The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 25, 1940, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEW'S ALL THE TIME” — VOL. LVL, NO. 8449. JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 1940. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICR TEN CENTS FIGHTING STOPS, FRENCH BATTLEFIELD War Into Skies Britain, NAZIPLANES “OVER LONDON ™ FORFIRST TIME Longest Raldmg Flights of‘ War Are Made-Only | Slight Damage , | | ROYAL AIR FORCE STRIKES AT RUHR| German Cofirfland Claims| Great Gains in Last Day’s Battle (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) The German High Command to-| day announced that in the last day | of fighting Hitler's armies advanced | to Royan Angouleme, 50 miles north of Bordeaux on France's West Coast and captured St. Einee, 50 miles‘ south of Lyons in Eastern France. Meanwhile, Nazi airplnnesbombed: nd in what the German Com- said was an attack aimed at airports, Ruhr Attacked | British bombers attacked the Ruhr, Germany's rich industrial region and plastered with high ex-| plosives a series of German-] -held | airdromes in Holland. Waves of German bombers, in one of the widest forays of the| war, thundered over Britain from | London to the Northeast. The bombers penetrated the‘ West Coast over Wales and North- west England, dropping explosives at many points while British fight- ers and anti-aircraft guns strug- gled to bring the raiders down. Damage Slight Despite the extent of the area attacked, however, only three civil- ians were killed and 13 injured, the Government announced. London itself heard the first air raid alarm since the first weeks of the war but the government said there were no casualties or damage to the capital area. No bombs were reported dropped, The drone of planes was heard, how- ever and at least one was picked out by smrchhght > Movie Fans (ome From Sitka for 'Gone With Wind' To enjoy a prevxew +4n i Juneau of “Gone With the Wind,” which opened today at the Capitol Theatre, Mrs, Jack Conway and MTs. Pros-| per Ganty of Sitka, arrived here today on the Tyee. They attended the matinee per- formance this afternoon and plan to return to the Historic City to- night on the Yukon. SIGNED WASHINGTON, June 25.—Presi- dent Roosevelt this afternoon signed the law for the $4,692,500,000 tax bill to pay the high National Defense appropriatitms, dipping into the pockets of an estimated 2,000,000 ad- ditional ircomeé tax payers and for the first time boosting the existing taxes A nearly everything but,l chewing, gum and tobacco. The measure is designed to raise money over a five year period. The measure also made the Fed- era) debt limit forty-nine billion doliars. ., — PITTSBURGH, Pz, June 25. Former Governor John Fisher, 73, of Pennsylvania, died late this af- ternoon. British e The world’s largest gem is a 153-pound topaz discovered in Bra- zil and now in the lmmumhn xnsumum. Nazi Arullory in Paris e ey History repeated itself when Nazis entered Paris. This picture shows a German artillery unit passing the dbelisk in the Palace de la Concord in Paris. It was the first picture of the Nazi occupation of Paris and was sent to New York from Berlin by radio. In World War of 1914-1918 the Germans twice threatened Paris, but were turned back. The Germans captured Paris once before, after a three-month seige, in the Franco-Prussian war of 1870, HALTS SALE ;Whlle OF VESSELS = Group 10 BRITONS? Seafed Twenty Tor;;d_o Boafs Re- | Credentials Committee main in U. S. - Other Sustains Action of Deals Turned Down National Body | i | l Germany WASHINGTON, June 25.—Presi- dent Roosevelt has halted the pro- | jected »sale of 20 torpedo boats to | Great Britain. The boats were made by the Electric Boat Company. The halt order was issued on the excuse that the 1917 Neutrality Act made such sale of warships PHILADELPHIA, Pa. June 25.