, Dental Super- visor of the Office of Indian Affairs, was in Seward yesterday from Ko- diak, enroute to Pairbanks, accord- ing to word received by his office, Thursday or Friday, July 13 or July:temoon at the home of Miss Jane | Alexander, with Mrs. Rod Darnell |as co-hostess. They will also make |a broadcast over KINY late this afternoon. This evening Miss Sybil Godfrey, who represented the Capi- tal City as "Miss Juneau” at the Ice Carnival, will entertain infor- mally with a dinner party at the Baranof Hotel. A dancing party at the Governor’s House is on the program for tonight between 9 and midnight and tomorrow Miss Motschman and Miss Scott will be shown the city and surrounding scenery. The two visitors plan to sail for the States tomorrow on the steam- er Aleutian enroute East. 8 Halibufers Sell, Seattle SEATTLE, June 8. — Halibuters selling here today are as follows: From the western banks—Consti- tution, 40,000 pounds, 9% and 9% cents a pound; Sunset, 20,000 pounds, | 9% and 9% cents; Superior, 25,000 pounds, 9% and 9% cents. From the local banks Bernice, 19,000 pounds, Frequa, 19,000 pounds, Hoover 19,000 pounds, Jane, 16,000 pounds, Betty Jane 19000 pounds, all lselling for an average of 10% to 9% PAF EXECUTIVE HERE VISITING OLD FRIENDS On his annual spring vacation trip to Juneau to see old friends, Archie Shiels, President of the Pa- cific American Fisheries, arrived today on the steamer Baranof. Accompanied by Mrs. Shiels, the executive will be in Juneau until Thursday when he will sail south on the returning Baranof. During their stay here, the Shiels are | stopping at the Baranof Hotel. Basébiifi&day The following are scores of games played this afternoon in the major leagues: National League Boston 1; Chicago 3. Philadelpnia 5; Pittsburgh 6. New York 4; St. Louis 2. Brooklyn 2; Cincinnati 23. American League Detroit_4; Boston 2. Cleveland 3; New York 0. St. Louis I Philadelphia 1. JUNEAU HALIBUTE SELL TO ENGSTROM Three local halibut boats unload- ed catches totalling 17,200 pounds this morning in Juneau, all sell- ing to E. E. Engstrom at prices of 860, and 6.80 cents per pound. The Dixon sold 8,500 pounds, the ! Vigilant sold 5,500 pounds and the 30A303 sold 3,200 pounds. | | FAIRBANKS, Alaska, June 8.—/ As good-will envoys in behalf of | ‘Alnska to the New York World's Fair, Washington, D. C., and other im(‘tropolm;m centers, Miss Minnie | | Motschman the “Miss Alaska,” and | | Miss Margaret Scott, the “Miss! | Nome” for the 1940 Ice Carnlva],“ | left Fairbanks this morning aQoard a PAA Electra for Juneau where they will connect with the steamer Aleutian or steamer Alaska for| Seattle. “Miss Alaska,” beautious raven- locked, dark-eyed brunette whose ancestry dates back to the earliest | days of Alaska, and “Miss Nome,” | | striking blue-eyed blonde, both | self-dependent, are typical Alaska | | beauties. | Their trip is sponsored by the| Fairbanks Dog Derby and Ice Car-| nival at which they were chosen | at Fairbanks at the last carnival| in March. With complete ward- robes, including snowy Alaskan parkas and mukluks, they arepro-| vided for impressive appearance on | all gala occasions. A grand farewell ball was given in their honor last night before their departure for the wonder world which awaits their first tour outside of the Northland and the oreat gold- fields-of Fairbanks and Nome, their homes since birth. MERIT SYSIEM ESTABLISHED IN AGENCIES HERE Marjorie Tillotson Given| Appointment as Sup- ervisor Locally | Miss Marjorie Tillotsen, Juneau | High School mathematics teacher, | |has been appointed Merit System Supervisor for three Territorial | agencies receiving Social Security funds, it was announced last night | by Robert Beasley, Regional Repre- | sentative of the Social Security | Board, | Beasley left for his S8an Francisco | headquarters on the steamer North Sea after completing a month’s task |of establishing the merit system. | Beasley worked in cooperation with | Director Hugh J. Wade of the Social | Security Board and with Territorial officials. { The new merit system, an adapta- |tion of the general principles of Civil Service to the conditions pre- | vailing in Alaska, will govern per- sonnel in the Territorial Department {of Health, Territorial Department of Public Welfare and Unemployment Compensation Commission. Rules and regulations have been approved by the three agencies in conformity with amendments to the, Federal social security act at the last session of Congress. These amend- ments provide all personnel employ- ed in the administration of Fed- eral-State programs under the act, whose salaries in whole or part are paid by Federal funds, must be em- ployed on a merit basis. In the next few months, under Miss Tillotson’s supervision, exam- inations will be offered on & quali- fying basis for all