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" | a THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, AUG. 20, 1940. y i B A [TALIAN SPIES LOCATED, SAN FRANCISCO 20GERMANS DOES THIS PICTURE SHOW BRITISH" MYSTERY WEAPONY" Navy Probes LA Battle Fleet | ARE LISTED @ =~ ' T e By NP Boarding of 1o guiGana IS Again Off IN CHARGES g ’ Active Espionage Organi- FARNy DN SR i A o i = WG| Reprssentatives of the two Bal-| units of ihe United Ses 1l o i S for past several \ B . 5. Yessel .o oo 2o = - O Maneuvers % by Ruma wili cede to Bulgaria southern Dobruja is believed im- 5 4 pending HONOLULU, Au 20.—The main of bor for another stage of in- tensive sea operations % fained, SaysDies = 2o s i SR on Gnbdat | |ZIEL Rk o ) et iy s i % . % s 3 % ment of the cities of the two na- to last about a month. The fler C(OMMUNISTS GAIN SAN DIEGO, Cal, Aug. 20—The ticns left the confere it was has been staticned in Hawaiian , waters ever since completion ¢ United States destroyer Sta s assumed that the question of enroute to investigate the boarding| drawing fhe frontier was the only| the annual war games last Apr p Trasch by armed forces from a| Southern Dobruja formerly ;| maneuvers apparently suddeniy . Mexican gunboat, |the property of Bulgaria. The! scheduled in light of the European PO'I(Y fo Prevent U.S. Na- The vessel wirelessed that it had|treaty between the two nations is, situation . been halted about 70 miles off Aca-|being forced by Germany to pre B f|0na| Defense«com- pulco, which Is located on the wesl| serve peace in the Balkans. It is BACK 10O AC g E coast of Mexico. The Herman| expected to provide that Bulgaria A B / mittee PfOblflg Frasch reported that it had not! will for state property in the, Mr. and Mrs. Morris Gale, recent 5 in Juneau, who flew to been allowed to proceed ceded territory and that Rumanian arriv The United States Naval District nationals in southern Dobruja will Fairbanks via PAA Electra, planed headquarters at San Dicgo said that' be removed to Rumania proper if|to their property at the incident would be reported in they wish to retain their citizen-| - full to the Navy Dpartment by the chip —— L Commander of the de: ack > o ihe owners of the freighter, the . O Fauill’s | | 5y Mexican authorities SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Aug. 20.—Martin Dies, Chairman of the Dies Committee probing un-Am- erican activities, fadav stated lie has evidence that both Ger- many and Italy are maintaining retive espio rganizations here. 3 Dies caid the committee “has % ;i s L 5 £ ” v 20 leaders in a German espion- I'his picture shows, according to the 1 raider plane “caught anmidst an ant age organization.” ing shells"—somewhere over the Br Dies told the newsmen that NOT a balloon. he had been told the Interna- 3 4 5 by cable, as swarms of Ge tional Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen's Union, Ameri- ~-approved caption a Ge ian spies here and the names of and mild—and maybe even The balleon-shaped object in the fower iefthand corner was NOT identified, but London cap- more 30 today. Just.try it it was a “mystery weanon” of any nature could not be ascertained. Picture sent from London endscel gk Wilken 'd to batter British coast. Navy S'opped & 2 tion emphasized it wa mar iders contin can Radio and Telegraphists As- S E H R E, e et marine " cooe wa | Us S. Envoys Home to Report . A . ChurdhilU BRI ReE Tukn _ Stewards Union, operating here / v avs mira y S ! and on vessels plying from here, 07 : R 3 . i aid said to be gaining control of G , 3 ’ e R 3 other unions in keeping with the intl easons « ther Unlodw I e Tax Uncerfainties, Other , Martin said the Communist g B A i LONDON. Aug. 20.—Prime Min- . States from preparing for Na- ) i i ¢ moned the United Kingdom to pre- é tional Defense and if war comes mg Shlp Ma'e”a| pare for campeaigns for the next to have the men in positions et —_— two years. He jeered at. Hitler’s pro- where they might engaged in SEATTLE. Aug Four hun- WASHINGTON, Aug. 20. — Tax claimed total blockade of England sabotage and espionage, dred and fifty re oldiers and p ’ b g w l unce inties, profit limitations and and declared bluntly that no food i e 4 CCC men ¢ d today e ers ur a er competitive buving, including orders will be allowed to reach any country the ransport ; from the British, are reported un- which has fallen to Germany 4 L & Leonard Wood itlaon Rese}v& Meesflre to have stopped progress| The Prime Minister rejected form- e r r I I c Annette Island to begin egmstruc- Navy's procurement materials er President Herbert Hcover's pre Jtion work on the new Army air p d b H for ship building. posal for shipment of American food | [ base, asse y 0is Rear Admiral W. R. Furlong made 'supplies to France,. Belgium and . The troops include a battalion 2 this tement today to the Senate Holland, saying that the food would x os‘on lus a headquarters service com- | \wASHINGTON, Aug. 20. — The Appropriations Committee during fall immediately ihto Germany's any of the 28th Engineers of AVIa- House has passed and sent to the | testimony on the $5.000,000.000 sup- hands, not reach those intended for 5 ion, recently iized at March | genate the bill withdrawing from Plemental defense bill which the and would thus only prolong the | S . jeld public entry 1,600 acres in the Ton- | commitiee approved ny of all Europe. Y | s our Major George J. Nold is the com- | gac National Forest for Petersburg's| Admiral Furlong said progress of e ; nending officer municipal water supply reserve Drocuring materials has been stop- CABIN BURNS ¥ e, The transport is also cartying a | watershed ped when plants found out it is e | g | § o1y 3.000-ton cargo for use of the troops L more profitable to do business with | The cabin at Old Chatanika, which At your favorite package store k caf"ldge Fill ing P lant i CCC workers, including 100 pre- | NEIL BLANTON ON the British. had been the home of John Mekel- | yignded whiskey. 