The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 24, 1940, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LVL, NO. 8500. JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, AUG. 24, 1940. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS " PRICE TEN CENTS TWO NAZIS Grandlgloo Of Pioneers | In Session Many Resofii(‘ms Are In- froduced - Officers Elected Today _‘ | FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Aug. 24— The Grand Igloo of the Pioneers of | Alaska, now in session here, with| John Reck of Juneau presiding as Grand President, has adopted the| following resolutions: Urging early completion of that| part of the International Highway, within Alaska. | Increased appropriation by Con-| gress for the Geological Survey. Establishment by the Alaska Leg- islature of a fund of $25,000 to care| for aged and invalid pioneer womeni since the Territorial Pioneer’s Home at Sitka cares only for men Fixing Juneau as the place for the annual Grand Igloo session ev-E ery year when the Legislature is in session there. (Continued. on Page Eight) and E‘\"_p Robert S Alles g 'ka O WASHINGTON — The man who handles American relations inside the Nazi government is Dr. Hans Dieckhoff, former Ambassador to the United States and one of the ablest) diplomats ever to operate in Wash- ington. Dr. Dieckhoff is the brother-in- law of Foreign Minister von Rib- bentrop and also served as a Lieu- tenant during the World War with General Wilhelm Keitel, Chief of Staff, s ohas not trouble in getting his views across to Hitler. According to diplomatic informa- tion received here, wise Ambassa- dor Dieckhoff passed the word to Hitler last winter not to answer any of the speeches or statements made by Roosevelt or any leaders of the Roosevelt Administration. To do s0, he advised, would merely arouse the American people. He also pointed out that this was an election year in the United States, when the public was more concerned with domestic politics than anything else, and that if Hit- ler ignored the United States and went out of his way to be concilia- tory, there would be little danger of American intervention. In accord with this policy, no statements have come from Hitler regarding the United States except the very conciliatory interviews given to Karl von Wiegand, in which Hitler emphasized the point that Germany had no interest in the Western Hemisphere. MYSTERIOUS DR. WESTRICK Ambassador Dieckhoff also is re- ported to have advised that after the war was over, the United States would be among the first to want to do business with Germany, and the operations of Dr. Gerhard Westrick, now famous Nazi commercial coun- selor, appear to be in conformity with that policy. According to New York business- men with whom Dr. Destrick talked, he was preaching the idea as early as last spring, that Germany would be ready to do business with the United States by Sept. 15. When New York businessmen laughed at the idea that the war would be over by that time, Dr. Westrick is quoted as saying: “I am not. a mili an, so I can't discuss these things. But the people who ought to know in Berlin tell me that we can &®' business affer Sept. 15.” (Continued on Page Four) | | This pneumatic boat, exhibits of a war museum o) Nazi Boat Graces London Store earried by a German bombing plane shot dom B Prwiding British shipping in the English Channel, is one o while AN e s opened by & London department stora; /Tht boat and its crew were captured by their would-be victims., GHOST WRI FOR EXPOSE MILLIONS FOR SHIP BUILDING Magnuson Mares Puget Sound Yards fo Get Big Appropriation WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.—Warren G. Magnuson, Representative from the State of Washington, today said high Navy officials have notified! him the Navy Department intends to spend approximately $177,000,000 in the Puget Sound area for ship- building during the next four years The program of expenditure would be under the plan for a two-ocean navy increase recently authorized. Funds to start the program are expected to be available from the $5,000,000,000 defense bill now before Congress, Magnuson said. Under present tentative allotments, Magnuson said, approximately =2 third of the Northwest monies will be spent in the Puget Sound Navy Yard, mostly for destroyers, and the remainder will go to private con- cerns for building of combat vessels. ———————— CLIPPER OFF FOR JUNEAU The Alaska Clipper took off from Seattle for Juneau this morning with nine passengers aboard, in- cluding two children and an infant in arms. Also aboard the big boat is a cargo of 622 pounds of express and 553 pounds of mail. Passengers are C. Stewart, J. Knapp, H. Thiele, T. Morgan, R. Hadley, Mrs. J. Hartley, D. Hartley, age 9, R. Hartley, age 7, and M&ss, M. Hartley, infant in arms, LOBBIES, CONGRESS AND TERS ARE IN BY STINNETT By JACK STINNETT WASHINGTON, Aug. 24—Things | a young man learns about the cap- | ital—but not by looking at build- ings: That high government officials are not always trying to throw a | smoke screen over the other fel- low's peint of view ... sometimes bend over backwards not to. When ‘Cordl‘ll Hull issued a statement re- | cently on the Havana conference | (outlining many dangers by which he believed this hemisphere beset) he had it ready two days before release and asked newspapers to hold it so it would not conflict ' with reports of Col. Charles A. Lind- bergh's radio address expressing views just opposite to those held administration. (Note: Pes- simists said phooey ... Mr. Hull did not want to take any of the play away from Gen. John J. Persh- | ing’s speech which was much more in line.) That those long-winded con- gressional committee hearings and equally long-winded debates on the Senate floor (debate in the House is limited and Representa- tives have to take to the radio if they want to spout at length) are not just for blowing off steam. They are the lodestones by which lawmakers test public reaction. Often bills that start out as if they are going through without a hitch turn up on the floor in an entirely altered form as committee hear- ings result in public reaction. HOW LOBBIES WORK That lobbyists are a recognized part of our form of lawmaking in spite of the stigma attached to the title because of the graft and abuses through the years. Often, it is the man or group that hires the lobbyist who is bilked. Many lobbyists carry no weight whatever, are considered pests. The most effective lobbies are the pressure-from-home lobby and the society lobby. Observers agree that the latter doesn't carry the weight it used to when society meant more ! top-hat and tiara system still works well in some cases. The pressure- | from-home method is probably tops. A Representative or Senator pays more attention to mail and (Continued on Page Flye) an overwhelming | in American -life. But the, WILLKIE SAYS RELIEF ROLLS T0 BE PACKED Hafch At Violation Ques- fioned by Presiden- tial Nominee NEW YORK, Aug. 24.—Wendell L. Willkie asserted here today that “there is already definite proof that the Roosevelt administration is | planning again to pack relief rolls, especially those of states politically doubtful.” He made the accusation in a state- ment issued after a press confer- ence during which he said that 90- 000 persons were added to WPA ros~ ters in July. Willkie proposed that Attorney General Robert Jackson determine whether there had been any viola- tion’ of the Hatch Act Guardsmen Have Real < War, Home Refurn from Maneuvers fo Battle with Payroll GREEN MAN N SENATE ~ TALKS OUT 1Young Gibson Decries Length of Debate on | Conscription Bill | WASHINGTON, Aug 23.—Advo- cating speedy action, Senator W. W. Gibson, Republican, of Vermont, told his colleagues in the Senate to- day that it has taken the same length of time to debate the Burke- Wadsworth Compulsory Conscription | measure as it took Hitler to conquer France “No wonder Hitler has the utmost | of contempt for democratic institu- tions which are incapable of prompt and wise action in times of emer- gency,” Gibson said. Gibson, 39, today made his first formal speech since he came to the | Senate to fill the seat vacated by | his father who died June 20. Today's session was delayed 25 minutes as a quorum was not| present. - e SEA RAIDER | 'SENDSDOWN BRIT. VESSEL ,, " | tional Guardsmeh returned early this forenoon from a make-believe {war maneuvers in New York State to a real fight outside their ar- mory with five armed men suspect- ik ed of plotting a robbery of the $15,- Nazi High Command oo regimentar payrot. | The five men were quickly strong Rt Ane s B Berlin | Armed_and overpowered um? with High Command announces that nm‘f:y;’:‘f“ AL Weeis bpoke,, msohed 9,000-ton British steamer Turakina | e has been sunk in Australian waters by a sea raider. | The same statement declares that | submarines have sent down 100,000 | tons of British shipping in the past | eight days. The Turakina flashed out a radio | from the Tasman Sea last Tuesday night stating she was being fired on by a sea raider and then no | : other information was received until | Southeast Alaska salmon pack is the High Command's statement running slightly ahead of last year's | A large pack in the Juneau dis- Pos'_Nazi Sympathil' . West Coast — 10,188 reds, 83,233 Turakina SurI in Austral- | ian Wafers, Declares - ALMON PACK IN SOUTHEAST AHEAD OF 1939 lows: Ketchikan—34,763 reds, 56 kings, '318,585 pinks, 69,101 chums, 26479 [cohoes, 448,984 total; 503776 last | total up to last weekend was 1,- 1555,999 cases as compared with 1,- 'Royal Family, *: 1 r i |vear. | Yakutat — 14,857 reds, 509 kings, today. according to pack reports to the . eee | 53,576 cases last year. |trict accounts for the increase, 1 /3,181 pinks, 64 chums, 706 cohoes, Duke Fired