The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 29, 1940, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LVI,, NO. 8453. “JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 1940. GERMANY,ITALY THRE Axis Po ALIENS IN SEATTLE, June 29.—The Inter- Over Three Million Must i swncric” Gommision an- Be Fingerprinfed—Also |uoiue i, hort % Gape Spenc- Weed Out Disloyal wers 'HALIBUT SEASON IN TWO AREAS WILL BE CLOSED AT MIDNIGHT ON JULY 13 4 (4 o F ligI;t Inva sion 04 L4 Of Ru | The closure is 16 days earlier than oy German Planes Make Mur- ¥ "l‘xl‘lg ;h)so(i section embraces areas deTOUS A"a(k on Dfi- | militarized Areas T |er, to halibut fishing on midnight, | July 13 WASHINGTON, June 29.—Presi- dent Roosevelt today signed into the laws of the United States a bill requiring the registration and fingerprinting of about 3,500,000 aliens now in the United States. | President Roosevelt, in signing the | bill, said he hoped no loyal aliens will be subjected to harrassment in the course of this program but “with those aliens who are dis- loyal and bent on harm to this country and government, we Wwill deal vigorously.” Federal agencies have coordinated in final plans for the start of ac- tive operations against undesirable | aliens and fifth columnists. | | WANTS SEVERE ACTION | WASHINGTON, June 20.—Wil-| liam Green today advocated that | Congress take action immediately | to outlaw the Communist Party | and Nazi bunds, | The President of the American Federation of Labor said: “I feel that we are inviting dan- ger in permitting the Communist Party and Bunds to continue to operate publicly or secretly in this country and against the interests of the United States. We consider it shameful that a labor group, unatfiliated with the AFL to bit- oppose the recently-adopted ures to purge Communists and Nazis from the relief rolls or Farley Gets érrMascot Mike The closing has resulted from in- creased catches, LONDON, June 29.—British au-| thorities charged this morning that| 29 persons were killed and more| than two-score injured when Ger—! man planes raided the channel is- |lands last night. The British statement charged that the raid came after the is- lands had been demilitarized, | The British home office reported | that 23 persons had been killed | |and 38 injured by German raiders, | who bombed and machine-gunned the Island of Guernsey. | Six persons were killed and a Inumber injured in a similar at- tack on the Island of Jersey. The British said the German| planes attacked the open town |of Guernsey for nearly an hour, | | dropping high explosive bombs | | and machine-gunning civilians, | German planes also raided many points on the mainland near the | coast but there were no reports of casuaities or of the damage!”] catised. The British declared the channel | islands a cemilitarized zone on the {grounds that the islands were of | |no military importance and would | |only subject civiliags to the ravages ‘qu warfare if they were defended. e ARMED BRITISH Mass Production at d Barricades for Recruits New Plane Plantw e quir_nex are shown on the assembly line of the new Wright Aeronautical Corp. plant at Paterson, N. J, built in 657 working days. Mass production efficiency, the system use used to_turn out the motors byrtheAtho‘\gisg_x_\t‘is by large automobile companies, i8 *\wa MOVE " TAKEN FOR . EAST ASIA Japan s Fosi&ing Monroe | Doctrine for Stabiliza- L4 S 4 mania SOVIETS MOVE IN ON KING Carol’s Kir@)m Entered at Various Border Points, Report BULLETIN — BUCHAREST, June 29.—Germany and Italy, it is said tonight on the high- est authority, have assured Ru- mania they will prevent fur- ther Red Army advances into King Carol's kingdom. It is reported the two Axis powers have promised even to land forces in Rumania, backed with air forces, to give assistance to Rumania if Russia oversteps the territorial demarcation line agreed upon. Two provinces only were ceded to Russia, Bes- sarabia and northern Buko- vina. INVASION BEGUN BUCHAREST, June 29.—Russia’s occupation of Rumanian territory ceded by King Carol, is reported to have transformed abruptly into an invasion of all of Rumania. Military leaders speeded general mobilizatlon, placing two million in battle array. Reports are substantiated that Soviet troops have advanced into | Rumania at many points. | Tens of thousands of refugees |are straggling through the coun- | try, choking all means of land |and water transportation. Unofficial reports are that some fighting has already occurred on the border. ! ——————— { tion of Peace TOKYO, sune 29.