— The Republican National Conven- tion’s Credentials Committee last night sustained the National Com- mittee by unanimously seating the three-group delegation from Alaska named by the White faction, con- sisting of Albert White and Jane |States Navy later. ‘RuberLson of Juneau, and J. J. Mc- | Carthy of Anchorage, as delegates to as unlawful. ited State: i all"yheorg:red tSe b;zn?ndorg::n‘the National Convention. agreed to allow the company Lo‘ The R. E. Robertson faction ap- sell them to Great Britain and de- Pealed from the National Commit- liver the order for the United bee's ruling in recommending seat- |ing of the White-Robertson-McCar- |thy group, declaring the issue was Secreu;.ry of N“;g‘ Eé:llison, i hlsiwhvzther the National Committeman 1685, Sorereneal ¥y € NEWSMEN, ot Alaska could perpetuate himself also disclosed that Great Bflmns‘in office, buy 111 World War de- | ::fz;;smh; yI'.'een refused. Aitorney, Ropertson; 'Kho fs. also 4 |from Junaau, contended the White {group did not operate under the | rules. . £ Klondlke | White answered that the Robert- |son group held a rump convention (and had not attended the regular Ka'e “ere | Territorial Party Convention four | years ago. The Robertson group announced KETCHIKAN, Alaska, June 25.— Klondike Kate, now Mrs. John Mat- | it planned to carry the perennial |issue to the Territorial Legislature |in hopes of obtaining a change in son, “Queen of the North” in the rip-roaring gold rush days of the | Klondike, has arrived back in Al-‘ the rules. aska once again. She is aboard the| Canadian Pacific steamer Prlncnss\ Louise going to meet her husband who is a successful miner on one\ of the creeks near Dawson. The visit to Dawson will be the first to the home of her mumphs ENGLAND Mrs. Matson said it will be a sad\ LONDON, June 25.—Three former “home-coming” as the old theatre|pyime Ministers of France have ar- where she bécame_famous 85 @lyyeq jn England, it is lnnounud dancer, burned down during the tonight. winter months. The former Premiers are Edmmu:l “It is going to leave a vacam Herriot, President of the Chamber spot in my heart for it was the of Deputies; Joseph Paul Bancour, place where 1 walked with memor-|and Leon Blum, the latter France's i-" only Socialist m 4 ! Frank Garnick received word this morning that the White group had unanimously been seated at the Pmlndelphla convention FLEE TO KEYNOTE FOR GOP SOUNDED | Delegates at National Con- vention Told fo Ad- vance on 4 Fronts CAMPAIGM CRY GIVEN Warm Fighfi;ing Staged by Candidates for Presidency PHILADELPHIA, Pa. June 25.— Keynoter Harold Stassen, Governor of Minnesota, told the delegates to the Republican National Conven- tion that the “role of the Govern- meht must be that of an aid to private enterprise and not as a substitute for it.” Gov. publican Party to “advance with a decisive determined step upon the four major fronts: ness. “3—Front of Fifth Column De- fense, “3—Front of Domestic Economic Welfare. “4—Front of Governmental fectiveness. “The sadlest chapter of the last four years was that the Roosevelt Administration has turned its polf- tical gaze upon a third term in- stead of national welfare.” Gov. Stassen charged the New Deal effort to smooth over discrep- ancies is seen in the appointments of Col. Frank Knox and Henry Stimson and is an “eleventh hour confession of failure.” Developments early today . includ- ed denials from the Dewey and Ef- are pronounced. Then there fol- lowed emergence of a “stop Will- kie” movement headed by eight Congressmen, The situation up to noon today was ‘“‘complex.” REPUBLICAN CONVENTION IN UPROAR Delegates Quarrel Over Foreign Policy and Candidates PHILADELPHIA, June 25—Sum- moning his party to oppose “gov- ernmental absolutism,” Rep, Joseph Martin of Massachusetts took charge of the Republican National Conven- | tion today in the midst of a row over foreign policy which fell athwart the course of Former Pres- ident Herbert Hoover's address to- night. Martin, as permanent chairman, called upon Republicans to rally be- hind construction of a bar to “Tro- janhorses.” Foreign Policy Fight A Government foreign policy dis- pute developed as the resolutions committee sought to reconcile the views of advocates of aid to the Allies and those staunchly battling “interventionism.” In a tumult over selection of can- didates and foreign policy, Hoover delayed completion of his speech un- til later in the day. The Convention adopted rules| thought likely to trim drastically | Southern representation at future conventions, Torn by Conflict ‘The convention was torn by con- flict and opposing candidates were cheered wildly as Martin took the gavel and pounded away at the platform. The Presidential