incumbent em- ployees of the three agencies and to establish a register of eligible ap- plicants for replacement, when va- cancies arise . Examinations will be announced through The Empire, Miss Tillotson said, and applica- tions for admission to the examina- | tions should not be submitted until |that time. New Office Miss Tillotsen, whose work in the new position is on a part-time basis, |has taken an office in the Little Territorial Purposes of the merit system, ac- cording to Beasley, are to secure the [ right man for th#iright job on the basis of his qualifications and apti- tude, to provide reasonable security of tenure during good performance and competence on the job, and to provide an orderly and uniform basis of classification of positions with'an orderly and uniform basis of com- pensation, | resentative of PAA in Juneau, has THIRD RAID '| Yorkshire, Essen, Cambridge, Kent, AIR MAIL OFFICIAL 15 COMING, Arthur Willoughby fo Help Handle Souvenier Clippefovers SEATTLE, June 8-—To prepare for the inauguration of the air mail| service between Seattle and Juneau, now scheduled to start June 20, Arthur O. Willoughby, Assistant Superintendent, Division of Air Mail | Service of the Post Office Depart- ment arrived here yesterday and| left for Ketchikan and Juneau this | morning aboard the steamer Yukon.| pal business for his trip is to ar- range for handling the huge volume{ of souvenir mail expected for the| first trip to the 32-passenger Pan American clipper Bermuda now on the way to Seattle for the initial| trip, Seattle to Juneau. Willoughby said 13,000 first flight covers have already been turned| over to the Post Office Department for the inaugural trip and declared that many times that number will| probably be mailed in Seattle and | Alaska points before the flight | time. FLIGHT SCHEDULE Louis A. Delebecque, Sales Rep- received a radiogram from the Se- | attle office stating a change has| been made in the schedule of the clipper from Seattle to Juneau as follows: | The clipper on the shakedown flight is now scheduled to leave Se- attle next Thursday, June 13 for Juneau with night lay-over at Ket- chikan. The first mail flight will| be from Seattle June 20 and the first flight with passengers, from Beattle, June 24. BYGERMANS ENG. COAST Six Assaulls Are Attempfed During Night-Nazis Driven Off (By ASSOCIATED PRESS) German bombers during the night raided in England and France. One raider crashed near Suffolk. Alarms were sounded along the length of the BSoutheast English coast as Naz iraiders appeared. Sirens howled and searchlights criss-crossed the dark skies above Northumberland and Suffolk Coun- ties as anti-aircraft batteries and British planes fought off the at- tacking squadrons. One member of the crashed Ger- man bomber was rescued alive and taken captive. The raid was the third of Nazi bombers on the coast of England in the past 10 Gays. EXTEND THREE MILE LIMIT IS UNION DEMAND ASTORIA, Oregon, June 8.—Ex- tension of the “outmoded” three mile limit to protect American fish- ing interests, particularly in Alaska, from Japanese encroachment has received support of the Maritime Federation convention here. A res- olution asks Congress to take over jurisdiction of all ‘waters adjacent to the fishing grounds. iy GOVERNMENT MAN HERE E. C. Spickraman of the Treas- ury Department arrived in Juneau {bombed, {sutfer the same treatment.” MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENT3 SAME OLD SLUGFEST; NO WEAPONS TO BE BARRED WARNING IS GIVEN 10 ITALY | TR | LONDON, June 8—The London Times warned Premier Mussolini | today that he can expect no aid| from Germany should she enter | Willoughby explained the prlncl-:lhe war on Germany's side, which‘“ will protect her from invasion by | the Allies. The influential Times is fre- quently considered the spokesman for the British Government. The Times pointed out that Italy would never dare to attack or challenge Britain or France under normal circumstances. NOW - BRITON W. ED ROME, June 8.--The newspaper Il Giornale di Italia, speculatingon | the course of the European war, | when and if Italy enters the wnr,i warned that “for every Italian city five English cities will ENSGIVEN CHANCE T0 | BEATMOOSE | sides By JACK STINNETT WASHINGTON, June 8.