—Japanese For- | eign Minister Arita today enunciat- | ed a mild Oriental Monroe Doctrine | under which he envisaged countries | of East Asia “uniting in a single | sphere on the basis of common existence.” | Japan, naturally, is slated to be | even check their whereabouts.” - LAY DOWN, Postmaster General James A. Farley accepts a mascot microphone from Jean Hatton, in Washington, for use at the Chicago Democratic conven- | - MERCHANT SHIPS tion. Inside the little donkey is a radio microphone. The winning candi- REPORIED SUNK date will take the mike on his campaign tour. S | AMERI( ANS ALASKA HIGHWAY | Submarine Activity Is Re- Italo Balbo Is Vidim of MOROCCAN CHier ToLp WILL LEAVE - .CHINA ZONE Governor General, Accord- ing to Berlin, Is Given 'Families of Officials af Cease Fighting Order | | NEW YORK, June 29.—A Berlin | i | Hongkong to Be Ev- acuated fo Manila broadcast picked up here asserts that Gen. Auguste Nogues, Gover- nor-General of Morocco and Com- mander-in-Chief of the French fleet in waters of Morocco, has been ord- ered to cease firing with his land troops and lay down arms, also sur- render the fleet. | The order, according to the Berlin | broadcast, has been issued by Gen- eral Weygand. bl MARTIMEMAN Canadian ARRIVES HERE ~p.0 ) FOR HEARINGS Irwin M, Heine, economist of the | in naval, military and diplomatic services, will be removed to Manila next Monday, authoritative sources report. The removal is because of ap- prehension over possible trouble ]between Great Britain-and Japan. HONGKONG, June 29—Families | Alaska highway of Americans who are engaged here | pleted “immediately” as a defense ported in Berlin 'BUIDING IS URGED | P50 = Ber !, BY D' MatDo“AlD’ BERILN, June 29. — Sinking of three British armed merchant ships, totalling 11,000 tons, by submarines | is announced in an official com- munique this morning. A DNB report declares that Brit- ish ships sent down by submarines Speaks on Alaska Day aI New YOfk Fa'r I during the past 48 hours total 38,- | 000 tons. NEW YORK, June 29.—Donald | MacDonald, member ‘of $he Joint ! | canadian-Alaska Highway Com-| " E G o 'I' I A‘I‘IO"S | mission, believes the Unjged States-| i 7 Cuiows STALEMATED IN | Day ceremonies at the New York AlASKA FISHING Exposition and pointed out that| land forces could defend the . e |Jaggea cnast easer than sea torces ASSistance of Conciliator Is| Requested by Union if the highway was completed. Involved ‘20 planes SEATTE, June 29.—With nego-| WASHINGTON, June -29—Foot-| o' B .|. h | tiations stalemated for the opening |note on defense: If you have any Member BTCommission‘ to gather in recruits, Proposal for Co | measure for Canada. | MacDonald spoke at the Alaska By JACK STINNETT | |one sector now fishing, the United | tary training (or a “selective serv- Fishermen’s Union has requestedice” plan of some kind) you bet- J. R. Steelman, Director of Con-|ter sit down and write your con- ciliation, Department of Labor, ror} gressman or Senator because some- | Chis barricade is not to keep the enemy out. in the army’s latest strengths mpulsory Milifary Training Forces Several Issues fo Front United States Martitime Commis- sion, arrived in Juneau today to lay the groundwork for hearings here| under the sponsorship of the com- mission relative to an Alaska Leg- | islature memorial asking an inves-i tigation of transportation rates to! and in the Territory. | The hearing, scheduled for July | 18, will be held principally to hear| complaints or suggestions of locall shippers. | Heine urged that all merchants! prepare statements as to the effect| of freight costs on retailing costs and any other data pertinent to the | shipping subject. | - HELEN GORDON COMING | Miss Helen Gordon, employee in| Real Hero | | | | {of the Alaska fishing season, ()n]y,‘COnvl‘CuonS about compulsory mili- Quietly Maneuvers Unfil| rowe, sune 2. — About 20 Bt [and oens in the Kodiak area next |ish planes have been destroyed in an | Italian air bombardment at a camp south of Marsa Matrun on the Egyp- He Drops Bombs De- stroying Munitions LONDON, June 29. — A young | tian coast. Canadian pilot whose home is in Winnipeg is credited with blowing up a German ammunition dump | a Ian u at Willesmsoor in Holland. | S k B | unk, Battle . The Canadian pilot cut his en-| CAIRO, Egypt, June 29. — The the Health Department office, isifense gunners were caught un- on the steamer