The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 15, 1940, Page 1

P ——— THE D “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” ATLY ALASKA EMPIRE UNEAU, AL ASKA, MONDAY, JULY 15 1940, MEMBER ASSOCIATED " PRICE TEN CENTS PRESS VOL. LV, NO. 8465. . ¢ RAFT ROOSEVE T 1§ PLEA BRITONS WIN AIR BATTLE OVER DOVER NAZI PLANES AREDOWNED IN (Q!FLI(I) Hope for Ultimate Vicory Is Expressed by Eng- lishmen Today ASSOCIATED , PRESS) Bri today celebrated another reported victory over German air| raiders in a battle high in the air above the hotly contested Strait of | Dover. British planes are said to have shot down 15 planes. The Air Min admits the loss of three| bon | As the result of the vietory, Bri-| tons took hope of ultimate victory in fightin i In a speech, Prime Minister Win- | ston Churchill detailed plans for'the | Speaker of the House William B campaign. | The plans calls for a two year de-| 45 open the convention. The gave fensive war to guard the British A . " conventions, is being show Isles against the Nazi conquest then in 1942 a counter offensive. “We would rather see Londen | laid in ruins-than be enslaved,” said the Prime Minister. | invasion ENG (HANNEI.‘ NEW YORK, July 15.—A war- g | S without the loss of a bar or A'n' A(K[D 0“ {Reaches U. S. from time importation of three bil- | lion dollars worth of gold from . | minted piece. ‘ This is according to a state- ‘ Europe; None Lost Europe has been accomplished issued by the under- German Co&munique Also Claims British Port Facilities Bombed The German High Command re- ports bombing attack on British port alrports, armamerit in- and fires and terrific ex-! plosions were observed by the plane outlooks. The communique said that Faversham, in particular, was bomb- Atlantic Limited announce that the ed. Faversham served as a secret transAtlantic clipper service be- base for British undersea boats dur- tween New York and England will ing the World War. They were anti- be resumed within a month. ment writers, —————— ?AIIaniit Clipper Service fo Resume NEW YORK, July 15.—Airways- sub craft and usually disguised as e S Boy Caught in British convoys on the English | Channel and sank three merchant claims that a British destroyer, and Leider, aged four, is dead as the an liary cruiser as well as four results of burns suffered when he fishing boats. Nazi planes have also slashed at Grass Fire Di vessels totalling 17,000 tons. | rass 're |es The German High Command also| SAN JOSE, Cal, July 15.—Bobbie tmen were damaged by the was caught in a grass fire near his hom L au ENIGMA_Big Jim Farley, hand-shaking postmaster with i Topatt to FDIR some secret bama’ illiam y ., some secref Bnnkhb:-duam.:n:;u wlo% ""““l‘ sbitions, axnd for op- considered » fine orator, ) 2 e o ke T ORATORY _Keynoter for the Democrats’ national conven- tion opening July 15 in Chicago Democratic’' Convention Gavel 7 DAUGHTER OF GOVERNOR OF HAWAU, i ! 1 Bankhead, keynoter for the Demo- cratic National Convention in Chicago, inspects gavel which is used el, used at the last four Democratic him in Washington by Senate Majority Leader Alben W. Barkley, convention’s permanent chairmar | | | [ | ROMANCE, HOWEVER | SEATTLE, July 15—The daugh-| ter of the Governor of Hawaii, Helen Poindexter, and the son of the Governor of Alaska, Peter| Gruening, are both aboard the | steamer Aleutian sailing north | Seattle reporters tried to stir up | a little romance but Miss Pointex- | ter said: “He is just a little too| | young,” to which young Gruening| | agreed, The two met first in Hanolulu! two years ago. | Mrs. Richard Black, wife of the | Commander of the East B: o the United States Antartic Expe- difon, is accompanying Miss Poin- dexter on thé Alaska trip and Stu- tart Lansing, a classmate of young | Gruening at Amhurst, is with him | aboard the Aleutian. | | | | —————— |RUSS CLITHERO HERE FROM BUSTLING SITKA good at Sitka, accord- ssell Clithero, former Ju- | Busines: |ing to Ru: Sitka Hotel, who flew here for the day on business. | Clithero said the hotel is filled all | the time, though it manages to take care of all comers also. VETERAN —Age of tary of State Cordell Hull—he’s 68—might cripple his chances. The Tennessee statesman has gepeatedly expressed his- disin- “terest in & political future. XTRA Ulfimatum Now Facing Gr. Britain. Surrender or Be Destroyed Will Be Offer of Ger- many and Ifaly cated today, in IHaly's offical newspaper, that Germany and Itaiy will serve an ultimatum on Great Britain within a few days offerirg her the choice of sur render or destruction. Gayda, in his article, wrote: “Preparations will be completed within a few days and an ulti- matum will be served on Great Britain whereby she will have to settle her last account. “She will have the choice be- tween submission to the force of Eurcpe or suffer an extremely grim violent war with gestruc- tien as the end. The fateful and final overthrow of Great Britain will net be measured by years or weeks, of which Churchill re- cently spoke, but by days and hours.” g ISLANDS BOMBED BY NAZIS High Explofl Bombs Are Dropped on Town on Southeast Coast (By ASSOCIATED PRESS) Nazi raiders, keeping up a relent- less schedule of bombing attacks, has peppered the Island Kingdom almost daily since June 18. This morning, Nazi raiders drop- neauites, now managing the new |ped high explosive bombs on a south | coast English town. The British Home Security Minis- try announces that several houses were damaged and some