-—Capital in wartime: There are army men about who, off the record, will warn you: look out for poison gas; it won't be long now. Indications are, they say, the ‘“gentleman’s war"” velop anytime now into the sam old slugfest, with no weapons barred. About two years after the be- ginning of World War I the Ger- mans introduced poison gas at that | Ypres, But things move faster now. | Hints are found in the flame- hrgvers and the use of liquid fire —as well as the charges from both that open cities are being bombed. The number of brutal weap- ons, other than gas, used in the World War are too numer- ous to menton. Secretary of State Lansing had over the mantelpiece in his office, a collection of saw-edged, jagged, curley-cued bayonets, knives and bolos. There were wicked locking dirks, said to have been used by certain half-savage territorials for scalping. Army men here insist that the dum-dum- bullet that splays out like a hand and then rips its way through flesh, was a myth—not because of its horror, but because it was impractical. It bores of rifles and was inaccurate. Although army officials discuss it, the Americans had a few odd weapons of their own. One that drew a violent protest from the Germans was the sawed- off, pump-action shotgun. At short range, it was brutal. Secretary Lansing’s answer to the German protest was a scorcher — some- Still downtrodden, but redeeming | themselves as a result of last night's | game, the Elks will have further! chance to pull themselves out of the | cellar tomorrow when they pls,v} the Moose in a nine inning battle starting at 6 o'clock at the Fire- men’s ball park. | The Moose, who have slipped from | the top spot in the league's stanm} ing to second place, have rumored | that they would meet the Elks with | an Old an’s Club composed of | men over fifty years old. After last, night’s exhibition of big league ball,} fans are becoming skeptical about| the Moose ability to hold the ral- lying Elks with their regular nine.| - — KODIAK TIED IN | SALMON PRICES Canned Salmon Industry, Union Groups Fail fo Agree KODIAK, Alaska, June 8.—Ne- gotiations over the price to be paid for fish caught by Union fisher- men in the Kodiak Island district have reached a deadlock between the Canned Salmon Industry and the combined CIO and AFL union| fishermen’s group. The packers refused to pay the| demanded increase in prices over 1939 rates, principally for red and| pink salmon, About 1,000 fishermen are af-| fected. The Seafarers International Un-| jon has thrown its support behind| the other unions by tieing up ship- ments of all fish trap equipment. NAZIS CAPTURE BRITISH ENVOY DURING MOP-UP BERLIN, June 8—British Ambas- on the Baranof. He is registered at the Gastineau. sador to Brussels Sir Lacelot Ol- phant has been captured with Brit- DEADLOCKOVER thing to the effect that what, in the face of the evidence, made them think they had any humani- tarian rights. Note to American Soclety of Undertakers: There have been plenty of long faces in Washing- ton lately but the longest are the faces of the Republicans. ~ They are just as perturbed about conditions abroad as the Democrats, and have the added misery of feeling that the crisis in American affairs is one of the most potent forces against them. Political sages have been saying for months that the greatest fac- tor in favor of President Roose- velt and the third term, or even of some one like Secretary Hull, if he were to be designated by the President to carry on, would be (Continued on Page Five) may de-| fouled the | won't | Tanks Crash Line; Run Into Trap \WARMAY DEVELOP INTO Hugh Rodman, Navy Admiral, Passes Away Visited Alaska Twice;Slap- pedKingon Backand | Was Knighted f WASHINGTON, June 8 —Admiral Hugh Rodman, 81, died in the Na-| al Hospital here today where he had been suffering for sometime with coronary thrombosis. He visit- ed Alaska twice in an official ca- pacity, once with then Secretary of Navy Daniels and Secretary of Interior Payne, and again Wwith | President Harding as Naval Aide. | | Admiral Hugh Rodman was a bluff, | | hearty “sea dog” from the Blue | | Grass region of Kentucky. He spent | {31 of his 43 years of service afloat, N 4 LEFT FLANK CHARGED BY NAZI FORCES Ponderous Machines Roar Along with French in Hot Pursuit 'SPONGY WEYGAND LINE IS HOLDING ELSEWHERE Invaders Reported fo Have: Reached 53 Miles from Paris BULLETIN—PARIS, June 8. —The French Admiralty an- nounces that in reprical for the served in two wars, salled the seven | | seas and four times was called upon to represent the United States Navy |on special diplomatic missic wore the distinguished service medal | |of his own government and r!.mn-} rations bestowed by half | | foreign powers. Striking Figure He was a striking figure w |in mufti, which he seldom wore be- fore his retirement in 1922, or in| uniform, with his weather-beaten face appearing beneath service cap tilted rakishly in old navy fashion. He saw the Navy evolve from the “tin-clads”of the early '80s to the| floating steel fortresses of today, once helped sail an old navy square | rigger around Cape Horn, on anoth- er occasion was ice-bound off New-| foundland. He was a Lieutenant on the Ral- eigh, which reputedly fired the first shot from the American fleet when Dewey's squadron was discovered steaming past the Spanish banerlnfii at the entrance of Manila Bay the night