The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 13, 1940, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” — VOL. LVI, NO. 8490. JUNEAU ALASKA, TUESDAY, AUG. 13, 1940. PRICE Tli‘v CENTS SKY RAIDERS BLAST ENGLISH COAST Bi; 4 OILMAN RESIGNS. BIG JOB Texas Com parny Official Aided German Com- mercial Counselor "Now Back in lowa (Gov. Gruening In Fairbanks, Brief Visil 'Refurns fo Anchorage for ARRC Session-To Re- turn fo Inferior 4 4 4 g Bertha Guns Are Reported In Actlon ng | DEADLY TWISTER BRINGS DEATH T0 TWO ' BLISTERING ATTACKS ARE STAGEDNOW Waves of Nazi Bombers Make Assaults for | 3rdSuccessive Day NEW YORK, Aug 13 —Capt. Tor- FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Aug. 13.— | kild Rieber, 58, stocky $100,000 a year | Gov, Ernest Gruening flew here ;SHE“.S BE‘NG DROPPED Chairman of the Texas Corporation, {from Anchorage on Sunday, con= | today ended his 35-year career with | terred on plans to (\\Lflblhllv a '0-3 FROM Gu“s l“ FRA"(E the international oil firm as a result !cal unit of the Alaska Nunonah of recent disclosures as to his as- Guard, then left by plane late in | sociation with the German commer- S o1 of -1 | Rieber went to | Alsers Futrall Rababilitatib Ghec) Rise fo Meet Germans sea at 14 and was a tanker Sklppe!‘; | poration, the guilding body of the| at 21. Matanuska Farm Colony. He ex-| -Troops Land Next Resignation Submitted | It was explained after a seven- | pects to return here and will spend several days in this vicinity. BULLETIN—A swarm of Ger- hour meeting of the Board of Di- | Lieutenant Commander Simpson iders returned to attack his resignation “because cerfain | ¢ aide and Intelligence Officer, and v At okt publicity is detrimental to the Texas | Major Jesse Graham, United States| 1,“;‘. a\r::em:;“;nm;at :Ith nl'!e- Corporation” in connection with re- | Arm assigned to duty to establish fending planes behind low hang- ports of the activities of Dr. Gerhard the Alaska National Guard, arrived | loud Westrick, commercial counselor for | here with Gov. Gruening and are | ing clouds. the German emba: | remaining (i hia FpliEs | A London Associated Press dis- T 5 | patch says that at least 31 Nazi As a result of revelations concern- ing Westrick, Rieber acknowledged helping Westrick to get a driver’s license, offering him the use of a company car. “Good Business” The oilman explained he consid- ered this good business, since West- rick, as a German Supreme Court lawyer, had represented the com- pany on a number of occasions in Germany The driver’s license was subse- quently revoked by the State Motor Vehicle Department after a hearing brought out testimony that the Tex- as Company had paid for the car Westrick used, but expected the German official to pay it back later. Westrick's license was taken away on grounds that his application con- («ln(ll false statements. Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace (left), Democratic Vioe- Presidential nominee, had a chummy chat in Chicago with William Settle (right), of Petroleurn, Ind., Chairman of the National Commit- tee for Agriculture. Enroute from Des Moines to Washington, Wal- lace said agriculture was prepared for war and its consequences. PROFITEERS 1Many Dle,L DENIED AT Albania’s ANCHORAGE Uprising City Up in Arms at Con- | Four Hundred | ltalian Sol- | | | | G5 PR S vty BULGARIA WAITS ON ~ RUMANIA Settlement of Territorial Demands Apparently Bogged Down | SOFIA, Aug. 13.