The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 27, 1940, Page 1

| THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “AI,L THE NEWS AI,L THE TIME" JUNLAU /\l/\%k/\ lULbI)M /\U(, ’7 PRICE TEN CFNTS \Ol LVI, NO 8502. GERMA ‘)40 'MEMBER ASSOCIM LD PRLSb Y, ITALY AIR RAIDED BY BRITISH Russian, umanian Troops In Bloody Clash HUNDREDS REPORTED AS KILLED (€ Fighing Breaks Out on Bor- der - Lulled, Then Again Renewed HITLER'S DESIRE FOR PEACE SETBACK Hungary Ci;fis National Bomber Is Shot Down in Sharp Encounter (By ASSOCIATED PRESS) A bloody border clash between Ru- manian troops and Russia’s Red Army soldiers, possibly signaling a sharp new setback to Hitler's ex- pressed desire for peace in the Bal- kans, is reported in diplomatic dis- patches from Bucharest. Hundreds are reported to have been killed on both sides in the fighting which originally broke out last Surday, the Bucharest dis- patches said, in the vicinity of Dorohoi, near the new Russian- Rumanian frontier. After the Sun- day night lull, the battle is said to have been renewed. | Hitler, according to the Bucharest dispatches, is exerting powerful pressure on Rumania and other Balkan countries, sources of Ger- many's supplies, to maintain a stat- us quo in Southeast Europe while | conunued on. Page Ewght) E\—f‘!fi Robert . Alles 760 | WASHINGTON—One of the men| who knew Hitler best, at least in earlier life, is now in the United | States as German consul general in)| San Francisco. He is Captain Fritz | Wiedemann, who was Hitler's com- | pany commander when the present | ruler of most of Europe was a cor- poral during the World War. Captain Wiedemann hds to be discreet in what he says today, but| before the war reached its prw,mL! crisis, he once gave this descrip- tion of Hitler to a friend. “We never thought of him as anything unusual,” Captain Wiede- | mann said. “The chief thing about him was his love of the army. He was the kind of man wwho could always be depended upon, if there| was any disaffection or commun- ism. He would root it out. “Some years later I saw a sign| advertising one of his political ral- | lies, and said to myself, ‘Could this | be our little Hitler?’ I went in and it was he.” That was the beginning .of a renewal of an old acquaintance. Wiedemann later was an aide to] Hitler in Berlin. Looking back over his entire ca-| reer, Wiedemann says the key to| Hitler’s life and success is his be-| lief in the army. The military has| been Hitler'’s great fetish. Just as| he believed in the army as a cor- poral, so he began working for the army immediately after he became| Chancellor of Germany. Pifty per cent of all Germany's revenue went to the army. It was his great ambition to build the best | time, aside from receiving CANADA-U.§. DEFENSE NOW BIG SUBJECT {Joint Board Opens Delib- erations - LaGuardia Gives Explicit Plans | OTTAWA, Aug. 27.--A pledge for a united front for deiense by Can- ada and the United States against foreign aggression of the Wostern Hemisphere is advauced by Mayor ( Fiorella LaGuardia, of New York, Chairman of the United States group for joint defense at the meet~ ing of the Canada-U. S. Joint De- fense Board here. 'Beauty Hostess R g A “I can assure you there is no minority report of this Defense Board,” said Mayor LaGuardia at the opening session yesterday after- noon when the Joint Defense Board started deliberations under the joint chairmanship of Col. O. M. Biggar of Canada and LaGuardia. Mayor LaGuardia declared that the problem, so far as the United States is concerned, boiled down, is whether strategic points of the Western Hemisphere are to be used as bases for offensive operations against potential enemies or bases | for hemxsphuc dcfcnsc Presenting Ruth Crawford, “Miss' | Atlantic City,” who will' be host~ i ess to the visiting beauties who | S Compete.at the. New Jerioy OFF (0 AST resort for the title of ‘“Miss thh melnrd . America” in September./ PRETENDER 0 FRENCH THRONE | DIES SUDDENLY Sco!land Witnesses Sharp| : Afternoon Report | LONDON, Aug. 27. — German bombers late today attacked a con- voy of ships off the coast of Scot- jand For more than an hour persons on the shore saw brilliant flashes and then heard a roar of naval guns as British swooped to break up the attack. Duke of Guise Passes Away on His Farm in Spanish Morocco LONDON, Aug. 27—The sudden death of the Duke of Guise, Pre- tender to the French throne, at Larache, Spanish Morocco, is re- ported from Madrid by Reuters, British News Agency. The Duke caused his cal flurry February 2, 1933, when he issued a ‘manifesto calling for the establishment of a “dictatorship under the monarchy.” Up to that delega- tions of French royalists who called on him in his exile, he had mken Duke Bedlord Dies, London LONDON, Aug. 27.