The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 2, 1940, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LVI, NO. 8455. JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JULY 2, 1940. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENT3 GERMAN BOMBERS ARE TO AID RUMANIA U-Boat Warfare Hits' At Bxitish Shipping Europg in Transition SUBMARINES IN ACTION OFF COAST Heavy Losses Are Report- ed - Italian Vessels May Be Helping OCIATED PRESS) An int ied U-boat campaign, striking while the British escort system has been upset by the col- lapse of France, has scored “ad- mittedly heavy losses” among Great PBritain’s merchant shipping, an au- thoritative London report says. Wholesale sinkings are recorded | for a three week period, June 2 to June 23 as escort ships were divert- | ed to withdraw tne British, French and other Allied troops from the; battlefields. It is estimated that 186,000 tons of British shipping has been lost | and now it is indicated that Ttalian | subs might be helping Germany's | renewed underseas warfare to crip- ple imports of vitally needed food- | stuffs for Great Britain. in the darkest month of the World War, April, 1917, the peak of Ger- ny's unrestricted submarine war- are, Great Britain lost 196 ships to- | taling 600,000 tons. At that. time, the United Kingdom had only six weeks supply of food left. Unofficial figures place the Brit- ish losses in the cumrent war at 784,000 tons up to May 26. This was mllowed by several weeks during | which no shipping was reported | sunk. Today's announcement makes the total British tons. | British reports estimate German shipping losses up to June 4 totaled (By AS! Bl GermaN GAaINS RUSSIAN GAINS B 1rauan cains 22 w ooust AP Feature Service Here are the changes that had taken place in the map of Europe up loss almost 1,000,000 | to mid-June. The black areas are the territories overrun by German armies, starting with Austria and including Czechoslovakia, Poland, Denmark, Norway, Belgium, the Netherlands and northern France. The rest of France was in doubt when Premier Petain asked for peace. The black area also includes the Free City of Danzig, Memel and Luxembourg. The dotted areas are land taken by Russia, during the German-Polish and the Russo-Finnish wars and the Baltic states of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, eccunied by Russia. In crossed lines is shown what used to be Albania, the tinv state taken by Italy. CAMOUFLAGED =5 STEEL HELMET LOOSE COLLAR They Drop From the Skies BELT SUPPORT BINOCULARS SLUNG | )\ ROUND NECK CABINETPOSTS| SOUTH'SEA STRATEGY -- WHAT IT MEANS ES'imson and Knox Testify Before Two Senate Committees W/ SHINGTON, July 2—Henry | L. Stimson testified today that his |nomination by President Roosevelt |as Secretary of War had ‘“no rela- |tion to politics,” and that he had not discussed the third term ques- tion with the President. Stimson appeared before the Sen- ate Military Affairs Committee. At the same time Franklin Knox, Chicago newspaper publisher, who has accepted the President’s ap- pointment to be Secretary of the Navy, told the Senate Naval Affairs | Committee that he had accepted his |appointment without asking any |expression from the President re- garding the third term. Stimson and Knox testified at |hearings demanded by Republicans lin the Senate and some Democrats | |who asked that they express their |views as to whether the United | e 'map shows why French Possessions in the Pacific By MORGAN M. BEATTY own navy counting on hostile forc-|from Panama, the route to Manila “in AP Feature Service Writer es lying athwart our path to rubber via Honolulu stretches 9538 miles. and tin, and to the Philippines ln‘ With the Marquesas as the first the Far East. |lMink in the supply chain, instead WAGHINGTON, July 2.—While most military eyes are focused on Europe, many naval strategists are turning toward several tiny specks in the Pacific—potential lifelines of American commerce. Up to now these specks been in France's hands. They are the Marquesas, the Tu- buai, Tuamotu, and the Society Islands in the South BSeas. That South . Sea paradise, Tahiti, is among them, Of cburse there are French pos- have |States should intervene in the War. | egions closer to our shores than | Rnox was asked by Chairman | David I. Walsh of the Naval Affairs | Committee whether or not he had | publicly or privately “urged giving military support to the Allies.” The Chicago newspaper publisher |replied “never.” Stimson expressed himself as being against sending troops “beyond our borders unless protection of the | United States makes such action i necessary.” these Pacific islands. But naval and congressional students have in- | dicated they do not feel the Eurg- in the Guianas should pean ssions and e Caribbean area {tempt Hérr Hitler to open occupa-1'the Pamama