from Important o5, P, o s " "vear pinks, 31,955 chums, 13,665 cohoes, | - Fish and Wildlife Service. The area Lord Steward, 1as all other districts are behind |139,021 total; 139,805 last year. | er' ls Repo" | Wrangell—20,560 reds, 16 Kkings, 88,630 pinks, 61,593 chums, 20,605 LONDON, Aug. 24—Because of cohoes, 191404 total, 275953 last | alleged Nazi sympathies, the Duke | year, Juneau—38,875 reds, 581 kings, from the service of the King and Queen. | ior Buccleuch has been dismissed, 493,629 pinks, 162,713 chums, 61,- | 455 cohoes, 757,253 total, 586,569 | Announcement was made that Jast year, * King George has terminated the| Totals—119,243 reds, 1,162 kings, Duke’s further connection with the 987258 pinks, 325426 chums, 122,- Royal Household, where he held 910 cohoes, 1555999 total, 1,534,- | the responsible post of Lord Stew-|576 last year. ard, | Nothing is known as to what { form the support of the Nazi doc-| trine took, but it is known posi- tively that the Duke sympathlmd‘ WASHINGTON, Aug. 24—Wen- | with Nazi Germany, while at the dell Willkie is talking through his | same time being in the service of| hair, say W P A officials. Willkie !ms Majesty and occupying a po_:sald the WPA rolls were being pack- sition close to the throne. |ed for election year. — e, — | WPA officials issued a statement | today showing positively that the roster deereased from June to July |about 100,000 and that the employ- Lois Reed underwent a tonsilect- lment months before the November omy this morning at St. Ann’s Hos- |election will be the smallest for the pital, same months in the past three years, ., ——— LIE GIVEN TO WILLKIE UNDERGOES TONSILECTOMY The pack by districts is as fol- | | | HOPKINS IS POOR HEALTH IS CAUSE FIRE SAN FRANCISCO,, Cal, Aug. 24 —Fire which broke out in the | California Building on Treasure | Mand and swept to nearby buildings of the San Francisco Exposition, was brought under control shortly after 2 o'clock this afternoon by the combined efforts of the fair and city fire companies rushed to the island from San Francisco. The Cali- fornia Building was razed but many exhibits, including art ex- hibits, were removed. The flames then swept to the San Francisco Building. Over half of the island was roped off by police to hold back | the Saturday crowd: and keep them at a safe distance from flying embers and to not ob- struct the fire fighters. FDR SIGNS NEWS MEASURE WHICH GUARDS TRUSTS WASHINGTON, Aug. 24.—Presi- dent Roosevelt has signed legisla- tion giving the Securities Commis- sion authority to regulate invest- ment of trust companies. Roosevelt termed it “another mile stone” in the Administration’s pro- gram to protect investor: —_————— JUNEAU PUBLIC SCHOOLS T0 OPEN ON SEPTEMBER 3 First Day Schedule Is An- nounced-Regisira- fion Is Urged Doors of t;:#\!uncnu Public Schools will open on September 3 to receive the children of school age for their school year, 1940-41.| The doors will be open at 10 a.m. in both high and grade school buildings. All grade school students should take their report cards with them to school, and all students enter-| ing the high school as freshmen should also have their report cards Students wha have attended high| schools in some other town, and who are entering Juneau High School for their first time, should take their report cards with them. Students entering kindergarten should all report at 10 a.m. says Supt. A. B. Phillips. Bus Schedule The school bus on the Fritz Cove route will leave there at 9 o'clock and will leave the school on the return trip at 3 o'clock on Sep- tember 3. The Auk Bay bus, via the loop road, will also leave at| 9 o'clock, and will return in the| afternoon at 3 o'clock. The Thane| bus will leave Thane at 9:30 a.m.. and will leave the school at 3 o'- clock on the return trip. The two-| mile route bus will leave at 9 q'clock and will return at 3:30. After the first day, the same sched-' ule as last year wiil prevail for| school busses. Due to a change in time in Juneau, some other ar- rangement may be worked out later| in the winter. ! Urged to Register Students are urged to register for school on the first day. Especially is this true in the high school, where classes may be crowded. If the student's schedule is slightly irregular due to past illness or fail-| ures, it is almost essential that he, register on the opening day, in| order to get in the required courses, (Continued on Pege Six) AR RAIDS ON LONDON FALL RENEW ASS ATTACKS, ENGLAND (OMMERCE SECRETARY DOUBLE ASSAULT MADE ON ISLANDS Bombers and Long Range pemesident Roosevell nd menrioe| OUNS Join in Barrage- the pust 16 years. - ausnier SPiMfires, Anfi-Aircraff- ers Beat Off Invaders have made their home at the White | House. | Poor health is given as the rea- son for Hopkins leaving the Presi-| BULLETIN — LONDON, Aug. dent’s Cabinet 24.