The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 13, 1940, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LVI, NO. 8439. JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 1940. PRICE TEN CENT3 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS RENDER OF PARIS TO BE DEMANDED ltaly CUT SEA IN HALF; PLAN OPERATIONS Eqypt About fo Enter War with Allies - Air | Raids Made (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) A wide new mine belt has been | laid around Scilly by Italy. The intention is to cut the Mediter- | ranean Sea in half for operation | purposes. Egypt is on the verge of enter- ing W and today placed all communication systems, air and| naval bases, also ports at the dis- posal of Great Britain. Italian sources claim air raids have been made on the French naval base at Toulon, | An afternoon dispatch from Cairo says the Royal Air Force smashed new blows at the Italian airdromes | at Libya and in Ethiopia, and have shot down several Italian planes. Lays French Port Bombed by Nazis (TURKEY IN NEW FLOP WITHNAZI Trade Agréén?enf Signed Today with Germany- Comes as Bombshell The Turki Government has signed a new commercial agree- ment with Germany. The anncuncement of the ac- ccrd came as a bombshell. Turkish leaders have been in- sisting that Turkey would fulfill the mdtual assistance pacts with Great Britain and France and the controlled press has also been scverely attacking Italy for entering the war on the side with Germany. Diplemats flocked to the of- fice of the Foreign Ministry as scon as the announcement of the accerd being signed was made public. The diplomats are attempting to learn the signifi- canee of the move. The action, it is said, resulted frcm menths of negotiations by Mine Belt In Mediterranean ITALIAN FORCES ARE THROWN INTO WAR ULTIMATUM IS EXPECTED - ATANYTIME J Capitulaiiofi Destruction ' Will Be Final Word ‘ of Germany | — o 'INVADERS EIGHT MILES " FROM CENTER OF CITY | Soldiers Rewp;ried Out of French Capital-British : Rush Troops | BULLETIN — BERLIN, June 13. — The Nazi spokesman to- night said the German troops are about eight miles from the center of Paris. BULLETIN — BERLIN, June 13.—~The DNB carries a brief dispatch under a Paris date- line saying it is officially an- Third Term Dangerous; =~ s Goper Says CLIPPER T0 MAIL ISSUE Hamilton D_maresSuch? (OME NOR"’I ‘ Of (“ppER " o ey IN MORNING IS TAKEN up\(ongressiorfafil Hands-off Our Democracy WASHINGTON, June 13— John | Wk | : Ketchikan Chamber of OArder .'° ETULOD‘;%"S i Commerce Starts Ball | AMeriaakeshape Hamilton, Chairman of the Repub- RO”IHg for SerVi(e WASHINGTON, June 13.—Legis- | G ssad . Forty persons were estimated killed as Nazi airmen yaided the French | eymatt Axghaiasin VST PR pon Mediterranean port of Marseilles (above). The flight was believed a gesture to Italy, showing that Germany has planes to spare to aid am | Italian __inst France, | REP. H. FISH SAYS FIGHT FORMONROE an National Committee, said in' Shakedown Cruise of Big | a formal statement today: “There PAA S-k k S h d is a very grave danger to our dem- | IKOI'S y cned- ocratic constitution in the pros-| C pect of a third term and all i” uled Tomorrow ! l‘i“rflfilefis“v'?}fl‘éfin‘ly o Lk gt implies in a trend toward totali- | | “;;:Z:;rm:n mu?e c::‘i‘s"rystawmeml First real taste of gredter things Mayor Harry G. McCain has been | territory in the Western Hemis- as he left with his staff for Phila- |t come in Alaska aviation will| advised by Gov. Einest Gruening|phere from one European power | be given Juneauites tomorrow, with | from ‘his Juneau office that a let-i N 1 right-of- delphia to make preparations for| 8 ; ter has been wired the Civil Aero- 0 ahothier, yen Wk EHi-0lNY KETCHIKAN, Alaska, June 13— /any transfer of sovereignty over| Premier Mussolini has plunged Italy into the European war and the Allies 7ire now facing his great air fleet and army of 1,500,000 men (top left). Top right are some of his brst nlanes, huge fleet of tri- motered Caproni bombers. Lower left is vart of the great Italian land flvet of modern tanks and lower right is a unit of 11 Duce’s portable flame-throwers demonstrating a tesnnique of which Haly has spec- iaffzed. nounced in Paris that the city is not defended and this appar- ently means the sparing of the city from shelling. BULLETIN—TOURS, June 13. The Frenich Council of Minis- ters reported tonight it has been decided to continue French resistance “up to the end.” The meeting was attend- ed by British Prime Minister | Churchill and Foreign Secre- | tary Lord Halifax. | ol | (By ASSOCIATED PRESS) It was early this afternoon re- |ported that the German High Com- | mand is preparing to breadcast a | “surrender or be destroyed” ulti- !matum directed to the military au- | thority of Paris. | The Nazi armies are attacking |the “last ditch” of the defenders from three sides. ‘The demand for capitulation would (Continued on Page Four) the Republican National Conven- Ithe shakedown flight of the big 32 | passenger Sikorski PAA Clipper ship | scheduled. | No details were available today, |but it is understood the big flying boat will take off from Seattle to- morrow morning and arrive here tion which opens June 24. GET OUT OF CHINA | atternoon. Jerry Jones and S. E. Robbins, well known Alaska pilots who have been training for months out ‘of ‘Miami on clipper ship work, will be |at the controls of the plane, it is nautics Authority protesting against the “wholly needless” prohibition against carrying of mail on the Clipper between Ketchikan and Ju- neau. | The Ketchikan Chamber of Com- probably around 4:30 o'clock in the |merce and local airline opetators| wired their protests last night and also asked the aid of the Seattle and Tacoma Chamber of Com- merces. Mayor McCain charges the pro- hibition is shortsighted because Alaska vitally needs a transporta- in the House today. The House Rules Committee cleared the measure for considera- tion after Representative Hamilton Fish asserted he favored going to war if necessary, “to uphold the Monroe Doctrine.” Action on the resolution is ex- pected Tuesday. In the Senate today, a bloc formed to oppose direct Gov- ernmental aid to the Allies, such as the transfer of old Navy de- stroyers to Great Britain, after a | Italy now has a modern fast fleet which has been under constant maneuvers as shown at the left. This fleet will attempt to smash the Allied warships now concentrated at various strategic points in the Medi- terranean. Top, right, the Gorizia, one of the most powerful of Italy’s bigger sh Bottom, right, seen | FRENCHMAN = PLEAS FOR U. 5. HELP (Reynaud Asks Immediale DEMANDED {edaves, | conference in the office of Senator| ynder a big gun, the fleet plows majestically through the sea termed by Mussolini “Mare Nostrum,” or European B;ll_igerenis Re-i ceive Ultimatum from PuppetGoverament | NANKING, June 13.—The Jap- anese controlled “Central Japanese Government” today published a dec- | laration demanding that all troops and warships, also all armed forc- es of European belligerents station- ed in China be withdrawn immed- iately. U.S. Planes .Fgr_ Allies { WASHINGTON, June 13— The number of planes made available for the Allies today rose to 263 with the release of a single motor attack craft, a type the Army discarded this year. The Army has favored a longer range light bomber. RED CROSS FUND NOW HALF WAY WASHINGTON, June 13. — Red Cross authorities announced today that war relief funds totals of $10,- 171,322 have passed the half way mark. Passengers aboard the ship will be only company officials, publicity men and those directly connected with the PAA system. 1 Halibufers Sell, Seatfle SEATTLE, June 13.—Halibuters selling here today are as follows: From the western banks — Mc- Kinley 40,000 pounds, 10 and 9 cents a pound; La Paloma 35,00 paunds, 9 3/4 and 9% cents; Pa- cific 40,000 pounds, cents. From the local banks—Myrtle 9,- 000" pounds, Quest 19,000 pounds, both selling at 9%z and 9% cents; Mariner 17,000 pounds, 9% cents straight; Dean 9,000 pounds, 9 7/8 and 9% cents. 3 R IS P ITALIAN SHIP RUN AGROUND WHEN PURSUED SANTA CRUZ, Canary Islands, 10 and 9% tion service between towns. B T Y (an&da Plans New Defenses OTTAWA, June 13—Justice Min- ister La Pointe says that Canada was determined to defend herself against a possible invasion. He said that since the first line of defense is overseas, the Government is tak- ing measures it considers necessary to strengthen the defense lines. He declared that the Canadians had everything to lose in the de- |feat of Britain and France, Said the Justice Minister: “We have a |common cause for our own safety and for the triumph of a com- | mon ideal.” DEFENSE BILL PASSES HOUSE i | WASHINGTON, June 13. — The | House late yesterday passed the $1,706,053,908 defense appropriation June 13.