The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 22, 1940, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” ——— \()L LVL, NO. 8471. JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, JULY 22, 1940. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRk.Ss PRICE TEN CENT3 — GREAT BRITAIN WILL FIGHT ON NAZI BOMBERS HUR /LENDING Windsors -Inspect War Ruins SIX BRITISH CRAFT BEAT 80 GERMANS Gigantic Ro—ut—Takes Place | Over English Channel- | More Raids Made (By ASSOCIATED PRESS) As the Nazis kept up the air war on the British Isles, it is reported that ut least two and possibly three big German bombers were shot down by anti-aircraft fire in pre-dawn battles today. Twenty-four German planes were downed by the British on Saturday and Sunday. The proudest British announce- ment asserts that 80 German planes, 40 bombers and 40 fighters, were routed Sunday by six British Hur cane planes in 1 hour and 15 min- utes of battle, over the English Channel. One German plane was shot down in flames and the others turned and raced home. The 80 planes evidently planned an attack on merchant shipping convoys but were thwarted, Raids Are Made German bombers killed at least 15 persons in widely scattered dis- tricts of the British Isles Sunday, however the British acknowledged the loss of 11 planes in raids Sat- urday night of the German naval base at Wilhelmshaven and other German objectives. The Germans admit the loss of five planes Sat- urday but claim the British 22 planes on the debit side. Sub Given Up—Lost It is reported the British sub- marine Salmon is long overdue and has been given up as lost. A mine- sweeping trawler, the Crest Flower, was sunk Sunday by German bomb- ers The Salmon, Jast December 12, reported the destruction of a Ger- man submarine and also damaging the German cruisers Blucher and Leip? and letting the German liner Bremen pass because she was too distant for an adequate warn- ing The German High Command claims one British cruiser and two destroyers were dapaged in air raids Saturday, also the, important port of New Castle and several English industrial centers. Fires Are Started In the official communique, the German High Command claims that waves of “German bombers set big fires on airdromes, ports and fac- tories and also oil tanks of the Is- Jand Kingdom and also sank an oil tanker and four merchant ships, to- talling 40,000 tons, on the English Channel. Germany Is Raided The Germans admit Royal Air Force planes, raiding in the dark- (Continued on Page Two) RELATIONS WITH PARIS UNSTRAINED Bullitt Declares No Ques- tion of Recognition Duke and Duchess of Windsor Once again in the news followin, g the announcement that the t'uke ' of Windsor would be governor of the Bahama islands, off the . Florida coast, the former British monarch and his wife, are shown | in this new picture inspecting the ruins of the famous University of Madrid, Spain, This was a fam ous battle ground during the Span- ivil war, MANY LOST AS VESSEL IS BOMBED Ship of Panama Registry Reported Sunk by Ger- man Air Aftack LONDON, July 22.—A ship identi- fied as the 1,200 ton Frossoula, Panama registry, was sunk by Ger- man bombers last week, authorita- tive sour aid, adding it is feared there was “heavy loss of life.” aircraft on the night of July 15, about 258 miles northwest of Cape Finisterre, Spain, in very bad weath- er, the informative source said. It was declared eighteen of the crew left ship in two boats, one in charge of the ship's master and the other in command of the chief of- ficer. Nothing more has been heard of the captain’s boat. After four days, three survivors have reached a Brit- ish port. BIG STRIKE MAY BE CALLED NOW, SAN FRANCISCO SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, July 22— A strategy committee of the CIO International Longshoremen’s Union is debating whether to take strike action against 130 San Francisco firms. The union charges that one firm, the Lyons Magnus Company, has violated its contract by refusing to reinstate a number of idle ware- housemen. The committee has been given the right t -ocall a strike at the Lyons Magnus plant or all of the 130 firms covered under the| master contract. 'FOUR MORE MAKE FLOP T0 WILLKIE Two of Them Are Former New Deal Officials, Now Disgruniled COLORADO SPRINGS, Col., July of |22 —Two former New Deal officials, | next week. John Hanes and Lewis Douglas, have tion of Wendell L. Willkie, Re- publican Presidential aspirant, and| The ship was bombed by German |{hey were immediate asked by Will- |ment another billion dollars. ‘kie to join others in organizing | “Democrats and Independents |like belief,” Douglas quit as Budget Director |in a disagreement with the Admin- |istration’s policies and Hanes serv- led as a member of the Securities Secretary of Treasury. i A telegram offering support has also been received by Willkie from | Mrs. Roberta Campbell Lawson, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, President of the Federated Womens’ Clubs of Amer- ica. In a message, sity, offered his services to Willkie. Oscar Olson (Wil Repres—erl Alaska on Democratic Nation- al Commitfee | CHICAGO, Ill, July 22 | | offered to work for the elec-| in a Commission as well as as Under Alan Valentine, | President of the Rochester Unlver—‘ HonoredNow — The| POWER BE INCREASED \President Asks More Au-| thority for Export, Import Bank WASHINGTON, Ju]y 22 —Presi- ! : {dent Roosevelt today asked Con-| Scene ot Growmg Crisis in the Pacific ‘SC OVIET, RUSS 1A HOLDS BALANCE OF POWE| gress to increase the lending power | ! of the Export and Import Bank | by half a billion dollars so M might be of “greater assistance to our neighbors south of the Rla | Grande.” The request was made in a spe- cial message, coincident with the Pan American Conference at Ha- vana, Cuba. | The President said the war ln Europe is preventing the flow of surplus products of the Western | Hemisphere to their normal mar- kets and he cautioned against “cut- |throat market of those commodi- | ties we all exporl. il (ongress fo Hold Recess For Few Days 'Knox Asks Billion for Navy CHARITY RACKETEERS FATTENING ON DRIVES TO AID WAR SUFFERERS | -Bridges Bill Speed- | ed Along WASHINGTON, July 22. — The| Senate and the House voled to re- |cess until Thursday in the absence | (of any legislation labeled “import- |ant and ready for action.” | [ | | Senator McNary said another re-| SUPPLIES TO ‘CHINa MOVE SRITISH ROAD* AND U.S. fir‘l" JN IN carr NOIE RPOP the see-saw, Russia stands in the cess will be agreed to Thursday with the legislative session to start; | Secretary of the Navy Knox urged kIx-[mo the House appropriations sub | |committee today, quick approval of | legislation to give the Navy Depart- | | Knox declared the sum will make it possible for the United States to have a two ocean Navy. I In the Senate, Senator Ashurst asked speedy passage today of al House approved bill which would de- port Harry Bridges, alleged Com- muynist leader. FRENCH FLIERS " AIDING AIRMEN FLYING IN RAF iAllies Are Agam Atfacking Nazi Soil in Wing o Wing Combat LONDON, July 22.—Headquarters of General DeGaulle, commanding the Free French Legion, announced | today that French airmen are aid- ing the Royal Air Force. It was announced “French air- men togk part in operations carried |out last night by the Royal Air | Force over Germany. All returned isare}y" | e Press Agent Of Hitler Is On Blacklist Mutual Bro_aaasiing Sys- tem Bans Broadcast- ing from Germany NEW YORK, July 22—Dr. Otto Dietrich, who is Hitler's personal press chief, has beent blacklisted by the Mutual Broadcasting system because 31 Pacific Coast stations cut off Hitler's speech last Fri- day. The Mutual Broadcasting Sys- tem has put the ban on all broad-| casting from Germany or from any German-contrelled areas. 3 Halibufers Sell, Seattle SEATTLE, July 22—Three hali- This map shows the sore spots where BET MLI‘N AND JAPANESE Am| YION middle, apparent! lines to China from Russia and India. Japan already has cut the Indo-China route which F maintained. United States and Britain demand that Japan stay out of the Dutch East Indies, vital rubber supplies. Sources of United States-Japanese friction are the Phi Zone in Shanghai, clipper plane routes through Japanese mandated area and the American island of Guam. East meets West. With England and Japan at opposite ends of ly ready to jump either way. Shown are the supply rance had source of lippines, the International By JACK STINNETT WASHINGTON, July 22. — The nation’s capital is having charity troubles .and the odds are a hundred to one a good many other cities are too. It's because in again turn out in dnoves every time the| United States digs in on a whole- sale program of relief. The extent of the present pm— gram, although it doesn’t compare with Belgium relief in the World War, is sufficient to be staggering. Under the Neutrality Act of 1939, 330 relief agencies have regis- tered with the State Department | for disbursing relief funds. This does not include the Red Cross, which makes all its reports di- rectly to the War Department. Up to about a month ago, l.hesv. agencies had collected $8,596,628. | Of this $5845755 already has, gone for aid to peoples in 12 war-| stricken countries, Forty-two of these relief groups have disband-| ed, mainly because their plan was for a single charity affair or be- cause it no longer is possible to get help to the people they set out to aid. Three have been or- dered dissolved because they re- fused to abide by State Depart-, ment rules, which brook no rack-, eteering and no violation of neu- trality laws. the racketeers are . those leeches who | DOUBLY BAD These agencies have operated at a cost of $675,953, which is less than RAF Bombs Hit Large Nazi Boat German Rai—d;Runs Afoul of Balloon Barrage —Comes Down LONDON, July "2 ~The British Air Ministry announced today that | a 14,000-ton enemy supply ship was successfully bombed off the Danish const yesterday. The ministry said jectitves in Germany and Holland | were also bombed, adding that a| German raider today stuck a cable in the balloon barrage area Over Londun und was destroyed (ANADA TO BUY COAL FROM U. S. Several M i—ll—ion Tons of| Fuel fo Be Purchased- 3 Sources Cut Off OTTAWA, July 22—The Depart- that there is every indication that Canada will increase sharply its purchases of coal in the United | military ob- | ED BACK IN FIGHT %REPLY 10 HITLER IS MADENOW ‘Fuehrer's Peace Offer Is Turned Down with "No Compromise’ LONDON, July 22. Lord Halifax, British Foreign Secre- tary, answered Fuehrer Hitler's peace