—Hundreds of German bomb- RESIGNATION MADE ers and fighting planes swarm- WASHINGTON, Aug. 24. — The | ©d over southern England in resignation of Secretary of Com- | Mass attacks and attempted two raids on the London area today but the British authorities said the fighter planes were turned TO RESIGN; | | | ¥ | WASHINGTON, Aug. 24. 1t | learned that Harry L. Hopkins will soon tender his r znation as Sec- of Commerce and President evelt is expected to accept it reluctantly. . merce Hopkins was presented this afternoon and accepted by the Pres- | tdent. The post will be offered to 4 Federal Loan Administrator Jesse Dback. Some bombs fell on one F. Jones, | London suburb and at least one bomber of the attacking planes was shot down in the first at- tack. The Air and Home Securities Ministries announced late today that buildings of the Royal Air Foree airdrome at Manston, near Ramsgate, suffered ‘“consider- able damage” but 13 German planes were shot down during the afternoon and one British plane was downed in an air fight. Tonight, the Germans shelled the southeast coast with long range guns from France for the second time during the day. Hopkins told the President in his letter that he was quitting to re- | cover his health. He has been suf- fering from a stomach ailment for | nearly two years. ‘I ‘The President, -replying to Hop- | kins’ restgnation letter, said: “You | may resign from the office only and | nothing etse. Our friendship wmf and must go on as always.” | Hopkins has headed all the New | Deal’s big relief agencies until he | entered the Cabinet late in 1938, | succeeding Daniel S. Roper. Hop- | kins spent billlons of dollars in his | government positions and this made him widely known. RUBRERE G ARMY LEADERS LONDON, Aug. 24.—The thunder |of gunfire and bombs in the direc- of the Thames Estuary was | heard this afternoon during the sec- lond air raid alarm today which is marked by a double-barreled Ger- man assault by new waves of bomb- 10 VISIT U. §. 0“ lNV|IAT|o“vn and cross-channel long range A guns laying down a fire. Officers from Republics 0., 1wt anson ‘wna screamins See Our Army Works &osi's, s, ™™ ° "™ at First Hand Early this morning a small squad- | i ‘i DOUBLE ASSAULT | | ron of bombers loosed 200 or 300 | incendiary bombs in a single area of WASHINGTON, Aug. 24—Army | the Midlands. Chief of Staff General Marshall,| Twenty-one bombers unloaded disclosed today he has invited the cargoes on a southeast coast town. Chiefs of Staff and one officer each | ¢ is said that along the English from every Republic in South and | cnannel a pall of smoke blots out Central America to visit the United {he white cliffs as the result of States in October. cross-channel big gun fire and re- The purpose of the visit will be | gponse of British gun fire. to make these Republics familiar| The wings of the invaders, glist- with the United States military es- oning in the sunlight, furnished tablishment and will be transported excellent targets for the British by plane about the country to var-|antj-aircraft guns. ious, arig. Eoste | The Nazi bombers flew in closa B (T [ formation and thus made excellent | shots for the land defenders. The MISS BROSIRUM | pilots of the close-flying bombers |are evidently untrained pilots but | presumably led by an experienced BRIDE IONIGHI isqnudron leader. OF RAY E looxl WAVE ATFER WAVE . BERLIN, Aug. 24—The German | news agency said that the Nazi air At an 8 o'clock ceremony to be' force sent wave after wave of bomb- performed this evening in the|ing squadrons roaring across the parsonage of the Methodist Church, | Enslish Channel today to attack Miss Geraldine Brostrum will be- | Military objectives in Kent. come the bride of Mr. Ray Elton Results of the attacks and bab- Look. tles with English planes were not The service will be read the | vet determined. e oy, e The bombers were accompanied Rev, G. Edward Knight in the presence of close friends., Miss|bY flehting planes, pnd ot ety Gene Rulaford and Mr Verne | Points air battles developed between |the Nazi and British aircraft. The agency said that each wave of the attack included 20 bombers and about 40 fighting planes. The | British put anti-aircraft artilleey Morke will attend the couple. After the marriage a reception will be held in the newlyweds' residence in the Capitol Apartments. Al friends are invited to call. /0", tion against the attackers in addition to planes of the Royal Air Force. Informal Tea Given | For Misf_T, Budwin Second War Loan of | s e suen. e CaN@da fo Be Issued Juneau teacher who is visiting here and is leaving on the Baranof to-| OTTAWA, Aug. 24 —The Finance morrow, was complimented vester- Mnister has announced that Can- day afternoon with an informal ada's second War loan will be is- tea given by Mrs. Arthur Adams at|sued shortly after the first of Sep- her home on Twelfth and D|tember and will amount to $250.- Streets, Twelve guests were asked. ' 000,000, e !