The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 30, 1940, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LVL, NO. 8505. JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, AUG. 30 |94O MD‘VIBE.R ASSOCIATLD PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS NAZI PLANES STRIK Germany, Russia May Clash; Threat Made | McNARY | t SOVIET MOVE ONRUMANIA | MEANS WAR | Nazi Forces fo DefendLit- fle Nation If Attack Is Made ROME-BERLIN AXIS Further Land Grabbing fo Be Prevented by Armed Forces (By ASSOCIATED PRESS) Russia’'s Red Army has begun neuvers as Germany has pledged mania against erabbing in Southeast Europe. Guarantce of Ealkan Kingdom's capitulation Axis dictated thfeat of im- mediate attack unless|she surren- dered about half of thg World War won province of Transylvania to Hungary Russia 'l‘akes‘JIlare Russia thrgatened with “grave consequences”! in- event of further border hostiljties, the Red fleet prepared today stage a “mock” sea battle some undis- closed locality with With (Continued on Page Five) § ety c‘flfia ) =z a-; ('% nobertSAuea % 'P/'Go QD WASHINGTON—Behind the talks which President Roosevelt has had with Prime Minister MacKenzie King is the worry which U. S. mili- tary strategists have had for some time regarding the vulnerability of New England to attack from New- foundland and the Maritime Pro- vinces of Canada. U. S. Army experts first began emphasizing this to the President when Norway was invaded. They pointed out how, once the Germans got into Norway, it was impossible to dislodge them. The odds, they said, were always in favor of the/ side which /got there first. During the conversations between Roosevelt and MacKenzie King, one point discussed was the fact that Canada has only two divisions of raw recruits for her own defense. Furthermore, she has almost no anti-aircraft units. Canadian troops already have been sent to England, to . Iceland and to the West Indies, leaving the Dominion probably less well defend- ed than the United Statgs. That Canadian troops were sent to Iceland is significant. For this one-time Danish possession, now claimed by Hitler but occupied by the British, is the first stepping- stone by air from Europe to Canada. Once Iceland falls under Nazi con- trol, German airplanes can hop to Newfoundland in a few hours, then on to Canada and Maine, The Roosevelt-MacKenzie King conversations developed the fact that the United States, relatively, is better prepared than Canada, so that the United States will assume part of her near neighbor’s pro- tection. So don't be surprised if you see American naval vessels and American troops adjacent to and on Canadian soil in the near future. McNARY ON POWER Wendell Willkie made no mention of the power issue in his acceptance speech, but his running mate did so in his acceptance in Oregon. Senator McNary is-a public power man, has supported all the New Deal’s power projects. Also an as- tute politician, he is keenly aware that power is a major issue through- t Nazi troops will defend Ru-| further | Soviet land | little Rumania’s | future integrity coincided with the| to| % he Red Army,l Deal’s capacity to govern.” tion. SAYS REDS READY T0 " INVADE US Donald McDonald Says | Navy of No Use to Al- aska During Winter SEATTLE, Aug. 30.—Donald Mc- Donald, 60, Alaskan road engineer, told interviewers today that the, Russian government has 10,000 men encamped on the northeastern Si-| berian coast in preparation for an invasion of Alaska. McDonald, working for 12 years| on plans for the International High-‘ way, linking Alaska and the Umt.ed‘ States, asserted “The Russians fi-| gure something is phony about our | purchase of Alaska and want it back. They have even announced their in- tention of getting it back.”# The engineer said that during thei winter the United States Navy| couldn’t get within 200 miies of | northern Alaska, but Russian ice- | breakers could force their way w‘ the mouth of the Yukon and with | equipment already on hand would’ make the frozen surface of the Yu- kon a highway into the heart of Alaska. “The U. S. Navy couldn’t operate adequately in Southeast Alaska,” McDonald said. “Fifth columnists could move a few channel markers, mine strategic points and the Navy would be useless. BROKERS TRAVEL Ken Edwards and A. Van Mavern, local brokers, left on the Denali to call on the trade in the Lynn Canal sectiton. ——— BOUND FOR BARRACKS Sergeant Theodore Schumacher is aboard the Denali, transferred from the States to the army post. at Chilkoot Barracks. (Continued on Page. Eight) | ACCEPTS | the Republican Vice-Presidential nomination at Salem, Ore., with the declaration his campaign would be an attack against the “The New He is shown here as he smilingly motioned for silence as the crowd roared its approval of his acceptance speech. It was estimated 12,000 persons heard the Senater accept his nomina- And this picture, through Associated Press air mail service, is | in The hmplre less than 48 hours after the event occurred. [ Senator Charles L. McNary Wednesday afternoon formally accepted i { | 1 Alaska Must Be Fortified, | Highway MustBeBuilt, Is | Plain Talk by Rep. Marfin. SEATTLE, Aug. 30.