86.8 proof. 75% arait ? I | fabricated hous | VISIT IN JUNEAU e e - son for years, recently burned to the | peutral spirits. Copyright 1940, The Wilket v Blows Up-Shock Felf Over Wide Area GIBBETOWN, N. J, Aug. 20 Four men were killed in an plosion this afternoon that wrecked the cartridge filling building at the DuPont Company’s Repauno dyna- mite plant The explosion shook buildfings over a wide area and shattered win- | Drexel Biddle, Jr., U. S. ambassador to Poland, are pictured as they |word the bill permitting Indians dows five miles distant arrived in New York after traveling across the Atlantic with the Duke | ' \"pi o0 take game out of | AU Fairbanks. He had suffered from About 1200 pounds of dynamite and Duchess of Windsor nhnxn{ the Excalibur. The envoys will revort to Son When “sutfioient” footibatot | liabetis for some [.1.n" Bondixon . the State Department. - fable. was a veteran of the Spanish-Amer can War. [ o 7 GIRLS MOV ground. Mekelson escaped but lost | fgmily, Inc. Aladdin, Scheniey P O. Pa \OUT ol: SEASON | Neil Blanton, University of Wash- | Robertg Dooley and her sister all of his posessions. fomily, 3 | | ington student, is on the Princess |Patricia have taken an apartment : ; Charlotte and will spend about a |in the Baranof Hotel | INDIANS, ESKiMOs ¥ | FOUND DEAD M. Bondixon, 70, oldtime rvesi- Ex-Governor Nameeo " FOR' COMPLETE HOME -+ CLEANING SERVICE * ‘Motor-Drivén’ Brush Cleaner ; sond Standard Set of Attachiments. WASHINGTON, Aug. 20. — The William B. Phillips (left), U. 8. ambassador to Italy, and Anthony J. | {1550 has passed and sent Senate- ;:"x‘y‘v |”t‘“.‘,’" T““;‘i” :rm] ‘,-...‘ und dead in his bed in his exploded The plant was totally destroyed } The existing law allows taking of ey The cause for the explosion is not | lishment of Japan’s new order in the | game out of season enly when the | i i known East and further declare that the | need is “absolute.” | ! \‘I*ll-\ JUNEAT ¢ o Gt » wccord is prool the United States - oo ] C Conc of Ancl is 10 longer doubts that Germany will | The Daily Alasks @muvire guaran- | visiting in Juneau for a few days he largest daily circulation of 'He is a guest at the Gastineau Ho- ribe for The Ef“l""’ woRKED Up \[\;,l,;m;::v pres; ;‘“‘ m:, Great j I(") (‘S.l“ "‘_\‘_.\p:r .ir t ‘\,’;\llm d Pl i ua " 1 \:@1‘ r;u .Qr : 1e gnes ON ACCORD Casual es , s e Newspapers Gef Jittery| 0' B""Sh Over Canadian-Unit- SALES ed States Pact Ammun(ed TOKYO, Au 20, - Japanese | » 2 P T cod alamm | LONDON, Aug. 20.—Prime Min- AUCTION SALES DATES efense neoord. o TORC# ftoday that, the ‘total British dead : ; ; P < 4 X wounded or missing thus far in the | i [ A The n sers declare that ulti- | oo™ “oa nog Earl K. Long / 4 19 ate s P g T o mately ii nces may be e e 0 County grand jury at New Or- i August 14 November 13 caused in the Orient leans, La., has indicted former All newspapers urge early estab- | FEmbire classirieds biing results. Governor Earl K. Long on em- o September 1) December 11 bezzlement charges involving pay ] roll “deadheads” during the bit- ter February gubernatorial cam- | paign. Long was succeeded in | office, May 14, by Sam Jones. | October 18 PROCRASTINATE Is the Word for It? Pick berries, go fishing, camping, hiking, and wait until ‘cold weather really” gets here to have Spocial Saley Held On This full-sized General Electric Cleaner, with high-speed Reauest of Shippers your heating plant over 1 at time Artistic Razor | motor, mozor-driven brush and many of the latest features, i vour heating plant overhauled. At that time | s d 4 - o » 311 A > & h attachments which offer dozens of extra Advances will be made as usual we'll be swamped with calls from everyone and I Il is complete wit fam when requested. ‘Transferred by have but a few minutes to devote to each. HAIRCU NG | cleaning services, such as uplolstery, lamps, bookcases, telegraph, if desired. & H:rll’clifl E ‘ matresses, efc. | ° A little thought now about your winter heating & Barcianent: m - L- m & P cr 4 problems might save you considerable 1~xponl:c ! Waving Alaska eclrlc lg ower L p and misery. A Taku Wind and no heat make . i « THE SEATTLE FUR a poor combination. L Uncingflgf;‘yl‘ PHONE 616 - ’ EXCHANGE ||| WeNOW have time to give PROPER service!! : RSB P, CHARLES - { 4 A trail of sflvelr nlnn':l‘;s the cmtflbago!f: :: C.n;.m:gn:r’:izy‘\egmpl:fie{ o si gl'i d: s B ea sa 1 L 1008 Western Avenue | to the fund calculated to enable official purel ll" hl il [ ,000 was set as the sum needed to ‘ Seattle, Wash. B l C E & A “ L E R S Co. Ye Royal Canadian Air };«:‘m “t'wm Bl Il Phone 818 for Appoi t '3 S | e \ z —_ — BEREY |

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