Aleutian, return: awares and did not go into action ing from a vacation trip in the until after the bombs had landed States, Jana exploded the munitions dump. gine at 13,000 feet and glided to an | altitude of 3,000 feet where he let go his bombs. British Navy official statement this afternoon says one of three Italian submarines ' have been sunk in a | assistance. The fishing season opened on | Prince Willlam Sound last Monday | Monday with no operations in pros- pect in either place. The fishermen | are seeking an increase over last year’s price. Lady Dianals Under Arrest LONDON, June 20—Lady Diana | Mosley, wife of Sir Oswald Mosley, and a sister of Unity Freeman Mitt- ford, has been arrested at her home. The arrest was made under the The German anti-aircraft de- naval battle, lBHMlh defense regulations. }Lrained men to operate the thing is going to be done about| it—and quickly, | The primary reason: The Presi- dent, the Army and many con- gressmen feel Congress already has devoted more billions to defense machinery than a voluntary army will be able to man, The reasoning is this: (1)—Defense isn't any good without man power. You could spend a billion a day on the best ships, planes, tanks and guns in the world and you couldn't hold off two parachufists armed with beanshooters if "you ‘didn’t have ma- chines. (2)—The Army doubts if you could get half a million men { through voluntary enlistment. Our experience at the beginning of the }World War is most recent proof, | legislative It was set up in Philadelphia drive to build up its fighting but it has tary fact been a recognized mili- since the revolution. Therefore, compulsive military training seems inevitable, and since this country is a democracy and recognizes the rz('luamy of men, chances are that it will be uni versal compulsory military training —probably going under the name of selective service—unless some- body finds a more appealing name A POTENTIAL 17,000,000 One cffort to make military train- ing compulsory among hoys i CCC camps has failed. The con- census of those opposed, as it has been of those opposed to drafting men on relief, is that there must be no class, social or economic dis- tinctions in building up our fight- ing force. They argue it should get the Tom Joads, all right, but should get the Johnny Wall-Street- ers, 100, In my meanderings around the and military corridors, I've heard one proposal to put up a law to require registration (that's just registration, mind “(Continued on Page Fives | the stabilizing force for peace and ‘prosperilyA S eee o — (asualfies ~ 0f War Are Given Ou LONDON, June 29.—French Gen. Charles LeGaulle estimates the Ger- mans captured 358,000 men in the Flanders phase of the Belgium bat- tle, plus 600,000 in the battle of France. The French General estimates 60,000 Allies were killed and at least | 300,000 wounded. - — Poles Join Britishers InPalesfine l Plane Crash | Famous Flier, Governor- General of Libya Dies in Flames of Ship | ROME, June 29—Marshal Itald | Balbo, Governor-General of Libya, | was killed today while piloting his plane over Tobruk, Libya, during an enemy bombardment. The plane crashed in flames, kill- | ing all aboard. The black-bearded trans-Atlantic flier was one of Pascism’s celebri- | ties and had many times been men- |tioned as a possible successor to Premier Benito Mussolini. Balbo was chief of the big squad- ron of Italian planes visiting the United States several years ago. ————— — Free French Government | s Recognized 'pl{()N““N J‘mu' 29.-8ix thousand [ ONDON, June 29.—The British olish soldiers have crossed the Government has recognized Gen. yrian frontier into Palestine and cparles DeGaulle as the “leader of | joined the British forces all free Frenchmen.” i i s | The General was dropped from ngs g0 the French Army by Premier-Mar- Notification {shal Petain of the Government of o' w-“k- !l"rance after he refused to discon- Hixie tinue resistance to Germany. | The General heads the National {Is Delayed | Committee of French in London, |sort of a shadow Government in PHILADELPHIA, Pa., June 29.— |exile. Wendell L. Willkie indicated here | —_————— today that his acceptance of the| JOINS STAFF Republican National Convention| Miss Mary Smith of Ketchikan nomination to be the standard bear- |arrived today to take a position in er of the party will not be made the Organization and Credit Office buntil after the Democratic National|of the Office of Affairs in Convention. the Shattuck Bi X