offer today with the de- claration that Great Britain will “not stop fighting until freedom for ourselves and others is se- cure.” In a broadcast to the world, Lord Halifax said “We realizc this struggle may cost us everything but just be- cause thiugs we defending are worlh any sacrilice. It is a noble privilege to be the de- fender of things so preclous.” Lord Halifax declared that Great Britain’s picture of Eu- rope is one “free association of independent states.” The British Foreign Secretary asserted that “acress the At- lantic there are mighty nations who view Hitler’s work with growing detestation and the United States did not build their homes in order to sur- render them to this fanatic. We take heart at the certain know- ledge that great people pray for our victory.” Lord Halifax’s broadcast was scheduled to have been siven last Friday when Great Britain's “zero hour” was expected to be up, but Hitler's Reichstag ad- dress prevented. Lord Halifax’s reply today was a blunt “no compromise” answer to Hitler’s last chance ultimatum and may touch off the threat- ened Nazi invasion of England. Hitler, in his ultimatum said that if the “final appeal to reason” was rejected by the Brit- ish the “answer would be ter- rible ln mllllom e TRUSTEESHIP " FOR COLONIES URGED BY HULL Americas Asked to Coop- erate for Economy of West Hemisphere HAVANA, Cuba, July 22. — The United States advocated to twenty other American Republics a joint trusteeship of any European colon- ies in the New World that are threat- ened with transfer to any other European powers and called for co- operation in a sweeping program to bolster and safeguard the econ- omy of this hemisphere before the Pan American Congress in session here. Secretary of State Cordell Hull | defined the position of the United | States on pressing problems of the American republics in an address {at the second meeting of the Amer- | ican and foreign ministers here, and | prepared to submit resolutions em- bodying special proposals dealing with them. His forty-two hundred word ad- dress pointed the way to consulta- tions aimed at concrete action by all the Americas to safeguard the ment of Imports and Exports “’“d\we:wm hemisphere against military jor economic threats abroad or for- | eign-directed subversive activities. - Ever Came Up SPEEDY LAUNCH | . N i i " Democratic Natonil-Gommitles an- | buters, all from the Westward eight percent. I'm not up on MY geates during the year. Indications HYDE PARK, N. Y, ‘'July 22— Ambassador William C. Bullitt, who is giving the President a report of what happened in France, asserted today that the relationship be- tween the American Government and the new Petain Government is “exactly the same” as with the form- er French regime. Bullitt said no question of Am- erican recognition of the govern- ment of Petain has arisen, because “we have never broken off rela- tions.” DARRELL NAISH 1S HOME FROM INTERIOR Darrell Naish, Alaska Game Com- mission Clerk-Typist, returned by PAA Electra, Saturday from Mec- Grath where he was engaged in ac- counting and inventory work at an Agent's station. ‘The enure flight from McGnth to Juneau, via Fairbanks, was made| in a single day. ' nounces that Oscar G. Olson is a| new member of the committee and he will serve for the next four years representing Alaska where he s Democratic National Committeeman. | B MRS. OSBORN ENROUTE Mrs, John Osborn, accompanied by her two daughters and ,two| sons, 1s on the motorship North- | land; returning here after spend- ing the past several weeks in the States. DELIVERED FOR FOREST SERVICE Rainbow, a speedy new launch built at the Forest Service marine station at Ketchikan, was delivered | here last night by W. M. Sherman, engineer in charge of the station, after a 20-hour run from Ketchikan. Today the trim speed vessel was being tried out by Forest Service officials. banks, arrived and sold here to- day as follows: Kodiak 40,000 pounds, 10% and| 9% cents a pound; Radio 40()()(}\ pounds, 11% and 10 cents; Wizard | 40,00 pounds, 10% and 9% cents. SIS L M e PIONEER PASSES William H. Alford of Ruby died July 19 at the Pioneers’ Home, ac® cording to word received from Superintendent Eiler Hanson. |all promotion but that seems fair enough. The 285 agencies still in existence had at last report, a lit- tle more than $2,000,000 on hand for further relief, but practically still are active and soliciting funds to meet the increasing relief demands, In the last few months the ac- tivity of the charity leeches has been greater than in recent years. It's doubly bad in Washington (Continued from Page Seven) are that the Dominion will import 500,000 tons more American anthra- cite in 1940 than in previous years and that a much larger volume of American bituminous coal will be required to meet the needs of in- dustry and the Canadian railroads. During 1939, imports of anthracite | coal into Canada totaled 4,000,000 tons, of which the United States sumnlied 2,605,000 tons and the Unit- ed Kingdom, 1,340,000 tons. The rest came from Germany and French Indo-China. JAPANESE BOMB ANEW CHUNCKING, July 22. flights of Japanese bombers bhmd industrial and military works just outside this Chinese provisional capital this afternoon. Number of casualties in the at- tack was not known. | |