The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 4, 1940, Page 1

y l i i ST THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LVI, NO. 8508. JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1940. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENT3 BOMBERS TERRORIZE BERLIN RESIDENTS (4 4 British Forces Make Intense Night Raid You Might Have fo Quit Eafing Ouf of Cans, But Tin Needed Ior Delense RUMANIA IS TO BE 'INVADED’ German Tr&);s Ready fo March Into Little Rioting Nation (By Associated Press) German troops today began mass- ing to march into riot-torn Rumania as King Carol, himself a target of assassination, accepted the resigna- tion of Premier Gigurtu and called General Antonescu to form a new cabinet. A British radio broadcast said a air raid alarm was sounded in Buch- arest this morning. Russia Calls Up Men Simultaneously Russia called two more classes to the golors. The Mos- cow newspaper Balshevik declared toua” that the “call comes during a verr complicated international sit- uation when the world is involved in (Continued on Page Five) Cthe 4’;:6 O WASHINGTON—The most dis- astrous news that has escaped the British censor recently is the fact that the Bristol arms factory in southwest England has been se- verely damaged by German bombs. This news has come back to Wash- ington via diplomatic and military cables, The Bristol plant is one of the most important munitions factories in England, and apparently ‘it has been virtually put out of business. Coming on top of damage to the Rolls-Royce airplane motor plant, this is devastating information. Furthermore, the Germans have been causing a lot more damage than gets on the press cables, and on the whole the British situation has worsened considerably in the past week. British morale is still high, in fact better than during the last World War, still are putting up an amazing battle, far surpassing the Germans in individual skill and bravery. However, bravery and morale alone will not win a war, and when the output of many factories such as the Bristol arms plant is M.opped it means that the British may have only morale and bravery left. On the optimistic side, however, Royal Air Force aviators have been wreaking terrific damage on Ger- man gasoline plants and Ruhr fac- tories. The damage to German plants is greater proportionately. Only trouble is that the British don’t have nearly as many planes as the Germans to perform bomb- ing raids of this kind. The ratio in British bombing planes a short time ago was 12 Nazi to one British bomber—based upon carrying capacity. It is a little bet- ter now but not much. ON THE STUMP Ambassador Bill Bullitt, most ver- satile and volatile of all Roosevelt’s diplomats, probably will go on the stump throughout the country cam- paigning for “national unity” and urging American support for Great Britain. His tour will be divorced from the New Deal, and he will not re- turn to his embassy in Prance. Many of the men around Roosevelt row age far ahead of him in pro- posing aid to Britain, and some of ihem may cooperate with Bullitt in this movement. Some are defin- itely critical of the President though close friend Bullitt is not. They feel that Roosevelt has been holding back, and that the country is ready to go much further than he. NOTE—Bullitt received 4,000 let- ters and telegrams after his radio address ;waming the nation that the United States faced immediate Arrival of airplanes, Coast Guard cutters and regular steamers to- night and tomorrow is expected to swell the number of visiting Le- gionnaire conventioners to between sixty and seventy, according to members of the Legion today. Registration of delegates and vis- itors began today in the basement headquarters of the Legion in the this morning, simultaneously in the Elks Hall and the Legion Dugout, the 40 and 8 and the 8 and 40 groups held “wrecks” bers selected for the body for their tion. Committees Karnes, this morning named com- mittees as follows: Credentials, Don of Anchorage; Nominations, E. M Polley, Juneau; Frank Cooper, Sew ard; Don Adler, Fairbanks and J. T. Petrich of Juneau; Auditing, J. C. Morris of Anchorage, and Alfred Zeneer of Juneau. “Wrecked” this morning into the 40 and & were George Gullufsen and Leo Jewett. This afternoon the serious busi- ness of 40-8 and 8-40 gets under way at the Elks Hall and the Legion Dugout with the Grand Promenade of the 40 and 8 at the Elks Hall and the Grand Promenade of the 