before the historic battle of | May 1, 1898, and he was in the thick of that engagement. Later he help- ed subdue the Moro tribesmen in the Philippines. Short Time Ashore His tours ashore included a year and half as BSuperintendent of Transportation of the Panama Can- | al, 1914-15. Then as war clouds| began to peer above America’s hori- zon, he was relieved of that duty| and made a member of the General | Board of the Navy. He was on that | duty, helping. prepare the United| States fleet for active service when the United States declared war on| April 6, 1917. A month later he was afloat. Led Battleships in World War He went abroad as Commander of a Division of the Atlantic fleet with rank of Rear Admiral. Later in 1917 he was made Commander of Divis- duzen (Continued on Page “Threer ish Expeditionary troops left be- hind in France, the news service DNB announced today. The agency said since Sir Lance- lot was “captured in the course of military actions on French soil un- der certain suspicious circumstanc- es, his case would be closely exam- ined.” — e, LIBRARIAN FROM WASHINGTON HERE SEEING DOCUMENTS Michael Z. Vinokouroff of the ‘ubrnry of Congress, who has been making a photomicrofilm record of old Russian manuscripts, docu- ments and portraits in Alaska, was able, during a two-week stay in Sitka, to locate the grave of his grandmother. Vinokouroff had never been in | Alaska previously, but his grand- father came to Sitka in 1851 and his father was born there. A photostatic copy of the origin- al logbook of Alexis Chirikof was presented to the Territory Library here today by Vinokouroff, who plans to return to the States on tomorrow’s boat. FOUR FISHERMEN FLY INTO LAKE FLORENCE Leaving for a weekend fishing trip into Lake Florence, four Ju-| neau fishermen flew out of Gas- tineau Channel today with Sheli| Simmons. Also on board the plane | was Ed Schaffer, going to Sitka. Simmons will return this evening with five passengers from Sitka.| Alex Holden is scheduled to fly to Haines this afternoon to re-| turn with R. J. Sommers and N. Lester Troast. | -ee NURSE THROUGH | Jessie Wilson, Government Nurse at Kotzebue, went south on| the Princess Charlotte yesterday | after arriving by plane the evening| before. She will enjoy leave in me; States. | ——————— HERB WILSON BACK Herb Wilson, oldtime lower Cleary | Creek operator, who mined with| Jack Ross for several years u the) early days of the camp, is aboard the Baranof for Seward to the Interior for the sunmer | - | RETURNS FROM COAST | Mrs. Clarence Wise, wife of the| manager of the Juneau Hotel, re- turned to Juneau last night on the ether recent bombing of Faris, a squadron of Allied Naval bomb- ers raided the factories in the suburbs of Berlin last night and returned to their bases intact, soaring over vireraft gun- fire. This is planes bave Berlin although the German | Capitzl City has been show- ered with progaganda leaflets since the start of the war. W 19 announced that the raid of the Nazis on Paris last Mon- day caused nearly 1,000 casual- ties, dead or wounded. BULLETIN—PARIS, June 8. —A column of between 200 and 300 Nazi tanks broke through the French left flank and crossed the Bresle, racing southward nearly 20 miles to Forles Eaux, midway between the river and Roucn. These charging units went arcund the French supporting points wiibout infantry follow- ing. Hcewever, the entrapment of the celumin of tanks seems probable as French anti-tank units went in hot pursuit. (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) German tanks, during today, smashed through the western Frengh line on the upper Bresle River, but the French High comrnanx’ said the spongy Weygand line #iswstill holding all the rest of the front™: Informed German sources cl that the western campaign hes “definitely shattered the Fren &h hopes” of fighting from fixed po- sitions but did not give further de- tails of advances. The German assault, early to- day, appeared also making headway in the Oise Valley to Carle, a point 53 miles from Paris. One thousamd tanks are said to have led the as- sault. ———————— GIBRALTAR PREDICTED FOR SPAIN Authoritative German Commendafory Issues Statement Today BERLIN, June 8.—The authori- tative commentary Dienst aus Deutschland today predicts that Glbraltar will become Spanish as it was before Great Brtiain made it the Mediterranean stronghold. The commentar, 1 some areas opposite Spain on the African coast, apparently meanin ome in addi- tion to Spanith Morocco, “‘must also be in Spanish. Hands.” > ENROUTE TO CIRCLE W. H. Willlams, placer miner from Dea Creek near Circle, passed Juneau on the Bar- anof, ‘The Intepior mining man is re- Vinokouroff is stopping at the steamer North Sea after a short|turning to his properties after & Juneau Hotel. trip to Sitka. nine months trip Outside. -