Canal. "Withr“thecarml tion’ immediately. They are too close to the American mainland. But what about the French pos- sessions in the South Seas? Regarding the circumstances of‘iNAVAL SUPPLY LINE his appointment, Stimson said that Save for Hawaii, these islandsare the President had telephoned him:the most strategic of all stepping |at his New York law office June 19 stones in the Pacific, either for a These islands provide a southern supply line for our fleet guarding commerce or fighting to keep com- mercial routes open, and a line whose first supply depots would be far out of range of the Japanese navy. Our present direct lines from Hawaii to the Far East lie in the path of great Japanese mandated territory of the western Pacific, the Marshall and Caroline Islands. The French islands also provide of Hawali, the southern route to the Far East is 9,800 miles long,| a difference of only 200-odd miles.| Naval eyes have been on the French islands for years. In 1921, Capt, Dudley W. Knox of the United States Navy proposed that | |we buy the islands or let them become a part payment on the war debt, Now congressional committees are thinking about these islands, even | a new strategic leg to our mungl,hough they are not saying so out| defense line from the Aleutians to | loud. Hawali and Panama. ‘ A resolution that went zooming It must be remembered that in through Congress the other day case of trouble, our navy would says the United States will not be supplied with strategic materials | recognize European acquisitions in from the great industrial triangle| the western hemisphere, and pro- of the eastern United States, via|vides for a conference American t - Spain as a supply base, the navy is con-|and east of Tokyo may be “western fronted with almost insuperable dis- | hemisphere”—not that any such! stances to supply a fleet operating vast area is in any Navy mind. | in the Pacific, regardless of what}whnt is in the minds of the fram-| stepping stones are used. |ers of the defense resolution is al — | new definition of the western hem- COMPARATIVE DISTANCES }isphere, written by American re- Hawaii now is the first stepping | publics, and definitely including! stone, and the direct line to the|within its boundaries the French| SITUATION IN BALKANS 1S CRITICAL Large Fleet of Nazi PIM Deliverd to Little Im- perilled Nation 'HITLER BELIEVED T0 BE READY TO STRIKE 'Charges Are Made Agains! Hungarian Government —Revolt Is Planned (By ASSOCIATED PRESS) In Southeast Europe, amid an ap« parent lull in the critical Balkan situation, Rumania looked anxiously to Germany to prevent further dismemberment at the hands of hostile nelghbors, Hungary and Bulgaria, both reported emboldened at Russla's successes. Rumors in Budapest said the Hun- garian move is “imnspired.” Reports are broadcast that Ger- many has requested the Hungarians and Bulgarians to withdraw from both sides of the border for a short distance to avoid “Incidents” that might cause general warfare. A large fleet of German bombers d during the night at Brasov, center of Rumania.. The bombers are reported to hayg been ordered some time ago by Rumania. De- livery however, during the present crisis strengthened ®Rumania’s plans to resist Russia, Hungary and Bul- garia and led to the belief that Hit- ler is prepared to aid Rumania. REVOLUTIONARY CHARGES 830,000 tons. s |and asked him to take the position |navy hostile to our own, or our | Far East begins there. For example, | islands in the Southern Pacific. as Secretary of War “as a call to| . - BUCHAREST, July 2. — Chargey that Hungary is attempting to fo- | ment a revolution among the May- 'GABARDINE COMBINATION CoAT b WATER McNARY WILL COME WEST Will Be Notified of Nom- inafion at His Farm in Oregon WASHINGTON, July 2.—Republi- can Vice Presidential Nominee Charles L. McNary will go home to Oregen to accept formally the nom- ination voted him at the Philadel- phia Republican convention. Mec- Nary said he would make an accep- tance speech at his farm near Salem, Oregon. But. he failed to fix a def- inite date. Meanwhile, the Senate Republi-/ can leader said probably candidate Willkie would journey to Washing- ton later in the week<tp talk over campaign strategy. Court Battle LONG BEACH, Cal, July 2—The Consolidated Steel Corporation was the winner today in its bitter fight with the CIO Shipyard Worker’s Union. A Court ruled in favor of the steel company in a suit by the union to compel the company to employ CIO instead of AFL workers. The Court also dismissed the CIO’s claim for $50,000 damages. The Court action was over work being done on four ships being built for the Federal Maritime Commis- soin. Refirement Ad Is Extended fo Alaska Railroad WASHINGTON, July 2—Presi- dent Roosevelt has signed the bill extending to the Alaska Railroad the retirement act for all employees of the railroad, AUTOMATIC