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

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LVL, NO. 8452, ; JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 1940. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENT? WILLKIE, MWNARY HEAD G.0.P. TICKET Soviet Russia Gives Hint Of New War Show Their New Weapons OF BALKANS MAY EXPLODE Bitter Clashfin_ Age - Old‘ Racial Hatreds Liable to Break Out RUMAMIA GIVES INTO DEMANDS OF STALIN Germany Denies Any Peace Overtures—Pre- pares for Attack Although this picture was taken during the Soviet May Da; country. The caterpillar guns are big 165 mm. howitzers, were it not for a special hydraulic recoil takeup atop the barrel. has the power and weapons t Noted Bridge Engineer, Son of Famous Aciress, Passes Away, Los Angfieles y parade i Militar; (By ASSOCIATED PRESS) War clouds blackened over South- eastern Europe today as King Car- ol's little Balkan kingdom of Ru- maniaafter yielding to the stiff | Russian, uitimatum, rushed most of its 2,000,000 troops to the Hungarian frontier. Bulgaria serves | Turkey has sent her fleet to the Black stripped for action and| SR, defend the Dardanelles| 105 ANGELES, Cal, June 28.— | Ralph Modjeski, 79, famous bridge engineer, has passed away at his In Bucharest, the German Lega-|y ;0 pere. tion officials charged the viet | o it g s move in Rumania nsgfl “trick l;‘lgpir-. Ralph Modjeski, inheriting artis- ed by Great Britain” to create a|fic sense from his actress mother, new war front for Germany. QH_;Lho famous Polish tragedienne Mmo.l many is avoiding any such trap,|Helena Modjeska, was one of the| the Legation officials asserted. leading exponents of the modern | Te Attack England has called up all re- to which would blow themselves off their bases o match the Germans. GMINEE 110 QuIT uTILITY Willkie 10‘Re_sign Presi- | dency of Power Cor- poration Monday PHILADELPHI-, Pa., June 28— | Wendell L. Willkie told newsmen at a jammed press conference this morning, that he intended to re- |sign the presidency of the Com- | monwealth and Southern Corpora- | tion, public utilities holding com- | pany, next Monday. ‘Willkie said he expected to hold | a series of conferences before today | is ended, concerning selection of a - | Chairman for the Republican Na- | tional Committee. | Running Mate | | This morning, Willkie said he| | thought the selection of a Vice-| | Presidential nominee is a “job for |the convention.” } | Authoritative sources previously | said he favored United States Sen- | ator Charles L. McNary, of Ore-| gon, but McNary insisted he would | not accept the place. ‘ Brief Night Statement Shortly after Willkie received the | nomination, he made a brief state- | ment from his headquarters in a| Philadelphia hotel, stating: | “T .. very appreciative. I am | ‘very humble and I am proud. It/ T ————————— | | | n Moscow, it has just reached this y observers say only the Red Army Larger Sum For Defense ToBe Asked1 Roosevelt P—rgaaring Spec- ial Request to Con- gress for Army in-body to bring about unity, pros-| ;‘pcrny and defense to America.” | | Made 6th Ballot Guess dent Roosevelt, it is reported, tends to seek an immediate boos in the defense program. | WENDELL LEWIS WILLKIE ‘v Wendell Lewis Wilikie,« Republican nominee for President, is a | lawyer and public wutility executive "—* going to Z“ a great battle and|pephruary 18, 1892, On January 14, 1918, he married Edith Wilk, of Rush- WASHINGTON, June 28—Presi-|1 Will need the assistance of eVery |yye ndjana. They have one son, Philip Herman Willkie, now a senior | at Princeton. Willkie is President of the Commonwealth and Southern Corporation. |He had always been a Democrat but flopped when the New Deal began 1940 Presidential Candidate |REPUBLICAN of Republican Party CONVENTION * NOMINATES 'Former Democral, Utility . Expert, Is Named fo | Seek Presidency 'OREGON SENATOR IS 10 BE RUNNING MATE \Agaressive Campaign Is | Pledged Before Phila- delphia Session Ends PHILADELPHIA, Pa., June 28.