—The Duke of Bedford, 82, died today at Woburn Abbey, according to an announce- ment. J first politi- Engagement - Lafe i ’ BRITISH s This dramatic cablephoto, sent from London to New York. shows part of the mile- The convoy was steaming up the English Channel, The black streak is part of the original pictur on the shore of France fallen near the ships. WORlD S FASTESI MILITARY PLANE UNVEILED'Grand Igloo 1] & The Lockheed military craft man of the Nat Air Corps. , 2 twin-engined Intereeptor pursu it plane the world, is shown at Los Angeles as it was unv nal Defense Advisory Commi It has an estimated speed of over 500 miles an hour. Knudsen, Arnold and Robert E. Gross, Lockheed Prmdcnt (ONVOY ES(AP.ES "BlG BERTHA" SHELLS e o s S AT e na— M | long British convoy which was bombarded by big German guns cording to the British-approved caption. Two shells have just but was NOT explained. The Germans said it was “only practice shooting” - Of Pioneers - Hed Heads | Officers Insitréllded at Fair- | banks Session - Next | Meet, Juneau, 1943 | FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Aug. 27— I'he Grand Igloo of Pioneers of | Alaska concluded a three-day ses- sion in Fairbanks last Saturday night with the installation of the | following chief officers %2 | Grand President—Martin Knuppe | of Fairbanks. Vice Grand President ‘Tony Po-| RAF PLANES (ARRYWAR FAR FLUNG Sorties Aré Méde During Early Morning Hours -Good Success PRINCIPAL STREET OF BERLIN BOMBED Industrial @ers of lfaly Shelled - Nazis Fly Over England BULLETIN—LONDON, Aug. 21.—Extensive operations by the British Royal Air Force bombers early today resulted in the bombing of 27 airdromes in Hol- land, Germany, Belgium and France and other military ob- jectives were also targets, ac- cording to announcement of the Air Ministry Iate today. (By ASSOCIATED PRESS) Royal Air Force bombers at- tacked both Germany and Italy in far ranghyg sortied before dawn today. The official British radio assert- ed that Government buildings along the Wilhelmstrasse, Berlin's prinei- pal thoroughfare, where Hitler's Chancellory is situated, was among the targets bombed. The British Air Ministry also re- ports that British planes “delivered successful attacks on a number of important military objectives” in Axis territories, Six Tons of Bombs Six tons of bombs were dropped by British Air Force planes in 40 minutes on Italian industrial tar- gets. The Italian Air Ministry ack knowledges that British night hawk raiders scored hits on the Fiat plane and tank factory at Turin and also attacked other points in the face of violent anti-aircraft action. One British bomber is reported to have been shot down in an at- | tempted attack on Milan Night Raids Over England Nazi war planes flocked back and forth over Great Britain this morn- |ing renewing an almost night long let of Nome. Secretary—Melle F. Thomas of| Cordova, ‘Treasurer- Chaplain—Mr Anchorage. Historian Cordova Recorder Juneau Trustees—2. J. Loussac of An- chorage, Willlam Coghill of Ne-‘ nana John Reck of Juneau. Fannie Phillips (l{’ Dr. Will H. Chase of Charles V. Carter of| ed for William S. Knudsen, Chair- H. Arnold, Chief of the Army Shown beneath the plane, left to right, | jon, and Major General H. assault that kept London’s millions of residents awake during a six- hour chain system of raids and it was not until 3:40 o'clock this morn- ing that the “all clear” signal was given. Only small forces, possibly a | dozen Nazi planes, were in the waves of attacks, which continued at in- tervals. The objpect of the attacks is_ on industrial plants to delay production of war materials. The air raid alarms in Berlin | Duke of Guise, no active part in politics. The 1933 | flurry was short lived. Born in Paris September 4, 1874, he was not called upon to assume the pretender's role, with the en- forced exile it entails, until the death of his cousin, Duke Philippe | of Orleans, on March 28, 1926. Duke | Philippe left no children and e a strapping six- footer, was next in line. “As chief of the house of France,” he said upon taking over the title, | “I claim all its rights, I assume all its responsibilities, I accept all| its duties.” Thereafter, in conformity with| the French law of 1886, which for- bids direct descendants of families having reigned over France to live | within the national territory, he retired to Belgium. | At the outset, the Duke of Guise had no particular relish for the| pretendership. He was a successful gentleman-farmer in the north of France, and owned extensive farm- CHAIRMAN OF WASHINGTON LIQUOR CONTROL ADVISES ALASKA AGAINST SYSTEM A “state-store” system of liquor rently considering various methods | sale will not work in Alaska, in|of controlling and regulating the| the opinion of Admiral L. E, Greg-| liquer trade, T feel that I should | ory, Chairman of the Washington|make available any pertinent fact s | State Liquor Board since its crea-|or information that may be of as { tion six years ago. sistance to the in arriving at a| Admiral Gregory, in a letter re conclusion,” said Governor Gruen-| leased for publication today by th | Ing8 in his statement. | office of Gov. Ernest Gruening| ~A letter recently received from describes the Washington state liquor state store system and tells why a similar system would not, in his opinon, work in Alaska. The next convention place is in‘ " | Juneau in 1943 during the Alaska | Zlf;:f:u;‘mx{ :gmm,';‘"‘:’":fhé;;‘: | Legislature - sesston. [the “all clear” signal was sound- | — =] l | . | Nazi Claims L] | The Nazi High Command claims ’ alor en. | that German war planes carried out | (Continued on Page Eight) | | By M‘)"("‘N M. BEATTY et will be destroyed, or scut- | | tled, or withdrawn to Canada or w0f|d war Hero Passes wan' Io Poore Dles'Do You AP Feature Service Writer esewnere. | Away at Home in WASHINGTON, Aug. 27.