8 and 40 in the Legion Dugout. Matanuska Maiden Most sought-for lady in the con- vention, it is understood, is Don Adler's Matanuska Maiden, which by way of explanation, is a lovely nude picture which each year goes to the town getting the next con- vention. Talk has it that Seward will get the convention next year, and that next year's Commander of the De- partment of Alaska, American Le- gion, now Don Adler, will be Walter B. King of Ketchikan. King is scheduled to_arrive here this evening at 9 o'clock aboard the cutter Cyane with a large delega- tion of Ketchikan Legionnaires. Wrangell and Petersburg delegates may also arrive on the Cyane. Some conventioners are expected on the Northland tomorrow morning and if weather breaks, a few more are scheduled by plane. This evening at 6:30, the 40 and 8 and 8 and 40 will hold a joint banquet at Percy’s Cafe, while at 10 tonight, there will be a big and British aviators|dance sponsored by the 40 and 8 at the Elks' Hall to which the public is . invited. TERRITORIAL OFFICERS The following are the officers of The American Legion, Department of Alaska: Commander—Don M. B. Adler, Fairbanks, First Vice-Commander — Walter B. King, Ketchikan. Second Vice-Commander — Julius C. Morris, Anchorage. Adjutant-Finance Officer—J. T. Petrich, Juneau. Service Officer —George Gulluf- sen, Juneau, Judge Advocate — Southall Pfund, Fairbanks. Historian—George V. Beck, Pet- ersburg. Chaplain—Father William Cha- put, Seward. Sergeant-at-Arms — Steve Vuko- vich, Juneau. Department Executive Committee- man-at-Large—William O. Johnson, Juneau, and John B. Hall, Fair- banks. . National Executive Committee- man—Richard H. Stock, Ketchikan. Alternate National Executive Committeeman—Anthony E.Karnes, PDC, Juneau. LEGION AUXILIARY President—Mrs. Elizabeth Nord- ling, Juneau. First Vice-President—Mrs, Flor- ence O'Neill, Anchorage. Second Vice - President — Mrs. Ruth Morgan, Ketchikan, Secretary-Tréasurer — Mrs. Betty McCormick, Juneau. Historian — Mrs. Madge Driscoll, Fairbanks. Chaplain—Mrs, Delia Sarft, Fair- banks. R. Sergeant- at- Arms — Mrs. Luhl Wortman, Sitka. szntmem Executive Oommn- ORI g e (Continued on Page Four) (cmunued on page 8ix) Baranof Hotel and at 10 o'clock' (initiation) of mem- | outstending work in the organiza-| |- The Grand Chef de Gare, A. E.| | Adler of Fairbanks and Sid Raynor| | CONVENTION OF ALASKA DEPARTMENT, AMERICAN LEGION, READY TO OPEN | | { { { Den M. B. Adler, Commander of Department of Alaska, American Legion, who is here from Fairbanks to preside at the convention open- ing tomorrow. PROGRAM Tonight 6:30 pm~40 and 8 and 8 and 40 Banquet at Percy’s Cafe. 10:00 p.m. — Public Dance cponscred by 40 and 8 in “Elks Ballroom. TOMORROW 10:69 am.—Joint meeting of The American Legion and Aux- iliary at Elks Hall. Call to Order—By Depart- ment Commander Don Adler. ‘ Invocation. Advancing of Colors. Song—*“America.” Silent Prayer. Sclo, “Taps,” by Lola Mae Alexander, accompanied by Carol Beery Davis. Bugler, Fred Sorri Jr. Preamble to the Constitution of The American Legion, by J. C. Morris, Second Vice- Commander. Address of Welcome—By E. L. Bartlett, Acting Governor of Alaska; by Harry I. Lucas, May- or of Juneau; by Charles Beale, President of the Juneau Cham- ber of Commerce. Responses—Walter B. King, First Vice Department Com- mander; Elizabeth Nordling, President, Department Auxili- ary; A, E. Karnes, 40 and 8; Jo Sheldon, 8 and 40. Greetings—Milton D. Camp- bell, Assistant Director Nation- al Child Welfare Division, In- dianapolis, Ind.; George Gulluf- sen, Post Commander, Alford John Bradford Post No. 4; Esther Gullufsen, President, Al- ford John Bradford Auxiliary Unit No. 4. Solo—“Alaska’s Flag,” by Lola Mae Alexander, accompanied by Elinor Dusenbury. Recess to permit ladies of the Auxiliary to retire to the Le- gion Dugout. Call to Order— Appointment of Committees. Retiring of Colors. Revess, 12:00 noon—Past Presidents’ Luncheon; Percy’s Cafe. 12:00 noon — Delegates’ and Visitors’ Luncheon, Gastineau Cafe. 2:00 p.m.—Business Session. 8:00 p.m.—Address by Milton D, Campbell, Gold Room, Bar- anof Hotel. Public invited. 9:30 p.m.