—Repre- sentative Joseph W. Martin Jr., of Massachusetts, Republican National Committee Chairman, in a speech here, declared that “if one weak point in defense | has beén overlooked it s for- | tification of Alaska. It must be 4 fortified at the earliest pos- sible moment.” Martin also said that con- | struction of the International | Highway to Alaska is important as a business venture for the | development of the Territory as well as for National Defense. WASHINGTON T0 JUNEAU IN ONE DAY IS RECORD Woman Vic:-iresident of| PAA Makes Fast Trip | with Officials ; At 7 o'clock Wednesday evening Mrs. Ann Archibald, Assistant Vice- | President of Pan American Air- ways, was in Washington, W. C., her headquarters. At 6 o'clock Thursday evening she was in Ju-| | neau, Alaska, just 26 hours elapsed | time from the national capital. | Mrs. Archibald was one of a party of aviation officials mm.klngl the flight on yesterday’s north-| bound Alaska Clipper. She left| Washington at 7:10 o'clock by| American Airlines, transferred at Chicago to a Northwest Airlines plane and at Seattle yesterday morning to the Clipper. Asked if she knew Alaska’s Dele- gate Anthony J. Dimond in Wash- ington, Mrs. Archibald replied: “Yes indeed, I saw him two days ago.” Airways Officials Others in the aviation party ar- riving on the Clipper were H. M Bixby, Vice-President of PAA from | New York; R. O. Bullwinkel, Traf- fic Manager of PAA from Seattle; west Airlines from ;St. Paul, and - | Doro, upper Nile province, August | Mrs. Kenneth Oglesby. WARNING IS GIVEN OUT © BY WALLACE Declares Republicans, If | They Win, Will Play Info Hands of Appeasers DES MOINES, Iowa, Aug. 30. —The National campaign had “appeasement” after Henry A. Wallace, Democratic Vice-Pres- ident nominee, said a Republi- can victery will result in “one ecenemic concession after an- cther” by the United States to totalitarian countries. The statement was made by Wallace last night in 5 speech formally acrepting the nomination. Over 7,000 persons jammed around Wallace during his speech which was frequently interrupted by cheers. W | | { | | | | declared that “ap- | peasers will have their way if the Republicans win, Dbecause they have contributed largely, | beth politically and financially, to the Republican cause. These pecple believe the Republicans, in power, would give them a profitable business with the German controlled Europe at the earliest possible moment.” AMERICANS KILLED BY ITALIANS Reported MEonaries Cut Down by Machine Guns in Sudan CAIRO, Egypt, Aug. 30. — The| | British Governor General of Anglo- | | Egyptian Sudan has charged that | |an Italian airplane machine gunned |and bombed an isolated station in the British protected territory, kill- |ing two American missionaries and | wounding two others. The official said the attack was carried out despite the waving of lan American flag by the mission- |aries, but no details were given. The attack is sdid to have been delivered when -planes attacked 23, killing Dr. and Mrs. Robert Grieve, and wounding the Rev. and The station is described as “ab- solutely isolated and no sort of mili- tary objective is in the vicinity.” FORMERLY OF SPOKANE SPOKANE, Aug. 30.—Dr. and Mrs. | Robert Grieve, American missionar- ies reported killed by Italian bomb- ers in the Sudan, left, Spokane in July, 1939, shortly after Dr. Grieve completed his medical internship in the Deaconess Hospital. He was 28 and his wife 27. They met while attending Whitworth College. Both were members of the Knox Presby- terian Church in Spokane. STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Aug. 30. — Closing| quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 4%, American Can ‘ 96%, American Power and Light| 3%, Anaconda 21%, Bethlehem| Steel 79 7/8, Commonwealth and| Southern 1%, Curtiss Wright 7%, General Motors 48, International Harvester 45, Kennecott 28%, New York Central 12%, Northern Pa- cific 7%, United States Steel 54'%, Pound $4.03%, DOW, JONES AVERAGES 1 The following are today’s Dow,| Jones averages: industrials 128.88,| rails’ 27.77, utilities 22.38. | o | MARGARET COLWELL I8 BACK TO TEACH Fourth grade teacher in the Ju- neau Public School, Miss Margaret | Colwell, is returning here on the steamer Baranof. Senalor McNary, Famlly Hear Nofification Senator Charles L. McNary (right) nervously bites his lip and Mrs. McNary (left) strains to hear Gov- ernor Harcld E. dential candidate Sta “certain social gains” in the last seven years. afternoon and picture was airmai en of Minnesota notify the Senator of his nomination as the Republican Vice-Presi- Charlotte McNary, 5, seems not a bit impressed by it all. McNary charged the Roosevelt administration with fundamental errors of government, but credited it with This event took place at Salem, Oregon, last Wednesday Service. s A ¥ led to The Empire, “ Willkie €an V ote Now Wendell Willkie, the Republican himself next November. City for the November elections at back to his Indiana headquarters, Wednesddy . afterncon and. here it Associated Press Service. il Presidential nominee, can vote for He is shown here registering in New York the Board of Elections before flying 0 r He refused an absentee ballot say- ing: “I'll be back here to vote.” This picture was taken in New York is in The Empire today. It's the IT'S GENERAL GEORGE (. MARSHALL SPEAKING;ALL CAPITOL HILL LISTENING By JACK STINNETT WASHINGTON, Aug. 30.