The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 6, 1940, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEW, ALL THE TIME” * JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JULY 6, 1940. MEMBER A SSOCIATED PRESS " PRICE TEN CENTS BATTLE RAGING ON MEDITERRANEAN CHALLENGE T0 MONROE DOCTRINE United States Makes Offc- | ial Reply to Germany's Implied Threat WASHINGTON, July 6. — The Unitea States has replied to a| German challenge of the Monroe| Doctrine by stating it is a “basic| policy of this Government to pre-| yent aggression” in the Western Hemisphere, | For more than a hundred years the Monroe Doctrine has stood as a barrier to European penetration | of this hemisphere, Germany was | told, in a refusal to permit trans-| fer of territories in the new world | from ovne non-American power to another. | Secretary of State Cordell Hull| told a press conference that the German Foreign Minister's quoted reply to a recent American note on the Monroe Doctrine in which | the Germans interpreted the Dot-| trine’s forbidding such transfers| would be _“untenable,” and that| - it was asked whether or not O,hei German Government could assume. the President had approved his| statement. On the German challenge, Sec- retary Hull said the State Depart- ment always acted under the Pres- ident’s instructions and sugges- WASHINGTON, July 6.—Un|terll‘ States Senator Key Pittman charged today that Germany is laying a definite foundation to| challenge the Monroe doctrine. | The States Department told the| German Embassy today that Ger- | man officials in this country must| refrain from public criticism of | the United States Government, PEACE FEELER ' RUMORS AGAIN ADVANCED NOW British Aggressiveness, | Chamberlain, May | Cause Failure | LONDON, July 6.—A neutral dip-| lomatic source, with good contacts| with both belligerents, predicts new | German peace feelers will be made within three or four weeks. This source said however, that most of the neutral diplomats are convinced that “new British ag-| gressiveness"may doom any such move to failure. | 1t is predicted, according to this| neutral source, that acceleration or‘ warfare on diplomatic, as well m‘ sea and air fronts, are to be fol- lowed by peace hints when the‘ British are feeling the strain most. | Still, there are many who be-| lieve that “peace and appeasement possibilities” will never be defin-| itely outlined as long as the Cham-| berlain faction is as strong as it is| in the present British Government. It is unofficially announced here that Italian Foreign Minister Count | Ciano is to hold a conference in Berlin tomorrow with Nazi officials. | Certain diplomatic observers said | there is a possibility there may be a | discussion on what concessions | would be demanded from Great| Britain as a price for peace. JUNK BELIEVED T0 BE HALLIBURTON'S IS SIGHTED BY SHIP SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, July 6.— The American liner President Pierce has wirelessed that it has sighted the wreckage of a Chinese junk be- lieved to be that of Author Richard Halliburton. Captain Jokstad of the President Pierce said the junk was covered with barnacles and appeared to have been in the water about a year. It was sighted between Kobe and Hon- olulu. Halliburton and his crew of 15 perished when théir junk foundered in a typhoon in ‘Mid‘Pacific, it is believed., Strike \Government Takes Stern, XVillkie Thanks New Supporter T ——— Wendell Willkie Frank Harris Wendell Willkié, Republican presidential candidate, shakes hands with Frank Harris of Pittsburgh, as they meet in Willkie's head quarters in Philadelphia. Harris led a western Pennsylvania bolt from Governor Arthur James of Pennsylvania to Willkie. CAPITAL IS WORKING ON DEFENSEPROGRAM; JOBS, OFFICES ARE AT PREMIUM By JACK STINNEIT WASHINGTON, July 6.—On the| surface, Washington doesn’t look so different—but it is. i The thousands and thousands of government clerks and bosses still swarm into the buildings in the M morning and out nights, Paydays H"lerion the first and fifteenth still . lare the month's most important Jevents. Shops are doing business {as usual. Tourists—America’s great | summertime floating population— Fuehrer Has Triumphal |:un"are scen in’droves in the capi- Hometoming 42 (Iano tol corridors, in Arlington Ceme- tery, or taking snapshots Lhrough‘ Leaves, Conference Berlin Grees "me iron spikes of the fence around | the White House. | crowds still visit Griffith Sta- Hit- | dium to cheer the Washington ler arrived today on a triumphaljSenators as they fight for cellar| homecoming from his western V‘n_‘[lfl.fll“Dll in the American lkagu(‘,, i | Rock Cre¢k park and the Na- Hitler was greeted by ringing of|tional Zoo still are a ‘clutter of