nomination fight OUT BY GOV. STASSEN| Stassen called on the Re-| “1—Front of National Prepared- | Taft camps that the Willkie gains |- ¢ arry WHERE THEG. 0. P. WILL PICK ITS MAN from the midcity hotels. Betty Ross house, where the first _~Betsy Ross® eading Terminal American flnz was made. POLITICAL CAR GARNER ABOUT OVER; IT'S A GAME OF POKER French Navy EER OF By JA(K T'IVNET’I‘ WASHINGTON, June 25—Capi- |tal politiclans are speculating on the possibility that the career in | natfonal politics of 71-year-old (come November 22) John Nance Garner is over. If so, they explain, the Vice- President will be a victim of the war in Europe. Here's the way they reason: Even if a third-term race by Presi- dent Roosevelt isn't a certainty, the Democratic choice will be some Not Quitfing Is Indicated Largé Part fieet Now at British Naval Base in Egypt (By Associated Press) The first definite indication that the powerful French Fleet, second strongest in Europe, does not intend to surrender as stipulated in the Franco-German armistice, comes from Alexandria, Egypt, where part of the French fleet remained at the Egyptian port, Great Britain’s main naval base on the Mediterranean. Coincidentally, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, of Great Britain, told the House of Commons that Premier-Marshal Petain violated “most solemn assurances to Great Britain that the French fleet would never fall into German hands.” Churchill did not mention the whereabouts of the French fleet, however, Viscount Caldecote, Dol inions Secretary, told the House of Lords that Great Britain will make naval help. Prime Minister Churchill declar- ed: “We hope to rescue France from the ruins of bondage S Pollte Tag Autos RALEIGH, N C.,, June 25. |Traffic cops are tagging automo- biles right and left hese. But the tickets contain the greeting, “Welcome visitor” and ex- press cordial wishes for a pleasant visit, a safe ride home and for fre- quent future visits. They are placed on all out-of-town cars. every effort to retain the French With “"Welcome™ | one designated by the President. Although “Cactus Jack” strung along with the New Deal in its infancy, he hasn't been too kind to it in its latter years. By open declaration against the third term he has eliminated himself as a possible running mate on a New Deal slate, be it President Roosevelt or someone else, Consequently, whatever numbers the dice turn up, Garner is out of the political money for the time being. Maybe this is so, maybe it isn’t. I'm only passing along what politi- coes here are saying. ANGLING FOR SECOND PLACE In the realm of Democratic poli- tics, one thing is certain: the men [who were in the field for the | Presidency a few weeks ago are " Inow angling for second place on the ticket—admitting openly " that they have no interest in opposing | Roosevelt, even if it's a third term that he's running for. This isn’t quite universal but almost |so, and even those who most vi- gorously fought the third-term idea have either become silent or only half-heartedly opposed in the face of the international crisis and the overwhelming Democratic confi- | dence in the President. * | Bushy-browed, horn-rimmed Gar- ner still won’t say a thing one way |or another. But even he, through | his friends and backers, is leading la political ace in the hope that and won't trump it. The ace in this case, is the theory that the Administration' should be continued status quo. If President Roosevelt will forgive all| F H}/use Indepanilefagellm | a Here'; the part of Philadelphia that is interesting delegates to the' Republican Natfdifil Convenition. The $5,850,000 convention hall is in the back yard of the University of Pennsylvania and only 10 minutes' ride Nearby is Franklin Field, where President Roosevelt delivered his nomination acceptance speech in 1936, The Bellevue-Stratford Hotel, Republican headquarters, is only a short walk from Independence Hall, where the Declaration of Independence was signed. In Philadelphia, too, is the CLIPPER INTODAY 3RD TIME Newspaper Men Call Auk Bay 'Most Beautiful’ Plane Seaport With no confusion in schedules, no trouble in weather or mooring, no undue excitement in the small crowd at the Auk Bay terminal of Pan American Airways, the Alaska Clipper this