—The Bulgarian | government, announces that it will mile away. | | 1 .. | injuring many and ripping buildings to kindling. | | Willkie Gefs Some More This wirling funnel was photographed just minutes before it roared into l);n.v,\lm, N. D, killing two persons, The picture was taken when the tornado was a half- NOMEWOMAN raiders are reported unofficially early tonight to have been shot down during today's raids five of them late this afternoon on | the southwest English coast, also Wales and Scotland. From Berlin, a German wire- less asserts that the British | plane losses today are alone 69 | against only seven German | plane losses. ROAR OF DESTRUCTION LONDON, Aug. 13. — The aerial blitzkrieg on Great Britain broke into a full-throated roar of de- struction today as war planes struck every corner of England. London morning newspapers said the battle for Great Britain has be- | gun with 500 or more German planes dropping bombs and projectiles landing in southeast England, be- | lieved from big guns on the French ) e gressman’s Accusation | diers Are Reporfed fo |camiy awaic settiement of s ter-| Adw(e h’om Grandsland |S MISS'NG 0“ ‘N | ritorial demands from Rumania. | coast “ ’ of Pr|(e Boosflng Have Been K[lled | The statement was issued after ne- The morning newspapers said the % | gotiations bogged down. | M defenders are making the alr deadly Yl sz i r the invaders, ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Aug. 13 NE TR Ak N A Bt | ST SRS GRS Yo anagers se("on Now BOAT (Ru ISE“UI ; o ported to have turned down the | Drew Pearsos Anchorage citizenry is united in de- (wircless reports that at least 400 |pumanian offer for cesssion of 5.- CHANNEL CONTROLLED ad nying the charges made by Con- | Italian soldiers have been killed in |gog’ square miles of southern Dob- AN BERLIN, Aug. 13. — German RobE'\SAA“el gressman J. Buell Snyder in the | Albania's uprising since last Friday. | ruja. By JAC K s’l‘lNM T M B M I U |sources claim virtual control of the ¢ Dx\llynAI:uk:\ P,‘ll]nm‘rt‘ '|Il Jl:wmx ::m:" ILullmn 1|n'u.ulll':;:.t>. l\'r'hlfln:;vnlly ld.\- e Sl | jApANESE BOATS WASEINGTON, Aus. 15, - Note| MIS: DEIN PIOZEE 1S nac- | English CT;lnt:lel n:\d ;r?mendous carried generally by the Associated [ny disorders but admil 1iere has ) < | to Wendell L. W y g ruin to British coastal defenses. fi' %Q Press that price boosting s resorted | been “some trouble” in Albania. ",\";’,Z",f,',,w‘,’:_“' e R Al EN]'EQ H ARB llnuln-l: R counted for on Tour — ‘60" o ol g, (Tl T QRAT |Gt o S| COURIEE T8 08 U1 oy s e WaSHINGTON® Severa carel’ulns‘fi)rg::;“fifha;;mfl:,:f the Home . i sttt L Conilm leaf | )real Lakes | Auacking in waves of % to 100 Japanese milltary and navallyiie. vited Juneau, Anchorage ‘ 42, s iy S S e 3 e ne] th ptde a iltzkrie i strength indicate that Japan C““‘and i:,n"b'mh l'\' “;“‘l'mm Sn\‘d‘:| e E. Stassen of Minnesota? ::lr'[f‘nvlnl:x'v‘!;fll']—an(nji—l?:‘v;t-‘l;llll"’dx::lt:lv :w"d WP al.r;:’li;;“flyaflmnt Bntfiln "): do just, ahout, an thing she wants| " i - | nat 188-vears0ld (Banth: SE Paull onav.trom & UTeas ARES G e ) The reports show that the Jap' stuffs and clothing 1£(¢:|(|\|\ 2 | Movement Is Near governorship on o shoestting and | BEIAI bR i e British: Raysl Alr Porce Spit= anese Navy is in A-1 shape, and|gper’ it was announced that $12,- used a back door and street cor- S A AL | s and Hitigans Sehters rontid has suffered not a bit as a. result|gng 609 was to be spent on the Armj | KOdIak Base Dar. method: ) duropRRIEIINE: e At ot the vessel, the|up to meet the Nazi sky raiders. of the Chinese war, The Japanese|p;co pere, Flame rash climbed into & car. and covered| TOC OWICTR B 0 B | "The censored London newspapers Army also is in good shape, though Not Alarming | L e i mal dishatoh s . e ke i gemLien. ) T «(Z:Z.:'.’]‘:vt:”‘(]zi‘»:}:[”:u]s'dx:‘{rl(l;:;;:x'-‘pd:g} warned that Germany might at- N - e fim&?fi}or;r;:;:{;z:?f';:l';’ “:‘“:L‘g"’":):l‘('mx‘:;;\ e | [ received by The Empire_ihis after- iRl L clothing and _personal effecis all|tempt anczctiuma'lnil:::t invasion and still dragging on at heavy €Osh|ang clothing prices have not been|(Chief of Al Staff, Th Asiatic Fl ¥ | attl, L S S el o sl e o e From two other points, one bel- has bl J::fii‘;fi;“ml;fi:‘r‘;"g ehanged asi thag Whotgh thets haved 10 ot Army Jiall, fhree siatic Fleet ommander‘me Rt enia of she Uiiled Fross SRR R e T than | o rked at @ point of