bells, tooting of horns and packed | $hade-s humanity on wrck-i\ thousands on the streets. { eridp. | Nazi officials announce that| OO the surface, it might be any| Italian Foreign Minister Count Ci-|Summer in Washington — but it ano is arriving here Sunday for alsn't. visit of several days. He is coming| You don’t have to put your ear here at the request of the Nazi|to the ground to hear the talk . . . regime but no hint in regard to ‘Bnd it'’s hotter, much hotter than the purbose of the visit is given;m(' lassitude of a Washington out. summer merits, On the one hand, it's the stormy | gabble about war and defense and railing at the snail's pace at which the industrial and military pre- paredness machines seem to be get- ting under way. On the other, there’s grim - insistence that we| must not be led into the European | shambles and ranting caution against hot-headed “waving of an| empty gun.” BERLIN, July 6.—Fuehrer - Threaf #Foughl SITTING IN ON HISTORY Everywhere you go it's talk, talk, talk—but that isn't all. Open a few doors and youwll find activity. Some of it’s strange. In the Sen- 'ate gallery, day after day, for weeks, two women in middle years | have come early, taken the same| |seats and stayed until the gavel PITTSBURGH, Pa, July 6 fell on adjournment. Finally, a Anxious to prevent a delay in the |gallery guard asked them why and defense program, the Federal Gov- | got this answer: “We know war is ernment today took a stern hand |going to be declared and we want in the threatened strike in the|to be here when it happens.” aluminum industry. At least four times in recent Hand in Trouble De- laying Defense Plans | A. Williams | appointment was generally lauded. |and in speaking of this appoint- | ment and a resultant moving up |all in accordance with the theory | | motions.” | to return to his San Francisco of- The Federal Government ordered | Weeks, cheers and applause have both sides to appear in Washington to iron out the deadlock and the officials of the union and company gave quick assurances they would comply. ‘The companies involved are cur- rently handling many Government orders, 4 4 [ ‘The unjon has asked a 10-cent an | | |guards to clear the balcony of burst upon the solemn Senate from the gallery . . . and twice the dignified gentlemen of the upper chamber have had to ask the exuberant constituents. Such go- ings-on are taboo in the galleries, no matter how much flag-waving WILLIAMS SUCCEEDS METZGAR E.G. Nelson BecomesChief Engineer as Bradley Names Changes It was announced today that J. has been am)ointed! General Superintendent of the Al- aska Juneau Gold Mining Company | to succeed the late L. H. Metzgar. The announcement did not come as a surprise to the city, but the President of the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company, P. R. Brad- ley, watching civic reaction to the| appointment, expressed his gratifi- cation at instant public accep- tance of Williams' appointment, of other employees, declared: “These changes are all in accord with the company's policy of pro- moting loyalty whenever possible, that such employees are entitled to first call on any vacancies that may occur, and which in turn offer opportunity for well deserved pro- Nelsons, Fowler Advanced Bradley also announced that E. G. Nelson has moved up from the mine’s engineering ranks to the position of Chief Engineer and ad- vances have also been made in the positions of G. E. Nelson and J. E. Fowler in the Survey De- partment. Livingston Wernecke, who has| been Consulting Geologist for the Alaska Juneau, will in the future act as Consulting Engineer. Wernecke has been connected with the company for many years, | directly with the Alaska Juneau| and in allied fields of operation| of the company. A frequent visi-| tor in Juneau, he has a host of {riends here. Superintendent Williams takes over the superintendency of the‘ Alaska Juneau after 18 years with | the company and 21 years on Gas- | tineau Channel, during which he and his family have taken a large | part in the civic life of the com- munity and earned themselves a wide circle of friends. A graduate of the University of| Washington after two years of study at the University of British Columbia, Willlams came to Gas- tineau Channel in 1919 to join the Alaska Treadwell, coming across the bay in 1922 to begin work for the Alaska Juneau. Bradley Leaving Expecting to leave tomorrow or| Monday on the steamer Aleutian fices, Bradley expressed regret that he will not be able to extend his visit of the past three weeks. “Although Alaska is closer than ever before to the scene Outside, it is still a place where one can escape, at least to some degree, from such as the effects the Unit- (Continued un Page Two) Lookit, Boys! You