— | The Republican National Conven- | tion, early today, nominated Wen- ld(‘ll L. Willkie, former Democrat |and the President of the Common- | wealth and Southern Corporation, {une of the nation’s largest utilties, as its 1940 Presidential candidate, {on the sixth ballot. The nomina- | tion came after the Michigan dele- | gation threw Willkie 25 votes to start |the landslide and Pennsylvania's |72 votes clinched the matter for | the hard hitting New York utilities i | magnate. Running Mate The 1940 Republican ticket was finally completed this . afternoon when Senator Charles L. McNary, of Oregon, was chosen running mate for Willkie on the first ballot of the convention's final session. MgcNary | received 890 votes to 108 for Rep- resentative Dewey Short of Mis- He was born in Elwood, Indiana, engineering school which uombimsl Unofficial sources claim Germany beauty with utility. - i concentrating on the main task| His childhood training, in fact, ahead, the assault on Great Britain| was predicated upon his pursuing herself. an artistic career. His maternal | | The boost would more than dou- | ble the $5,082,000,000 already ap- propriated to shatter the arms bill of the peak World War year. In answer to a question, Willkie said that his original guess, when |Making it interesting for his corporation by putting through the Tennessee | the convention opened, was that|Valley Authority and endangering his billion dollar stem, Willkie he would win on the sixth ballot. served overseas in the World War with the 325th Field Artillery. He Later he hoped to win on the third is a director in many utilities, combines punch, home-spun logic and wit sourl and two for Senator Bridges. Unanimous | In a brief speech Short said that this is the time to bury personal ambitions and work as a united part The situation, early this morn- | grandfather was Michael Apido, a ing, became hourly more grave noted musician and’ in his early threatening to explode the famousiyears Modjeski showed indications Balkan “powder keg” and start a approaching genius as a pianist. clash in the bitter age-old racial But as he became a youth he de- hatreds. | veloped a bent for technology and Regulars Speeded Out turned definitely from pure artis- Bulgarian regulars sped by train try to became famous as a designer from the Turkish frontier to the|of bridges. Rumanian border. | In Front Ranks L RALPH MODJESKI Official quarters Symmetry and grace, plus| » 3 in Bucharest | | resumed next week. (CAMPAIGN said they have been ‘informed Hit- ler sent a telegram to Stalin asking the Soviet Dictator to “meet Ru- mania half way.” Stalin, the same sources claim, made no response but continued his own way and dared interference. [st,rength and utility, formed a creed | for his practice which put him in progress.” He was a member of all the front rank of his profession. peaks in October, 1929, when he was given the civil engineer's highest | the leading engineering societies in His career attained one of its major | oynerica and Europe and of numer- | ous clubs and similar organizations. From Poland to U. S. The usually informed sources said P the huge request will be exclusively|ballot but his original guess proved for army purposes and the requestcorrect.” will probably be ready for submis-| He begged off from further ques- sion to Congress when sessions are |tioning, early this morning fol- | lowing his nomination, by saying: “I am tired and I would like to |go to my family.” ATTACK ON ISLES WILL ~ ISSUES OF in a campaign to capture the White House. On Short’s motion, McNary’s nomination was made unanimous. A telephone from Senator McNary in Washington, said he accepted the nomination with reluctance but he had been nominated and like “a good soldier,” accepts it. McNary had previously told leaders he did not care for the nomination, if made. Final Pledge |in speeches, has administrative ability and wide knowledge and credited | | with liberal tendencies. | Willkie’s nomination climaxed one of the most sensational political | campaigns in American history. Less than a month ago, Willkie could hardly be classed as a dark horse. Suddenly he sprang into the picture and threw his great person- | ality and vigor into a whirlwind campaign that captured the imagination | of the American public regardless of political faith. Willkie has neveri held a public office before, WILLKIE WAN | | | | | TS "BIG The convention adjourned a five day meeting this afternoon at 1 o'clock Pacific Time, all delegates promising to conduct an “aggressive fighting campaign.” Nominee Willkie told the conven- honor, the John Fritz gold medal, for “notable achievements as an engineer of great bridges combin- ling the principles of strength and beuuty.” To this in 1931 was added the Washington prize of the Western War With Britain Contrastnig Hitler'’s action in be- half of Rumania, the Fuehrer’ ambitions for a war with Great Britain continues and according to Berlin advices, it is stated bluntly that any peace feelers from Lon- (Continued on page 8ix) ent service in advancing human Society of Engineers for “pre-emin- | Modjeski was born in Krakow, | Poland, January 27, 1861, the son of Gustav Modrzejewski. This name | was shortened by his mother when |she went on the stage. The boy's earliest days were spent with theat- |rical companies. He came to the 4 (Continued on Page Four) TRANSPORT OF