call,|liserent and one neutral, cams chool for 2 Ja . | e € 5€ ch migh semble. on| ™, " % sty 9 N it Natifioap, HEER WHIBR IS |oon o atsnis Seceit 1a Molaied | Cabinet Members and | Checks Up as Brifish | ibaicn = oo cxciuhve from any street. cornes at juncns i JThe slekuter ot Cleviiabd. Juy SOV REEER s the e pan suffers is her desperate eco- . A g ooy ¥ t was effective for Stassen, too. = ° : . nomic situation. Easiest remedy forlca;;:rchmm sa1d ditto. theI’S Are K‘"ed For(es Pu" ou' Four fishing type vesscls, palnt- ye gnocked a powerful political Mra, :Mozeo badt B, tioksh 1o, Dilts g Ftpnsie Near | | |ed a brilliant red, ente y falo, but her absence was not noted| In Be rlin, Louis Lochner, Chief of this is to take the Dutch East| peajtors acknowledged rental in- | I e e wesl organization into a cocked hat oot fa ¢ A h ir-| the Associated Press Bureau, mes- Indies and the wealthy DOS*ESS‘O'L\creMng and termed the price of city | SHANGHAL, “Aug./13 Atmimal| geroms ib-dnd left without, stopping . SWeRb idfo office wilh s '..1‘“ G L;)““f .“(;l b r] sages that “all signs point to-an of the Dutch, French and British|vacant lots “exorbitant” ut the sit-| SYDNEY, Australia, Aug. 13— Thomas Hart, Commander of the|or establishing ireny o e, many votes to spare, they tell me, :NI’)'“"‘I"“”‘.“‘:m‘_-(."x““'L“im"‘“;“‘oé"';‘i":‘r’l‘e early zero hour for the Nazl of- 1 SoUNIE S '“mon & maturel beeause of the un- |Licutenant ' General Sir Cyril B.|y. s. Asintic Fleet, reported t00ay | believed.-flying a flag of the Japan- (i o, ald-line: politiclans oubl ey fing” dniias, fensive against England and the That is what seems sure to hap- | precedented demand for housing. White, Chief of the Australian Army |he i§ making a hurried unsched-|ece merchant marine. that way haven't recovered yet. climax, the lundin of German pen. There is no question but that = congitions have been acute since Staff, three Cabinet members and |uled trip to Shanghai from Tsingtao| «rhe flag was of :’Iv;u-k earien oh Whether you, Mr, Willkie, can MSZEE NC ] U1 s Ao AN 10 51 {he Japanese can take French Indo- | the start of air base construction, |SiX Other persons, were killed today lin connection with conditions aris-|, yight background & ke that same. fuethod..as otfec- . MESZEE NOW. RO (Continued on Page Five) China, the Dutch possessions of |which employs hundreds of workers, |i & flaming crash of an airliner ing out of Great Britains deo fon |, wHEEEEEL Y L s hiles long dad Vel by apping.. on - factory PAD Ao husband of the miss- Java and Sumatra, and all the|wno are sleeping in garages, lobbies |€Aroute from Canberra for a cabinet | to withdraw her troops from 18N8~ | vwor mide. 130 miles wost of the Ko 400rs and calling out the work- i ‘;“fl","']"(‘l’x;'l'\‘j“m‘{ be Ml’[‘}ll“l "l“ other South Pacific islands that|os hotels and lodging houses, tents | Meeting hal. diak Naval Base” ingmen for one of your informal| © " 54 Aot 1‘ as3ec "FUUH; are worth bothering about, i 2 and on pool rd room floors and tables. The Cabinet ministers meeting | Tt is understood Commander Hart (e AT chals is another question. Ivii|JUNCAU lash Weekend, comng 8. by} few weeks. P death were J. V, Fairbairn, Air Corps | will investigate reports the Japan- sure take & heap of travelin' be-|PAA Electra and going out anSun-| Only spot which might hold out| | Brigadier; Geoffrey Street, of De- |ese are planning at this time to| - tween August and November to|98Y’s "“l'l"“' with office charges. is the British naval base at Singa-| |fense, and Sir Henry Gullet, Vice- |take over the British defense sec- | get around to even a small per- B0 pore, and naval experts disagree| Prf:siflt'nt of the Executive Council. | for in most of the important sec- | a I u ers centage of the factory doors in pu(ER (OMPANY as to whether the Japanese could | Four of the crew members were [tions of the International Settle-| this country take it or not. In