want to learn to play baseball? Sure you do. Well, here’s your chance. Big league stars have writ- ten instructional articles on how to play every position for The Empire. Here are the aces who'll be your teachers: Pitcher, BUCKY WALTERS, Cincin- nati Reds; Catcher, BILL DICKEY, New York Yank- ees; First Base, HAL TROS- KY, Cleveland Indians; Sec- ond Base, CHARLES GEH- RINGER, Detroit Tigers; Shortstop, BILL JURGES, New York Giants; Third Base, HARRY LAVAGET- TO, Brooklyn Dodgers; Out- field, JOE DI MAGGIO, New York Yankees; Batting, JOHNNY MIZE, St. Louis Cardinals. This series starts Monday and in the first lesson, Bucky Walters gives tips on How 1o Pitch (Continued on Page Five) Chemical Blitzkrieg for England? MUSTARD GAS SHELL PARAFFIN Greatest fear in Engiand, pre- pared for invasion by Germany, is that Hitler will decide to use a com- plete ghemical blitzkrieg to force the country to its knees. The air- plane gave chemical warfare seven league boots. According to chem- ists Hessel, Martin and Hessel, in “Chemistry in Warfare,” the Ger- mans have their choice of four known deadly gases, mustard, Lew- isite, phosgene and chlorine. Deadli- est is Lewisite, which penetrates clothing, rubber and tissues of the body. Both mustard gas (which at- Forest Fires |Mexicans fo Raging Today In 3 Stales Crackling Red Flames Aid- ed by Hot Spell and Extra Dry Weather SEATTLE, July 6.—Raging fires menaced homes, towns and farms in Washington and Oregon in the wake of a hot spell and extra dry weather, making the timber tinder-like. One blaze destroyed the com- munity of West Timber, in Ore- gon, and is threatening the nearby towns of Timber and Glenwood. Another Oregon blaze sent 1,000 campers scurrying out of a Mount Hood section. One dozen new fires are reported in Washington, all small, with four or five within sight of the Seattle outskirts. 3 Hot weather and continuance of the dry spell predictions lent new fears for the weekend. The crackling red flames are making headway against hundreds of tired firefighters. In California, a good-sized fire is sweeping through the timber- lands near Soledad. e Phone Girls Threatened; Bombing Job LaGuardia Offers $25,000 for Apprehension of Fair Criminal NEW YORK, July 6.—Telephone| operators who received a warning Tuesday at the World’s Fair that the British Pavilion would be; blown up, which was followed by| a fatal explosion, were Lhreabmed} with death today in an anonymous telephone call, From description of the voice, it| is believed both calls came from' the same man. BOOSTER OSE FUSE All diagrams from “Chemistry tn Warfare,” Courtesy Hastings House tacks the eyes and causes bronchial pneumonia when inhaled) and Lew- isite can be sprayed through the sky by airplane to descend in tiny drops on a city, or can be dropped in bombs. Phosgene and chlorine gas must be dropped in bombs. As much to be feared as gas are the new types of incendiary bombs which rain down flaming particles which cannot be quenched or brushed off. Thermite bombs burn like molten iron. The thermite is ignited when the shell bursts, sets fire to the oil loaded in the shell with B ) S— ( | | | | AIRPLANE TANK FOR EMICAL DISPERSION DEMOLITION B8OMB a terrific burst of flame, One plane can carry several thausln({ of the baby bombs, weighing as little as 6% ounces. Europe’s chemical arse- nals “also are well stocked with sneeze gas, containing arsenic. This gas penetrates gas masks, causing wearers to snceze repeatedly and remove the masks. Blitzkrieg by land and air has predominated, so far, but England feels Hitler may well live up to his threat that: “I have no scruples, and will use what- ever weapons I require. Poison gas is horrible but often necessary. Voie Sunday Undflfiuard (ardenas’ Successor fo Be Named in Midst of Read[ed_ Guns MEXICO CITY, July 6, — This Government today took extraor- | dinary measures to hold disorders |to a minimum when an expected 3,000,000 go to the polls Sunday to name President Lazaro Cardenas’ 5UCCESSOr. The entire Mexican army of 52,000 men is being kept on the alert. Gen, Juan Andreau Almazan, in- dependent conservative candidate, favors close cooperation with the United States. Gen, Avila Comacho, Adminis- tration favorite, and other candi- dates, are not expected to figure. - TWO INDUSTRIAL PLANTS BURNED IN OREGON TOWN Blaze Is Believed fo Have Been Started by Fireworks foivaay BEND, Ore., July 6.