GERMANY SENT DOWN Brifish Sub TorpedoesCraft -May Indicate Next | Gfl)graph By JACK STINNETT WASHINGTON, June 28. — The foundation of a new Monroe Doc- trine is buried in a simple but Congress Talk Abo ""Western Hemisphere™; ers Are Puzzled Hitler Move (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) World attention shifted this af- ternoon from the troubled, probable war spot of the Balkans, to the major European struggle between Great Britain and the Nazi-Fascist Axis Powers. This attention was caused by new German air raids over the British Isles and the sinking of a deeply- Jaden 8000-ton German transport by a British submarine off the south coast of Norway. amazing joint resolution which\ went before Congress with almost incredible speed. It is simple because, on the sur-| face, it says so little and really is| not binding at all. It is amazing be- cause, in its deep-rooted implica- | tions, it gives the President the| green light to wield “the big stick” | in a sphere the size of which Presi- | dent Monroe never dredmed. The resolution is simply this de- claration of foreign policy: “That the United States would not rec- ognize apy transfer, and would not acquiesce in any attempt to trans- Those capital letters are |mine, In that phrase, “any geo- | graphic region of the western | hemisphere,” lies the subtlety and dynamite of what may be one of the most important legislative acts of this and many another Con- gress. ¥ one. WEST OF WHAT? It's no laughing matter, but there's one big laugh in it. Any second-rate map-maker can tell you that no one yet has been able to divide the eastern and western hemispheres to the satis- faction of all concerned. As S. W. Boggs, State Department geogra- pher and a scholar of interna- tional repute, puts it, “This ques- NOMINEE Willkie Announces Pro-| gram-My Be Notified at Indiana Birthplace PHILADELPHIA, Pa., June 28.— Wendell Willkie said today that for- mal notification ceremonies of his | nomination and formal acceptance will probably take place at Elwood, {Indiana, his birthplace. Willkie said Congress should stay in session because of the “difficult | International situation.” | Campaign Issues | Willkie also told newsmen today | |that the outstanding issues of his| campaign will be “national unity,| building adequate defense, rchabfli-! | tation,national economics.” i Willkie said he would be delight- ed to see President Roosevelt and | | | GOVERNMENT" T0 TAKE BIG BUSINESS MEDICINE | AP FEATURE SERVICE | giyood natives zemember Will- Wendell Willkie, the shaggy- kie as a mischievous, precoclous, haired utility man who was a dyed- | fun-loving boy. In his youth he in-the-wool Democrat until four sold papers, collected bills, worked years ago, jumped into the Repub-|in a steel mill and on farms, ran lican camp because he believed the a cement block machine in Wyo- ming, drove a baker's wagon, be- New Dealers had gone too far. came a short order cook. States gunboat Panay bombing in| “The preservation of private Chinese waters in 1937, is back | enterprise in America” he says Lost Case To Father from Europe with the prediction| i indispensable to the preserva- At Indiana University, Willkie that Germany will start the con-|tion of all other rights” |was a non-conformist who wore quest of the British Isles within| A cracker-barrel character known | g joose-necked sweater, chewed ten days and complete it ten days|®S one of Indiana’s best poker | {phacco and roared against the later, players, Willkie calls himself a|faculty and fraternities. Later, he “I was in Rotterdam at the time|liberal; says that as a young man | joined Beta Theta Pi, of which Paul V. McNutt was a member. of the German invasion. I stood |N¢ formed a hatred for “abuses of relations with labor gays McNutt of Willkie: “Win never tries to sell himself, and by and watehed 276 blocks of Rot-|Pi# busines: .8 pr - by a rain of Naz|2d the community.” Today, big i pwod en licked, he adds, | that's the subtlest salesmanship.” death from the skies. It only took | Dusiness has START SOON Cameraman—Alley Back in| United States Makes | His Prediction HOLLYWOOD, Cal, June 28. — Cameraman Normal Alley, who dar- ingly photographed the United tion that “Democracy, our way of life, is facing a most crucial test and I pledge with you to join in this e S | (Continued to Page Two) VOTE BY BALLOTS The following is the vote at the Republican National Convention at Philadelphia on the Presidential nomination: First ballot—Dewey 360, Taft 189, ‘Willkie 105, Vandenberg 76, Hoover 17, McNary 13, Bridges 28, Gannett |33, Martin 44, MacNider 34, Capper |18, James 74, Bushfield 9. Alaska “gave Taft 2, Dewey 1. Second ballot—Dewey 338, Taft 