—Indi-| And, without that fleet as a cations have reached insiders in friendly force, Hitler Washington that Hitler’s battle for lose more than he gains by Britain is being launched against/ hihilating the British Empire” :\:,1 the advice of conservative Nazis| he puts it. ! {and some German naval advisers. | sanis o Massachuseffs | Buy! FITCHBURG, Mass., Aug. 27— | Major General Benjamin Poore, 77, | | world War hero and Commander | There are several good “buys™ ing properties in Spanish Morocco. Gregory, retired naval Rear Ad- army in the world, to make Ger- many a completely militarized state. According to Captain Wiedemann, military might is Hitler's only god. BRITISH BLITZKRIEG It remains the firm conviction of Secretary of War Stimson and Gen- eral Marshall, his Chief of Staff, that if Hitler is to invade this coun- try it will come this fall before we are prepared. They are inclined to think that as soon as Hitler is fin- ished with the British, he will move here. Stimson and Marshall hnve It was no secret that he believed miral, is the only man in the hardly at all in a possible restora-| ynited States who has held office tion of the monarchy. as head of a state liquor control| However, his wife, Princess Isa-| poard for so long, six years, belle, sister of the Duke of Orleans, 2 iral A prevailed on him to accept the suc-‘ be‘:;im ;yl zr:fl:;xs w;lsl t: :e‘:‘r:bne‘r cession, if only for the sake of‘o, the U. S. Navy Coal Commis- their son, the Count of Paris. The| i, "ich jnvestigated the Mata- young prince was married on APrl| e coa) fields for the Navy. Ad- 8, 1931, to Princess Isabelle of O/ g1 Grogory has travelled exten- leans and Braganza. sively throughout Alaska and has Given String of Names a personal knowledge of the prob- Jean Pierre Clement Marie, D“kexlems of the Territory. of Guiise, to give him all his Christ- | Governor’s Statement (Continued on Page Four) (Continued on Page Eight) “As the people of Alaska are cur- Admiral L. E. Gregory, Chairman| ') : of the \’!-\‘ .Ani’tfi)‘nogmu- aL)qunx ) m1);‘:v:n";‘;dmi’):"“"’:«‘i[:" (;'1]23:':);: JAPAN, ITALY HAVE NAVIES = |of the Seventh Corps Area at the | in The Empire’s classified col- Control Board, gives some interest- . Here's the way they figure it time of his retirement in 1927, is| umns. Sz a5l Abcith |t - aparstions of | ok HEREAMIRL wave of B direct | ou | dead here. For instance, there is a 1935 that State’s monopoly sale system, “k"“‘l'k is likely to cost him Wo-| ' Gorany nas no fleet worthy| Poore was asigned to the Sev- | panel V-8 for sale. Might come and his conclusions a to-lts feasi- | (0ird8 Of the .nitial force before|, "ype name. It the British floet|enth Brigade of the Fourth Division | in handy now and up to next bility in Alaska,” he added. a beach-head is established on the| .o o gesiroyed, that would leave| during the World War spring anyway. Admiral Gregory's letter follows: | Gregory’s Letter “Thig will acknowledge your let- ter of July 26 with regard to in-| formation concerning the appli- cation of the Washington state monopoly liquor system to Alaska conditions. After six and one- half years of operation in this state, I have come to certain coi- clusions with regard to our own operations which may be of some (Continued on Page Eight) | the possibility that | channel. In short, if he sends 600,- | the unfriendly American fleet alone| [ s 000 000 men he'll lose 400000 of them| " 1o, o the world heap, with| before he gets a perch on British Japan and Ttaly right behind, in il that order. Hitler's (onsmpls Conservative thinkers are sup- allies, Italy and Jap.m‘ posed to have suggested that the|therefore, would have the means| . | oritish can be blockaded into a|of establishing themselves s Res‘rlded‘ peace arrangement that will es-| first-sate powers by grabbing con-| tablish a British totalitarian gov-|trol of the important posts along| | ernment, leaving the British fleet! the routes of world empire—Gib-| WASHINGTON, Aug. 27. — The | Senate, in a session last night, intact, and friendly to Germany. | raltar, The conservative argument also| And this after suggests that a direct attack risks| — the British Suez, Singapore. Germany had | restricted the use of conscripts to e Western Hemisphere, The vote wae 67 to 4. (Continued on Page Five) Want to own your own coun- try-side home? There is a half acre of patented ground on Auk Bay. If you do not have a car, the bus furnishes regular sched- uled service. k Want to own a boat? Several are advertised. Small homes are also for sale. Might give the advertiser a call and it may be just what you are looking for. Read The Empire's classified column every day. P T