—The crew of the Ital- bill which provides for new planes, ian steamer Melta drove the big tanks and warships. ship aground yesterday after a! The bill was passed after less Prench warship, in hot pursuts,! than five hours' debate and with fired several shells at her, 'not a single amendmen: being made, | | Clark. Plans for early adjournment of Congress are virtually abandoned. - Shriners in Annual Meel MEMPHIS, Tenn., June 13. — Film comedian Harold Lloyd has been named as an officer of the Shrine. The bespectacled comedian took part in the annual Shrine par- ade here. He waved to the crowd from a dilapidated car and shortly afterward Lloyd was elected Im- perial Outer Guard. Members': named George Olen- dorf of Springfield, Mo, as the new Imperial Potentate. Thomas Law of Atlanta was advanced to the post of Deputy Imperial Po- tentate. He is in line for the so- ciety’s highest office next year. e L O A i S Sheldon Is Confirmed WASHINGTON, June 13. — The| Senate has confirmed the nomina- tion of Charles Sheldon to be post- master at Seward, Alaska. “Our Sea.” TAKING FIELD AGAINST ITALY 'Fitawari Berou Is fo Direct | Ethiopians in Pres- ent Conflict : JERUSALEM, June 13. — Fita- wari Berou, newly appointed Com- mander-in-Chief of Haile Selassie’s forces in Ethiopia, is flying there today to take the field against the | Italians. | | e | i Stock QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, June 13. — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 4%, Anoconda 21%, | Bethlehem Stee] 72%. Common- wealth and Southern 7/8, Curtiss | Wright, 8, General Motors 43%, In- | ternational Harvester 44, Kennetott |27 3/4, New York Central 10%, Northern Pacific 5%, United States Steel 50, Pound $3.75. GIVING AID WASHINGTON, June 13. — The dream of man now dead may be dragged from a tial army that needs salute no {power in the world. Less than four years ago, Major Robert Fechner, director of the Civilian Conserva- tion Corps, told friends, intimates (and superiors that the CCC should give rich and poor alike the oppor- tunity for training, which, “in war or peace” would make America the | most. powerful nation on earth. Certain—and probably correctly | so—that American people would not |stand for militarization of the ccc, Major Fechner's superiors the late then cried down bills to put this con- DREAMOFMANNOWDEAD its pigeon-hole | to give the United States a poten-| soft-pedaled his hymn. Congress Aid from This Nation fo Fight Germany TOURS, Prance, June 13.—Pre- mier Paul Reynaud has appealed to President Roosevelt for a public declaration by the United States to give all aid to the Allies, save expeditionary forces, and sendhelp “before it is too late.” This was IN MATTER will, if need be, shut themselves up in one of their provinces, go-to |North Africa, or even possessions |of America to carry on the fight against Germany. | The appeal was conveyed in a | message dated June 10, the date Italy declared war on France and tary discipline was dissolved in politics. TIME CHANGES OPINIONS But less than four years later, a bill is introduced — and conceded - Great Britain, and the date on :gmeaotohoi:;(;ce °‘mp“§"’"§:f:’ Ii‘;fi which President Roosevelt, at 6. 300, youths in CCC under| oy, popiesyille, promised material optional military training. James J. McEntee, present CCC Director, is proud to state that his organi- zation “has turned out 2,400,000 young men who are 75 to 80 per- ‘z(:::,s :tqulmx-:l to become good m)l-; PLEA WAS ANSWERED g | WASHINGTON, June 13. — A | Mr. McEntee, a labor man '4ht-1>/wtemenl from the White House |lected from the ranks of union says that President Roosevelt, in | executives), has concentrated on|his address last Monday, gave a equipping the CCC boys to make|“complete answer” to t their own way in many fields of |[Paul Reynaud of France. industrial labor. | Secretary Stepnen Early said Pre- Only a week or so ago, 85|mier Reynaud's appeal was deliver- young men left west coast CCC|ed to the State Department after aid to the Allies. The text of the message was Is- | sued here and in the United States be agreement between the two. Jones Averages; ralls 24.47, -utilities 19.23. camps to take skilled jobs in six|President Roesevelt had made’ his centration of healthy, hungry Am-|gjreraft companies which are speed- (speech and returned here . from erican youth on a military basis. ing production of military planes. |Charlottesville, thus it is only a His dream of a melting pot of i |“coincidence” that the address was .bom,v-nanded labor so completely to fl)o point, DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following -are today's Dow, industrials 11991, i under mili- x (Continued on P;){e Four)