203, Willkie 171, Vandenberg 173, discuss national defense, adding ten minutes. We must be impressed it is “big and government” and | government monopolies that nevd‘ licking | No Auto, No Watch | At 48, Willkie stands 6 feet 1 inch, weighs about 220, He is ac- cessible anytime to anyone whose | name he knows. He never has| owned an auto; doesn't carry a watch. His office has a country- store atmosphere. He likes to put | his feet on his desk, usually| stacked high with correspondence,‘ and to talk—about anything. He| pays little attention to what he| eats, smokes two packs of cig-i His first day in court was a tlop,‘m)wer 21, Bridges 9, Gannett 30, As an assistant prosecutor, he de-| 5 - 4 livered a powerlfll oration lasting JM““?‘ iz M;cgtde;‘h, f“gfr '::; three hours, but his father, the de-|gic® Jh. 52l Zgz"w':tr:':z‘ ;Lfi":&}me stawsl released his delegates and urged peper e s s GG them to vote for Willkie. Conven- great lawyer because he can make ton, late yesterday. Stiesrioon, Viesy o muGL TS Br Hothing ™ adjourned until the night session. Just Missed Congress Third ballot, (leaders only)— Willde enlisted in the first DOy 915 Py gt World War the day the United .0 o9 James 59. x States declared war, became a| oo’ panor (l.‘uiz'u only) — captain and served overseas. Back Dewey 250, ,n'n 254, Willkie 306, home he met a girl named Edith ' 2 = Wilk and wasted no time chang- Vandenburg 815 Hotvae 3. NNt | Nider 26, James 56, Alaska gave fer, ANY GEOGRAPHIC REGION OF THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE The sinking incident, though comparatively minor in itself, may disclose a clue to the scene chosen by Hitler for his heralded invasion of England. If the German trans- port was a troop ship laden with soldiers enroute to Norway, it may indicate Hitler has decided to use the conquered Scandinavian King- another non - American power.” (There's another paragraph about consulting with other republics in event any such trans- fer seems imminent, but that's really not very important.) That’s all there is to it. A sim- from one non-American power to| American | tion at once arises, east or west of what?” | Most map-makers now, merely as a matter of convenience, start | with the 20th meridian west of Greenwich, England, as the east- ern boundary of the western| hemisphere, and extend it 180 degrees west to the 160th merid- ian EAST of Greenwich. If v.hn'sl; | | /AINSWORTHS PLAN f TO RESIDE HERE | Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ainsworth and son have become residents of’ | Juneau. Ainsworth, a deep water | seaman with mate’s papers, plans to | arettes daily, likes a Scotch orling it to Willkie. They have one two in the evening, wears l0ose | son Philip, a Princeton student fitting blue suits and cheap white | recently voted “most likely to shirts. | succeed.” Willkie was born at Elwood,| Coming within an ace of run- Ind., one of six children and the!ning for Congress, he took a job |son of two practicing lawyers. His | with an Akron rubber company llmuad. Later he was a success- ful corporation lawyer, \with a grin: “I think one should by the Nazi war machine, suffici- sor.” 3 ing for any eventuality and as ef- | Willkie further said that as for ficlently as ible,” Alley stated. | financial problems “everytime I have | i seen the President, he has done\AlASKA GIVES PLEASED TO MEET YOU wlllKlE Iwo' | : (] !dent Roosevelt told the newsmen| 'at a conference he would be glad | | attiive. | PHILADELPHIA, Pa., June 28— | Two of Alaska’s three votes were ballot, and the third went for Taft.| Albert White, Chief of the Alaska | his delegation voted individually. | p L Suit for divorce was filed today | mother was one of the first wom- in District Court by Lilyon E. en admitted to the Indiana bar. and in 2 for Taft, 1 for Willkie. | Fifth ballot, (leaders only) — Willkie 429, Taft 377, Dewey 57, | Vandenburg 42, Hoover 20, James |29, Dewey and Vandenberg released | their delegations. Alaska gave Taft i "Sixth ballot—Willkie received 508 votes, then the landslide started remain here. At present the Alns- Krogstad against Arnold C. Krog- (be most courteous to his prt‘.deces-!cn”y impressed to begin prepar- ioffering the President advice on A most of the talking.” WASHINGTON, June 28.—Presi- | FINAL BALLOT to talk with Willkie about foreign recorded for Willkie on the final delegation, declined to divulge how | DIVORCE CASE |Al his grandparents were ref- dom for a springboard for his as- sault, ple statement, 'if there ever was ly (Continued on Page Seven) lwonhs are at the Juneau Hotel, stad on grounds of non-support. ugees from German autecracy, (Conum:ed’on‘?rvme?ro\u)‘ [a.nd it was made unanimous. |