—Sena-| tors and’congressmen are tradition- ally better talkers than listeners. (Drop into .the galleries some day.) | There is one fellow, though, who | goes up on CGapitol Hill frequently, | and when he does, members of Con- gress listen!. Few 'men in Washington get such undivided attention—and respect— from congressional audiences as does Gen. George Catlett Marshall, Chief of Staff of the United States| Army. A little more than a year uso, President Roosevelt gave this tall, soft-spoken, graying soldier a pro- | cers. | In doing so, he elevated to the { post a man to Whom three chiefs| |of staff before him (Pershing, | MacArthur and Craig) referred | at varjous times as a great sol- dier. | Although ' not without prece- | dent, the promotion also gave this| |top army post to a man who was not a graduate of West Point. But motion over 33 of his senior offi-| | In his acceptance speech (harg“ ~ Made by Roosevelt Attempts B—ei;g Made fo Involve Him in Polit- ical Controversy HYDZ PARK, N. Y., Aug. 30.—| President Rosevelt today charged | that efforts are being made to in- volve him in a political contruvorsy' over the provision of the conscrip- ticn bill authorizing the Govern- ment to take over private industrial plants At a conference with the news- men, the President declined to an- swer Willkie's demand that he state his pesition on the provision, as- serting that an attempt was being made to involve him in a political | discussion, | Asked whether he approved of the | amendment sponsored by Senators Overton and Russel, the President inquired in turn whether the re- porters remembered the old rule of '33—does the President comment on | legislation amendments or rules | pending in Congress—to which one reporter said: “sometimes he does {and sometimes he does not.” Evades Delicate Subject President Roosevelt also declined to be drawn into a discussion wheth- er he concurred with Henry A. Wal- lace in his statement in a speech last |night in accepting the Democratic Vice Presidential nomination, that that the Republican Party is a party of appeasement. President Roosevelt said he did| rot think a question along that line needed an answer. However, the President did say that Wallace spoke excellently and he had said so in a telegram to him, Progress on Bases President Roosevelt said very ex- cellent progress was being made in | conversations between Great Britain | and the United States for acquisi- | tion of Naval and Air bases on !Brmsh soil in the New World but said he could not forecast when a definite announcement would be {made and he could not and would |not enter into a discussion of it. | e MISS McFADDEN IS RETURNING HERE | Miss Margaret McFadden, flflh} grade instructor at the Juneau Pub- !lic School, is enroute here on the | steamer Baranof. P SR MUSIC INSTRUCTOR, WIFE ON BARANOF| C. Robert White, instrumental| music instructor in the Juneau Pub-| SHOPPERS ., WITN ESS DOGFIGHT |Dive BombEAHack Lon- don Suburb Crowd- ed with: Buyers 'KRUPP WORK HIT BY ROYAL AIR FORCE Three Successwe Raids Are Turned Back Over london@gng Day LONDON, Aug. 30.—Furious dog fights raged high in the skies over London today as wave after wave |of German bombers came over, some of them dropping bombs ‘in screaming dive attacks om the out- skirts of the great city. The raiding fleets struck :\gnm |at the British capital and three air raid alarms kept the city’s popula- tion running to and from air raid shelters from just before noon un- til nearly six o'clock this evening when the all clear signal for the last alarm was sounded. Hundreds of Planes In the first two waves, perhaps 400 planes, all told, were turned back after fierce battles, but in the last attack, from the sound of dive bomber engines heard in the out- skirts of London, it was believed & much larger attacking force had come over. British sources then said a third attack was turned back as British fighters aided an intense, anti-air- craft barrage. Streets of suburbs were crowded with shoppers when the bombs be- gan to drop. Heaviest fighting occurred over a London suburb where hundteds shoppers saw a force of British fighter planes pounce on a forma- |tion of more than a score of rald- ers flying in the sunlit skies. Attack Returned The British Air Ministry also re- ported today that the Krupp Arm- ament Works in Essen, Germany, and other enemy military targets, in Germany, Holland, Belgium and Prance, were raided by British bombs last night. The Ministry of Information as- serted 42 German planes were brought down over Great Britain today and ten British planes were lost. DNB CLAIMS SUPERIORITY OF GERMANS Declares Brifish Lost Four fo One in Fierce Air Battles BERLIN, Aug. 30.—DNB, official German news Agency, said today that Nazi bzombing squadrons at- tacked airdromes in South England today, especially in Hampshire, and |shot down 51 British planes, losing but 15 German craft. Violent air battles ensued, DNB said, in which the German planes “proved a distinct superiority” over the Britishers. Great fires were left raging h Liverpool and Birkenhead, Britain's greatest centers of west coast ship- ping, on the Mersey river. It was reported by German sourc- |es after a night of air attacks, the bombing was directed chiefly at In- dustrial plants amd ports. et SISTERS BEREMILDA AND FLORENCE RETURN Sister Mary Berthilda and Sister Mary Florence, teachers at the | lic Schools, is a passenger on the| Baranof. He is accompanied by Mrs. ‘White, Parochial School here, returned on They have been tak- . the Denali. ing summer courses in Seattle.