time, they prob- | alw killed. ment as soon as the British leave. If you want a little advice from | MAN IS VISITOR S ably could. | ‘ ————————— R Rl ey s II ea"le somebody who doesn't know any- | Everything now seems set for the | ¥ thing about campaigning (al- = Wl Se n aiol's A Sk A"OI’I\EY Japanese to steam south simultane- | SI’O(K OUOTAI'IONS though I hear that's the kind you| H: E. Smith, Secretary of the| 5 ously with the Hitler blitzkrieg| A ase a o ay I arc geiting most of), here t is;|Alaska Placer lakes miniag con- General fo Decide on against Britain, Probably the Jap-| . . . b, SEATTLE, Aug. 13—Three hali- The political tabulators around ern developing placers in he against, Britain, Dby e Tow | C10 Chieffain Arrives from | sew vorx, aue 13— closing| B I torn ey et aavile 70 Reed anly| Windham Bay Tegion, 18 & guest st Deporlahon the blitzkrieg is going before they S F . ' 3 quotation of Alaska Juneau mine| The following are scores of games Danks today and sold their cragoes about five to seven million votes| !¢ Juneau Hotel stage theirs in the South Pacific an Francisco for 3- stock today is 4%, American Can |played this afternoon in the two 25 follows: : the “normally Republican 5“““‘110“"" Seattle udvlu\vrun(;g WASHINGTON, Aug. 13. — The D c f 95, Anaconda 19, Bethlehem Steel | Major Leagues: Tordenskjold 40,000 pounds, 13% | variety to win. And since there| ™ar Will go out to the mines Wed-|gongte Immigration Sub-Committee TNT—DON'T TOUCH ay Lonierence 74%, Commonwesalth snd Southern National League |and 12 cents & pound; Excel Second are about 10,000,000 unemployed,Nesday on the Dart for @ briefly,q,y recommended the Attorney Nebraska Republicans are very| SEATTLE, Aug. 13. — Unan-|1%, Curtiss Wright 7, General Mot- | Brooklyn-Philadelphia game call- 37,000 pounds, 12% and 12 cents; Su- | why don't you make your speeches| 1iP: planning to fy south NeXt|Ganeral be directed to investigate et itic about Wendell Willkle, nounced, John L. Lewis arrived here |ors 46%, International Harvester 42, (ed in third inning on account of san 32000 pouinds, 13% and 13 cents. ' before CLOSED factory doors? | Week on the. Alaska Clipper. | the case of Harry Bridges to determ- but they want no speech by him|last night for three days of con- |Kennecott 25%, New York Central | heavy rain ,with Dodgers leading | BT L % S | s, b ine whether or mot he should be in McCook, home town of Senator |ferences with CIO officials. |11, Northern Pacific 5%, United |3 to 0. DAN MAHONEY SOUTH A BRAND NEW FORMULA FORREST LEAVES deported as an undesirable alien. George Norris, the State’s veteran| He came here from San Francisco. | States Steel 50%, Pound $3.99. St. Louis 5; Chicago 1. bl Note to Gov. W. Lee O'Daniel of| 1nn A. Forrest, Forest Service| qverriding Chairman King, Sen- public-power crusader. | Lewis refused to reveal additional — Cincinnati 4; Pittsburgh 3. Dan Mahoney, son of United Texas: Is it true what they say|Architect. left on the steamer Co- gtors Austin and Schwellenbach Such a plan was reported short-|travel plans and in a brief inter- | DOW, JONES AVERAGES American seacue States Marshal and Mrs. W. T. Ma- about O'Daniel? lumbia for Ketchikan on official | yoted to substitute this proposal for 1y after Willkie arrived at his Col-|view said there was no change in| The following are today's Dow,| Boston 1; New York 9. honays salléd for the:south on the | -Gne :of dhic. boys: tells’ me . that|Pustiess, after which he will g0 the bill appeesed ks tha Houos s Detroit 5; Cleveland 6. | steamer Columbia enroute to Cali- |~ .| Outside for six weeks' leave. Hisleral weeks ago, asking for Bridges' the peace situation between the CIO | | Jones averages: Industrials, 122.98; and AFL, rails, 26.46; utilities 21.95, Chicago 4; St. Louis 3, fornja where he is to attend school, (Continued on Page Seven) )family is already in the States. deportation. (Continued on Page Four)