LEATHER o sorTi _— . RERY L P 50MB POCKETS NN b 3 L J HAVERSACKS caunTLET (| .!', R ZIP FASTENED A CLOVES x CLOTH ‘TROUSERS Just to be sure Britons don’t mistakenly attack any British flier who might have to bail out over his homeland, photo-diagrams of German parachute troops like this one are being circulated widely in England. Each detail of the German soldiers’ uniform has been charted so that invaders can be recognized from any angle. NAVAL BASE AT KIEL IS AIR RAIDED British Mak—e_fiight Attack -Scotland and Wales Bombed by Nazis (By Associated Press) British planes last night carried | out a heavy bombing attack on the naval base at Kiel. The Germans assert that seven raiders were shot down by defending Nazi planes and anti-aircraft bat- teries. Germany also sent raiding planes over Scotland and Wales early this morning. Twelve persons are re- ported killed and a score wounded. —————————— ONE LANDING MADE BY HALIBUT FLEET The only halibut landing today on the Juneau fish exchange was made by the schooner Explorer, Capt. Magnus Hanson, bringing in 36,000 pounds that sold at 8% and 6% cents a pound to Alaska Coast Fisheries. >-eoe - ACCOUNTANT HERE D. Sasseen of the American Ac- counting Company is in Juneau, ar- riving here this morning. He is at the Baranof Hotel. ITALAN BASES " ARE RAIDED BY BRITISH PLANES Four Submarines, One De- stroyer Reported fo Have Been Sunk LONDON, July 2—British planes have carried out widespread attacks on Italian bases in Africa, causing heavy damage. British planes are said to have ac- counted for four Italian submarines and one destroyer in their devastat- ing raids. LEWIS DUE THIS EVENING R. F. Lewis, owner of the Ju- neau Water Company, is 4 pas- senger aboard the Princess Alice, due in port this evening. Mrs. Lewis is accompanying her husband on his business trip to Juneau from his California home, S e DOING NICELY Carol Ann Olson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar G. Olson, who was operated on a' few days ago for appendicitis, is doing nicely, according to advees' at St. Adn's s Hospital. ' Stimson said that the position had absolutely no relations to politics, duty.” | “And T| the President had said. |agreed with him.” ° | Knox said that the President had | first offered him the nayy post last | November or December, but he had |declined it at that time. | | APPROVAL FOR STIMSON WASHINGTON, July 2. — The |has approved of President Roose- velt’s nomintion of Henry Stimson | to be Secretary of War. |was 14 to 3. DELAY ACTION ON KP‘JOX WASHINGTON, July 2. Senate Naval Affairs delayed action on the appointment of Col. Frank Knox to be ‘Secre- tary of Navy after Knox denled he ever told anyone he favored send- ing American troops to Europe. 'WILLKIE PLANS NEW CAMPAIGN; " 3:MAN MACHINE {Something Different in Vote Races Scheduled for Fall Fight NEW YORK, July 2—A new type of setup for a national political cam- pgign is under consideration, with kie reported ready to name a com- mittee of three men to head his ac- tivities. One man, it is understood, will be campaign manager, another will be national chairman of the party, and a third will be Willkie’s personal rep- resentative. Willkie himself declined to discuss the situation at a press conference. Baséfafiflday ‘The following are results of base- ball games played this afternoon in the two major leagues. National 'League ‘Brooklyn ' 4; Philadelphia 7. American League Philadelphia - 4; Boston 3. SITS UP WITH CORPSE OF NATION; FORTITUDE | Senate Military Affairs Committee The vote | 2 The| Committee | toasted the 35th anniversary of the | Presidential nominee Wendell Will- | {hen wag 1S STILL By JACK STINNETT WASHINGTON, July 2. — The other day, I went to the Norwe- gian legation, where a tiny party gathered around Minister Wilhelm Munthe de Morgenstierne and independence of Norway. There are times when I wish I could do a sob-sister act and this is one of them. Never before have I “sat up” with the corpse of a nation. Never before have I heard a deceased’s sufvivors clinging with such desperate fortitude to the hope that some little spark of life remained. When the little group assembled, there was not one who knew that Norway had given up the ghost— not even Mr. ‘Morgenstierne, The word still was to come—but except for the Minister and two of his aides, none doubted but that death was only a matter of hours. Mr. Morgenstierne said proud- ly that King Haakon VII was “somewhere north of Narvik” (it turned out to be Tromsoe) far in- side the Arctic circle, and that| the Crown Prince was with him. As a matter of fact, the king even leaving for England. There ‘'was no truth in the report, the Minister said, that the King had been ill. The Crown Prin- cess (whose beautiful portrait, in| a red velvet dress, dominated the room in which we sat) has sought| sanctuary for herself and children in Sweden, STILL COULD HOPE Mr. Morgenstierne spent minutes diagnosing the condition of his country as he saw it at the time.