—Legion and Aux- iliary Mixer, Elks Ballroom. b i 5 AN SITKA, KODIAK. PROJECTS NOW GIVEN APPROVAL WASHINGTON, Sept. 4. — The Senate Commerce Committee has approved of 20 river and harbor im- provements, primarily for national defense purposes, to cost $24,000,000. Included in the approval list are the harbor improvements at Sitka and Kodiak. EARLY TALKS ON EXCHANGE, DESTROYERS Newsmen a{Ouick An- swer Regarding Move- ments of 50 Craft WASHINGTON, Sept. 4—Stephen Early, White House Press Secretary, today said: “Hitler can find that out for himself,” when newsmen in- quired about the movements of 50 destroyers traded to Great Britain for naval and air bases in the Brit~ ish Dominions off the coast of the | Western Hemisphere. Navy officials said eight of the | destroyers will be immediately made | ready at the Boston Navy Yard for | release to Great Britain and will | probably be taken Friday by Amer- ican crews to Canada and turn- |ed over to the British Navy of- ficials. Others on Coast The whereabouts of the other de- | stroyers is not disclosed except they |are somewhere on the Atlantic sea- board. Asked to comment on the state- | ment of Wendell L. Willkie that it 1 was regretable that President Roose- | velt “didn’t deem it necessary” to | obtain prior Congressional approval or permit_public discussion regard- |ing the trade, Early said: | “I take it that Mr. Willkie does not like anything President Roose- | velt does.” | Value of Destroyers The Navy Department officials said, that of June 30, the destroyers were carried on the books as repre- senting a current value of approxi- | mately $1,700,000 each. This would |make the aggregate value $85,000,- 000, Each vessel requires a crew of about 125 officers and men. Senator Gerald P. Nye, Republican of North Dakota, said the Presi- |dent’s action “indicates our leader- |ship is already using dictatorial practices, ignoring the laws of treaties in the name of an emer- gency.” Senator Alben W. Barkley said there was no need for Congressional action and he predicted the public gives full approval to the agreement to transfer the 50 old-age destroyers to Great Britain in exchange for important naval and air bases. GERMANY CAUTIOUS BERLIN, Sept. 4—German auth- orized sources displayed extreme caution on reaction to the United States transferring 50 old-age de- stroyers to Great Britain in ex- change for naval and air bases in British posessions off the ocast of the Western Hemisphere. The authorized German sources did declare, however, that the move involves a “question of conceivable vast import and the attitude of Ger- many cannot be defined before a thorough going study as to the ef- fects of international law con- cerned.” ATTEMPTTO TAKE LIFE OF KING CAROL Seven Sholsfied Through Window-Slayer-fo-Be Is Captured BUCHAREST, Sept. 4—An at- tempt to kill King Carol of Rumania has failed. An unidentified man broke through the heavily guarded Palace gates and fired seven shots through the brightly-lighted Palace windows before he was overcome. Reports are prevalent that the would-be assassin was killed. Flags flying over the Palace in- dicated the King was there at the time of the attempted assassination. By JACK STINNETT WASHINGTON, Sept. 4—There's been a lot of talk about tin since the national defense program got under way, but if you'll believe De- partment of Commerce officials, mueh of the talk is hooey. There’s no doubt that if the United States’ tin supply were cut off, there would be a fine mess. But for that to happen, Eng- land would have to lose the war, and Japan would have to seize British Malaya and the Dutch East Indies, and blockade our trade with those settlements or refuse to sell us any tin. Further- more, it would have to be proved um Bolivia couldnt step up its It was in supply to 50,000 tons. almost that high in 1929 but had ,dropped to a little more than half that by last year. There is the possibility we could cut our con- sumption to get along on what | we could get from the small amount could be reclaimed. of tin that HAS CAUSED WARS Tin is a mighty interesting pro- duct. Wars were fought for it long before the Christian era. Julius Caesar’s invasion of the British Isles may have been to get to the tin mines in Cornwall. England has been all but con- (Continued on Page Six) Alaska Is Now JuneauBound SEATTLE, Sept. 4. — Steamer Alaska sailed for Southeast Alaska ports at 9 o'clock last night with 92 passengers including five steer- age. There are 52 round trippers on the shig. Juneau pns!engers aboard the Al- aska are Mrs, Harvey Benedica, Mrs, Harry Lea, Mrs. Kenneth Lowe, Mrs. Marion Wetter and two infants, Fred Turkin, Harry Town-| send, Mrs. Clnrk C. Hart. WEMHER HOlDS PAA PLANES ON TWO SCHEDULES Weather today continued to hold PAA Electras