forenoon completed its third flight to Juneau as siwply as taking a taxi from one end of town to the other. Commanding Officer Capt. Jerry Jones landed at Auk Bay at 11:44 o'clock this forenoon after stopping overnight in Ketchikan where his distinguished passenger list of prom- inent businessmen, newspaper rep- resentatives and Gov. Ernest Gruen- ing were guests of the First City. The landing was made on a mirror smooth bay sprinkled with the wid- ening circles of leaping anckeye&, and first-trippers to Alaska aboard the plane were loud in their praise of what they termed “the most beau- tiful” harbor any plane service in the world can boast. A few minutes after the plane landed, passengers were on their way totown where newspaper men filed stories home and found time to call at the buffet luncheon given by Gov. and Mrs. Ernest Gruening. Four of the newspaper men aboard the Clipper literally stepped from the big flying boat into the trim | Electra for Fairbanks and Nome in | a rush trip to take in all of Alaska | that they might before returning | later in the week for a return flight | with Pan American. | Those who flew north were Devon | Francis, Aviation Editor of the As-| sociated Press, from New York; An- | cel Talbert, Aviation Editor of the | New York Herald-Tribune; Royal | Arch Gunnison, representing the New York Times and the North Am- | erican Newspaper Alliance, and Jos- yeph Edgerton, of the Washington Star in Washington, D. C. | Other arrivals were: Gov. Gruen- |ing, réturning from a flight to Seat- tle last Saturday; Peter Andrae, President of Oceanic Sales Corpora- tion and owner of a cannery at Hoonah; Russell Sabor, chemical mumuhctuxer from Minneapolis; (Conunued on Page Five (Continued on Page Eight) 13:30 o'clock PEACE REIGNS TODAY Over Five Million Soldiers Obey Order fo ""Cease Firing” During Day NAZI-FAS(IST FIGHTING WITH FRENCH 1S ENDED Few Outburs's of Joy Re- sound Over Land-No Fraternalization (By ASSOCIATED PRESS) German and British bombing planes struck with renewed fury as peace stilled the battlefields in vanquished France. A total of some 5,000,000 French, |German and Italian soldiers quiet- |ly obeyed the “cease firing” order. The combined Nazi-Fascist on- slaughts against France halted at (Pacific Coast Time) | yesterday afternoon. The terms of the armistice with “|1taly are still unofficially disclosed but Berlin, reports the canquerer’s demands comprise 24 paragraphs, which are “hard but not humilitat- ing to France.” According to the best available figures, France had originally 2,- 780,000 soldiers engaged in the con= flict, Germany sent some 2,000,000 men into France alone, and Italy about 750,000 soldiers. Casualty figures are still unavail- able but are expected to be high. The “cease firing” order came while most of Europe slept and there were few outbursts of joy and none of the whooping shouts and frater- nization that marked the end of hostilities of the World War. Italian infantrymen merely stack- ed their rifles and sat down on the mountain sides to drink hot coffee land wine. Artillerymen left their still smok- ing cannons to join their comrades. Italians called across the Alpine snow to French Poilus but no an- swer came back. "CEASE FIRING”” ORDERED All Quiet on_F?ance Front- Cermans Celebrate, French Mourn (By ASSOCIATED JRESS) Air raid alarms shrilled London within a few hours after the guns in Prance were silenced for the first time in months by the official “cease firing” order broadcast from Ber- lin, and the German bugle playing “das ganze” and half signalled con- tinental peace. Simultaneously with the Berlin order, came orders from the Italian and Prench commands to “cease fir- ing.” The orders followed the signing of the Italio-French armistice. Hitler proclaimed 10 days of re- joicing and promised that a cam- paign such as the world has never seen will be launched against Great Britain. The French authorities declared today one of mourning. Business houses were closed and troops re- mained in their bafracks. HELPS WITH CENSUS NAKNEK, Alaska, June 25. — The population of this Bristol Bay village owes something to Mrs. Martha Monsen, 40 years a resi« dent. Not only is Mrs, Monsen the mother of 14 children, but she also has been the sole ald in delivering