fatalities occured, EXPERIEN CED_sen. Al- ben W. Barkley of Kentucky, who'll probably be ent chairman of Democr‘:llc conven- ve keynot e "uu and 1936, Bafista Appears Elecled ‘Once Best Stenog in Cuban Army, Chosen Presi- dent, Fair Margin | | HAVANA, Cuba, July 15. — Ful- gencio Bastista, who once gained a narrow fame as the best stenogra- pher in the Cuban army, appears to |have won the election as President | of Cuba in Sunday’s voting. The election was marred by vio- |lence and five persons are known to have been Killed. Batista is credited unofficially ‘wnh gaining a 3 to 2 or better mar- gin of victory over former President Dr. Ramon Grau. : Batista will take office, if elected, on October 1 for a four-year term. JUSTICE_1t Roosevelt de- cides against a third campaign, and the. Democrats decide to put youth. in the saddie, Supreme Court Justice Willlam O. Doug- las might be o't L O' OKS SO PEACEFUL NOW-_gere is the Chicago stadium where on July 15 the Demo- crats open their national ~onvention. Slormy‘may be the sessions nominating presidential candidate. i v Claim Spetlélors (heergifig> a For Willkie at Convention Were Planied in Galleries By JACK STINNETT WASHINGTON, July 15, — From | this vantage point of tline the Re- publican convention at Philadel-' phia has lost none of its staggering qualities of a thunderbolt bursting | from a clear sky. Unaccustomed as I am to taking my national party conventions on| hand and on foot, s0 to speak, there' were hours when I was lost in the lightning-like chain of events that swept at 48-day campaigner into | the nomination, almost wiped | young Thomas E. Dewey off the convention map, and left mild-man- | nered Senator Taft gasping at the finish line without ever having got- lu-n that second wind he was so 1pnsmvc would carry him to victory. But scores of old-timers—poli- | ticians, news men and just ob-| servers—were no less flabbergast- ed than I. Time has settled the | matter no more clearly. | ahead of the favorites). It was the | way it happened. And since a re- examination of what might have taken place may give some clues to the campaign ahead, here it is. (Continued on Page Five) MENTIONED—_The name of Attorney General Robert Jackson (above) has figured in stories about Democratic nomi- nations. He’s been mentioned as »_possible vice president.” 2, _IM. Vincent of Kentucky, and John| | THIRD TERM DEMANDFOR «{ DEMO MEET i Mayor of Cfigo, in Wel- | coming His Speech, Sounds Direct Call BANKHEAD 15 T0 MAKE " KEYMOTE TALK TONIGHT Question of Who Will Be | FDR’s Running Mate Is Discussed CHICAGO, Ili., July 15—The de- |mand that President Franklin D. — | Roosevelt be drafted for a third term because he is the “kind of a man that mankind needs” was sounded in the first hour of the Democratic National Convention to- day. Mayor Edward J. Kelly, of Chi- cago, turned his scheduled address of welcome into a “Draft Roosevelt” demand as the delegates to the con- vention listed through nearly an hour to speeches and formalities which started the convention to- wards the presidential nomination. Mayor Kelly said: “The salvation of this nation rests on one man be- cause of his great experience, sin- cere and humanitarian thinking. This is why I am praying that this great Democratic convention, - with the eyes of the world upon it, will | | | (OMENORTH | 10 INSPECT NAVY BASES ‘Five Congressmen Flying | fo Alaska-Will Go fo | Sitka and Kodiak f stand with all unity.” FDR-Farley Talk Only a few minutes before, Presis dent Roosevelt talked by telephone from the White House with National Democratic Chairman James A. Far- ley and wished him a successful convention. The President asked: “How are things going?” Farley's response was: “Okay.” Keynote Speech Tonight When Mayor Kelly finished his welcoming speech and demand to “Draft Roosevelt” there was a tre- mendous burst of applause but Far- ley, handling the gavel, cut the demonstration short. The convention recessed until 8 o'clock tonight when Speaker of the House William B. Bankhead will BULLETIN — SEATTLE, July 15—~The five Congressmen to investigate the air bases at Sitka and Kodiak arrived here last night after a brief stop at Tongue Point, Oregon. Three left this morning for the north while Representatives Mott and | Anderson remained behind, but with Magnuson, will probably join the other three at Sitka or Kodiak before the weekend. SEATTLE, July 15.—Representa- tive Warren G. Magnuson said five members of the House Naval Affairs Committee will arrive here tomorrow or Wednesday enroute to Sitka and | | Kodiak to inspect the new naval It was not so much what' hap- Siake (h Damibcratidoammeldn ey pened (there have been other |bases Hisks sphaciL. cases where dark horses have| The party is expected to leave by ‘Alnska i Bioc | se down the bome stretch far plane for the north immediately UP-| e Western Bloc at the Demo- on arrival Those in the party are Congress- Imen James W. Mott of Oregon, | George J. Bates of Massachusetts, | William 8. Jacobsen of Towa, Beverly cratic National Convention has de- cided to remain neutral for the present on the Vice-Presidential question. The bloc has endorsed resolutions (Continued on Page Three) Anderson of California. STRATEGIS T—althoush little came of an early boom for Vice President John Garner, ho HE'LL RUN_whether F.D.R. runs or not, Sen. Burton K. Wheeler (above) of Montana says he'll seek presidential momination. He's advising Demo- erats to become a “peace party.” e