and the Alaska Clip- per here today, but pilots were hop- ing to get away this afternoon on their schedules. Aboard the clipper, scheduled to fly south, are 23 passengers, G. Luellwitz, Petit Luellwitz, Virginia| Mullen, Beatrice Mullen, Mrs. Bea- trice Mullen, Mr .and Mrs. Paul Sorenson, Miss Sorenson, Ford Greaves, Ray Martin, Milo Spaich, A. D. Lawrence, L. Litzenberger, Robert Pitch, Major P. Goerz, Col. G. Rathjens, B. M. Jacobs, Mr. and Mrs, Maurice Gale, Allan Sorenson, Robert McCarthy, Mrs. M. Fernald, Sylvia Fernald. Scheduled to fly north with two Electras are Thomas Taylor, ‘Mr. and Mrs. C. Hartke, Rose Labrouch- erie, M. Plemon, Dale Gaffney, Cash Cole, H. McCain, Catherine Has- torf, G. Lynch and Robert Bailey, ———.— — LEROY LONG JAILED; THREATENED WIFE'S THROAT WITH RAZOR Accused of threatening to cut his | wife’s throat with a razor, Leroy Long was arrested over the weekend by Marshal's officers at his home on Glacier Highway. Mrs. Long signed the complaint against him. Long was arraigned before U. S. Commissioner Felix Gray yesterday on a charge of being drunk and disorderly. Bond was set at $500. — e STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Sept. 4. — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 4%, American Can 97, American Power and Light 3%, Anaconda 22%, Bethlehem Steel 81%, Commonwealth and Southern 1%, Curtiss Wright 8%, General Motors 49%, International Harvester 45%, Kennecott 29, New York Cen- tral 14%, Northern Pacific 7%, Unit- ed-States Steel 57%, Pound $4.08%. DOW, JONES AVERAGES ' . The following are today’s Dow, Jones averages: Industrials, 132,16; rails, 28.85; utilities 22, Senate Vel Whipped by New Dealer Murdoch RJE Like Rabbit in Utal's First Pri-— mary Refurns SALT LAKE CITY, Sept. 4. william H. King has apparently lost the seat he has occupied for the past 24 years in the Senate as Abe Murdock, in a display of strength that surprised political ob- severs, far outdistanced King for the Democratic Senatorial nomina- tion. Murdock, ardent New Deal sup- porter, got 28,138 votes out of 492 of Utah’s 835 districts while King got 9,087 votes. King's apparent defeat is at- tributed to the “liberal” Demo- cratic vote. Many labor groups op- posed King. e MISS FAIRBANKS IS VISITING CITY; TO TALK, RADIO Lulu’s in town. Nearly everybody knows Lulu. Few haven’t heard of her. She's the' veteran Alaska booster that keeps things Alaskan humming in Seattle where she is active in a wide field of civic activity and is an editor on the Alaska Weekly. On her way north to Juneau, Miss Fairbanks stopped off at Wrangell to make the Stikine River trip to Telegraph Creek and pro- nounced it “as lovely a scenic trip as one could find anywhere in the world.” While in Juneau, Miss Fairbanks will speak over KINY on her views with reference to the liquor refer- endum. She expects to spend about three days visiting old friends here, a guest at the Baranof Hotel, before returning south. LABOR BOARD IS SEEKING ORDER, FAIRBANKS CASE SAN CISCO, Cal., Sept. 4. —The National Labor Board has asked the Circuit Court of Appeals for an enforcement order, a consent decree, against the Independent Lumber Company, of Fairbanks, Al- aska. The order sought would require the company to cease dominating the Brotherhood of Alaska Miners and discontinuance of interference in collective bargaining. puctalt s ELKS TONIGHT Juneau Elks will hold their regu- lar lodge session this evening. Bolivia plus| 'WESTWARD WILL GET MORE MEN 2,400 Additional Soldiers | leaving for Anchor- age Base Soon | CHILKOOT BARRACKS APPARENTLY MOVED '73d Bombardment Squad- ron fo Fly fo Fairbanks from McChord Field WASHINGTON, Sept. 4. — The War Department announced today it is strengthening its defenses in Alaska by sending approximately 2,400 additional troops to Anchorage about November 1. Permanent station units will be sent from the Fourth Infantry, less the First Battalion, now in Alaska. Elements now at Chilkoot Bar- racks will be moved to Anchorage. | The Fourth Infantry now at Fort George Wright in Spokane, and four gorups temporarily stationed at Fort Lewis, will be sent to the Alaskan post. They are elements of the First Battalion of the 81st Field Artillery, the 75th Field Artillery, the Anti- Afrraft and Signal Corps personnel, and the Anti- Aaircraft Warning Service. BOMBERS FOR ALASKA TACOMA, Sept. 4—Ground troops being stationed in Alaska as part of the revitalized National Defense Program, are