| There was, he insisted, no reason; to give up all hope. | There was not one word of| truth, he insisted, about there| having - been a fifth column in| Norway made up of Norwegians. | That was all Nazi propaganda. Norway was just the . testing ground for the Nazis' major ol-‘ MANIFESTED fensives and they were doing . all they could to keep their methods secret. Less than one-half of one percent of the Norwegians were traitors. The fifth column, he main- tained, actually was composed of German tourists, salesmen and business agents who had filtered into the country by the thou- sands, and because of Norway's neutrality could not be kept out. TWO MONTHS—A RECORD With tears in his voice, if not in his eyes, the soft-spoken, outward- ly unemotional representative of the only small nation invaded by Germany which was able to cling two months, reiterated his faith that the Nazis would lose their he said—but in the end. He admitted he had received no word from King Haakon on the 35th anniversary of the day when Norway, by mutual consent, dissolvag its long federation with Sweden and became an indepen- dent nation. He said he himself had sent no message to the two million persons of Norwegian descent who live in the United States. There would, he said, be a happler time for that. CAPT. (. W. CAULS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL Capt. C. W. Cauls, one of the pilots of the steamer Aleutian, was taken to St. Ann's Hospital this morning and is receiving medical care, He will be taken to the States on the next southbound steamer. e ENGINEER IN TOWN Harry Bowyer, mining engineer, came in today and is at the Gas- tineau Hotel. He flew to Hirst to~ day to examine properties in that area and hoped to return this eve- ning. MARITIME TIE-UP IS | Deadline Tomorrow Mid- night With No Seftle- ment in Sight SAN FRANCISCO, July 2. — The Federal Government brought intense pressure to bear today to bring about a settlement of the threatened Pa- cific Coast maritime tieup. Secretary of Labor Frinces Per- kins and Maritime Board Chairman Robert Breure were both reported doing everything in their power to secure a settlement of differences be- tween shipowners and the C. I. O. Ito & bit of its soll for as long aS)narine Cooks and Stewards Asso- | etation. The strike set for midnight last | great offensive—maybe not s0on, gunday was postponed at the per- sonal appeal of Secretary Perkins, but, the new deadline of midnight tomorrow night was rapidly ap- proaching with no settlement in sight. Maritime Labor Board Mediator Harry Roulfs said that he hoped to bring about a resumption of negotia- tions today. Roulfs said that Federal agencies were keeping the long dis- tance wires from Washington hot in trying to clear the way for a settlement. e — INVESTIGATING SCUTTLED LINER SEAMENINU. 5. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, July 2.— Federal agencies are investigating reports that 400 German seamen on Angel Island are engaging in Fifth Column activities. The seamen are members of the scuttled Nazi liner Columbus and have been on Angel Island for sev- eral months, Strict secrecy surrounds the in- vestigation, THREATENED gar population in Transylvania in order to pave the way for eventual entry of her army into the Province. is made in Government quarters. Sources close to the Palace Cab- inet asserted the Hungarian Gov- ernment s smuggling rifles, ma- chine guns and hand grenades into Transylvania, ceded to Rumania by the post-world war Trianon treaty. It is declared that more than 1,- 000,000 Maygars are in a position |to kill Rumnnian officials and hars |ass defense should Hungary cross | the frontier. HUNGARY MOBILIZES BUDAPEST, July 2. — Hungary’s mobllization is going ahead tonight, according to plan, despite reports of a peaceful settlement with Rumania over Transylvania, 3 FLEEING FRENCHMEN ARE CAUGHT {Nazi Arm Reaches Out on Aflantic fo Grab For- mer Cabinet Officials BERLIN, July 2—The DNB, Ger- |man official news agency, reports | that former Prench Premier Edouard Daladier has been caught aboard & French steamer by a German sub- marine in the Atlantic and forced to return to France. The report also says that two former French Cabinet Ministers, Mandel and Delbos, fleeing with Daladier, are also being returned. The news agency does nob say what the Germans plan to do with the former Cabinet officials. i e ——— MRS. WHITTER HERE | Mrs. M. J. Whittier, wife of Dr. | Judson Whittier, will arrive tonight |on the Princess Alice. She has been visiting for the past few weeks with \her parents in Hollywood, Cal. |} ———— MEDICAL CARE Frances Laveth of Hydaburg was 'ndmmed to the Government Hos- pital today for medical care,