—Two indus- trial plants were destroyed yesterday by a blaze believed to have been caused by smouldering fireworks. The fire damaged the Pacific Power and Light Company and cut off power in parts of Bend for some time. Guests were forced to flee from a nearby hotel when burning embers showered on the roof, threaten- ing it. SToCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, July 6. — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock at today's short session of the New York Stock Exchange is 4%, Anaconda 19 3/4, Bethlehem Steel 175%, Commonwealth and Mayor LaGuardia offered a $25,- Southern 1%,-Curtiss Wright 6 7/8, 000 reward for the capture of the| General Motors 43%, Kennecott person who perpetrated the crime.|25%, New York Central 12%, North- Police intensified precautions at ern Pacific 6%, United Siates Steel the British, French and Italian|52, Pound $3.77%. buildings and watched parcels car-| ried by persons entering as well DOW, JONI AVERAGES as examining many of them. | The, following are today’s Dow, Meanwhile more detectives were|Jones averages: industrials 12159, placed on the city waterfront. |rails 26.06, utilities 2257, U. 5. FEARS ACTIONS OF ROYAL NAVY Brifish Warships May Fire on French Island of Martinique WASHINGTON, July 6.—Secre- tary of State Cordell Hull reported | today that American nations are | Jointly gathering all possible infor- mation on a reported British block- ade of the French island of Mar- tinique. It was neither confirmed nor de- nied when reports came through that British warships have taken up stations around the Caribbean Island where a French alrplane carrier, crulsers and planes are based. Hull said the question of estab- lishing United States air bases in Latin-America is one of fifty prob- lems coming up in consultations | with South American nations. SCREEN STAR BACK AFTER MARRIAGE HOLLYWOOD, Cal, July 6. — Screen Star Carole Landis has re- turned to work following her elope- ment and marriage in Las Vegas, Nev.,, to Broker Willis Hunt, Jr., f Los Angeles. Miss Landis said she had no time for a honeymoon as she had a picture to complete. She de- clared she would take time out for romance after her current picture is finished. ENGLISH REFUGEE CHILDREN HELPED LOS ANGELES, Cal, July 6. — A. D. Jackson, of the BSalvation Army says that 350 refugee children from England will be given refuge| in Los Angeles. The refugees are| the children of Salvation rmy members. | | | S eee MRS. AMUNDSEN MAKES TRIP OUT ON NORTH SEA | Mrs. John Amundsen, her two | children, and her sister, Helen Lar- sen, sailed south on the steamer | North Sea. They will visit a month | in Seattle. | - DEAN RICE TO SKAGWAY Dean C. E. Rice of Holy Trinity Cathedral is leaving for Skagway on the Yukon to hold Sunday ser- vices and there will be no services in the Episcopal Church here. to- AIRCRAFT, WARSHIPS FIGHTING Conflict Is ie_porled off French Moroccan Coast This Affernoon | PART OF FRENCH NAVY ESCAPES FROM BRITISH ' Other Vessels Said fo Have Been Sent Down in Engagement BULLE TIN — VALENCIA, Spain, July 6.—Fishermen hur- riedly put into port this after- noon, alarmed at what appears to be a naval battle between ships and planes off the French Moroccan coast. A large number of planes are seen flying over a warship squadron and many heavy ex- plosions are heard here. (By Associated Press) Great Britain’s determination to | get the French fleet has led her to another Mediterranean battle while | Prance declared that strong units of the fleet have reached the Toulon base and will be turned over to the Germans as demanded by the armis- tice terms. A dispatch from Vichy, present seat of the French Government, said a destroyer, the Frondeur, sank off Crete under fire of British warships and the gunboat Regault de Gen- ouilly is also reported to have been torpedoed off Algiers. A Toulon dispatch said the 26,000~ ton battleship Strasbourg has ar- rived at Toulon with five small cruisers, various destroyers, sub- marines anda other small craft, pre- sumably from Mers El Kebir, having escaped from British attack. BRITISH, GERMANS, AIR RAID Naval Base;—a—t Kiel, Wil- helmshaven Bombed Fires Starfed (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) The German High Command claims a British submarine has been sunk by Nazl bombers and oil tanks at Plymouth, England, have been shelled and set afire. The British Air Ministry, in a communique, says British bombers raided Germany's naval bases at Kiel and Wilhelmshaven, docks were also bombed and fires started. WILLKIE TO COME WEST NEW YORK, July 6. — Wendell Willkie has chosen Colorado as the site for his vacation and the Re- publican candidate for President will leave next Tuesday for Den- ver. TRAFFIC HALTED BY SEA, AIR IN ORIENTAL AREA HONGKONG, July 6.—The Brit- ish authorities today halted all ship- ping and air traffic to French Indo- China. The halting of traffic is pending clarification of the French colonies’ attitude toward Great Britain. ——e—— The first theatre in California, built in Monterey in 1848, is morrow. a public museum.