being bulwarked by bombing planes béfore November, a McChord' Field officer revealed to- day. Alaska will receive its first bomb- !ing force when the 73rd bombard- ment squadron will be transferred from McChord Field to Fairbanks. Nine bi-motored bombers will be flown to Fairbanks with combat crews prior to November 1 under orders released today. The bulk of the squadron's 24 officers and 217 men will go north by boats with their dependents al- lowed to accompany them. Captain Charles Overacker is in command of the 73rd. — e, LEGION AUXILIARY HOLDS ELECTION Catherine vaenpori Is to Head Group - Seward Delegates Enferfain At last night's meeting of tne American Legion Auxiliary held at the Dugout, Mrs. Catherine Daven- port was elected to succeed Mrs. Aileene Olson as President for the coming term. Other auxiliary members receiv- ing elective offices include Mrs. Florence Mutch, Pirst Vice-Presi- dent; Mrs. Marian Hendrickson, Second Vice-President; Mrs. Mary Hagerup, Sergeant-at-Arms; Mrs. Mable Lybeck, Chaplain; Mrs. Edith Davis, Secretary-Treasurer. Committeewomen include Mes- dames Aileene Olson, Dolly Kauf- mann and Lucile Stonehouse. Besides election of officers and routine business, Mrs. Elinor Du- senbury and Mrs, Ellen Chinella were taken into the unit. Following the meeting the Sew- ard delegates entertained with a party at the Baranof Hotel. TWO LOCAL PLANES MAKE TRIPS TODAY Shell Simmons went out on a coast run today and Alex Holden flew to Admiralty Island and Chi- chagof Island ports. Simmons flew Coney Starr to An- goon and Russell Clithero to Sitka. to Hawk Inlet and Bob Douglas and Tom Dyer to Hoonah, returning with Prank Wright and Harry Douglas from Hoonah and M. Muscatell and Vernon Swapp from Althorp. Holden took Mrs. H. E. Jacobson | ATTACK IS MADE UPON BIG CAPITAL Four Million Huddle Sleep- ily in Underground Shelters GERMANS REPLY BY DROPPING FIRE BOMBS High Command Assers Many Blazes Starfed in English Cities (By ASSOCIATED PRESS) British Royal Air Force bombers carried a night of terror to the “war nerves” of Berlin's 4,000,000 residénts as the bombers droned back and forth over the German capital city during which time a two and one half hour air raid alarm Kept up. The droning of the British bomb- ers and the stacotto chatter of anti-aircraft guns kept the city's millions huddled sleepily in under- ground shelters but the Naz of- ficials asserted no hombs fell in Berlin proper and the only “dam- age” done was a backyard fire set by British flares on the outskirts of -the efty.:« ¢ Air Fight Is Staged 3 Authorized German sources ad- mitted however, that there has been, lively activity between Nazi and British planes in the Magdesburg region 100 miles west of Berlin. The action is described as the first big air clash at night over Central Germany. German fire raiders struck back by dumping tons of incendiary bombs on English ports and inland cities. Drop Time Bombs The German High Command as- serts that incendairy bombs set big fires in Liverpool, Rochester, Port-. land, Bristol, Middlesborough and elsewhere, Some fire bombs are reported to be large crude oil bombs with ig- niting devices attached. More than 50 incendiary bombs fell on a single southeast English town, the High Command asserts, setting many houses afire. London Is Raided London today underwent its for- tiethi air raid, the alarm lasting 29 minutes as RAF spitfires and hur- ricane pursuit planes clashed with a formation of 40 German bomb- ers. Fighting also occurred in the air over Dover, “Hell's Corner” re- gion. VENGEANCE IS VOWED BY HITLER To Retaliafe for Brifish "Nuisance” Raids on German Objectives (By Associted Press) Adolf Hitler bitterly assailed the British “nuisance” raids on Ger- many and vowed that 100,000 pounds of Nazi bombs will fall on England nightly hereafter in retaliation. The Fuehrer addressed 25,000 Ber- lin workers in the Sports Palace and he further declared that “for these three months I have advised the British to cease their nuisance nightly and painless bomb throwing. Now I will give the answer, with Nazi raids, night after night.” Hitler's statement is interpreted as signalling the start of a full force aerial blitzkrieg against Great Brit- ain, hurling into the fray many | thousands of planes and fighting bombers. It is known that Germany has held in reserve thousands of planes for the first line defense, some estimates placing the number as high as 18,000 planes and bomb- ers.