The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 11, 1940, Page 1

VOL. LVI, NO. 8514. HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1940. HITLER PREPARES MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS HANNEL INVASION Territorial Liquor MONOPOLY IS VOTED DOWN BY 3710 2 Terriiori;rSIores Plan| Defeated in Almost Every Precinct Alaskans in yesterday’s general| ion decisively defeated the li- q referendum question which asked an opinion of the people on whether the Territory should have a system of Territorially-own- el stores. The vote total this afterncon, from 36 precincts of the First, Third and Fourth Divisions, is 2293 tor Territorial control and 3182] against. l In the First Division, with 26 pre-‘ cincts reporting, the vote is 2051 | for Territorial control and 2s:m\ against. The Third Division, three pre-‘ cincts, voted 98 for Territorial con- trol and 329 against. ‘ Seven precincts of the Fourth Di- | vision gave 144 for Territorial con- trol and 215 against. No returns from the Second Dl—, vision had been received up to a| late hour today. [ f HAWKINS GOES OUT, REUNION Oscar Hawkins flew south this“ morning aboard the Alaska Clipper to attend a family reunion in Se- attle { Hawkins received word of the | reunion from his parents only yes- terday and the reunion is scheduled | tonight. To make it, Hawkins had | to fly. | e - ——— A recipe for ice cream was in- troduced in Europe by Marco Polo,, who obtained it in China. “the ! % RobertS. A§ 760 WASHINGTON — Not much has leaked past the censors, but| the British have been busy digging an extensive series of barricades along the coast of England, so that| Nazi troops when they land will| face a mass of barbed wire and/ trenches reminiscent of World War | I This line extends from Dover in the south of England up to the Midlands, and includes machine gun nests, light artillery ‘and heavy ar- tillery emplacements, together with trenches and ‘reastworks, The trenches are not very deep and are of the World War type, but Ameri- can observers who have seen them figure that the . British system, which covers almost every inch along the coast, will be a deadly obstacle to Nazi invaders. Looking back on the French de- fenses, it will be recalled that France had almost nothing along the Belgian border, and that the artillery emplacements which Gen- eral Weygand hastily threw up wese | few and far between. The French, did not even use barbed-wire en- tanglements or dig trenches. Ger- man tanks moved too fast for them. In invading England, howevef, the Nazis will not have tanks in| any great quantities. Some may be1 landed, but it probably will be im-| possible to land entire mechanized | divisions. However, the thing to figure on in dealing with Hitler is the el>- ment of surprise. He used it against France, by aiming his blow through Belgium and the Ardennes Forest where the French never expected an attack, Thus, by getting behind the Maginot Line, he rendered it valueless. In attacking Britain, Hitler may be expected to use !fclu.nd .8s an- (Continued on Page Four) Knox Inspects Navy Yard Colonel Frank Knox, Secretary of naval facilities, is shown here with Commandant of the Mare Island, Navy, (left) inspecting West Coast Rear Admiral D, W. Bagley (right), Cal,, Navy Yard. This picture was taken during Knox's inspection tour of the yard. Workmen and scaffolding, forming the cradle for a warship under construction, are shown in the background. (Carol Is Speeding ToHaven leavesSwutzerlandby; Special Train-Going fo Portugal LUCANO, Switzerland, Sept. 11. | —Dethroned King Carol left here| last night by a special train via| Italy for Portugal. Madga Lupescu accompanied him. SEEKS NEW HAVEN LUCANO, Sept. 11. — Rumania’s | deposed King Carol sped across| Italy early today and then Italian | occupied France in quest of a new haven, perhaps in Portugal. He| was accompanied by red-baired Magda Lupescu. Last night he crept out.of the| servant’s door in a Lucano hotel to’ dodge the curious. Carol crossed into Italy aboard his special train. The French government has re-| fused to permit him to remain in ywere cast, resulting as follows: France indefinitely. ———>- —— SOURDOUGH SKINNER DIES FRIDAY, SIT Charles Skinner, pioneer at the Skinner leaves a son, Martie Skin-| Iner, in Anchorage, s, SWAPS SAIL SOUTH Clifford Swap, employee of the Sanitary Piggly Wiggly Grocery, sailed south on the North Coasz He was accompanied by his wkte and young son and the famiiy will spend the next several weeks visit-| ing relatives in the state of Wash- ington. ———— : JONES HERE R, A. Jones, representing Western Cooperage, is in Jun:au a guest at the Baranof Hotel. § DEMOCRATS (ARRY FOURTH DIVISION Strong Majat—y Against i Liquor Referendum in Inierior FAIRBANI’S Alaska, Sept. 11.— | Seven pre ts out of ‘68 in the ‘I‘cu|h Division show all Democratic candidates leading Republicans by |about two to one and a strong ma- jority against the liquor referen- dum. l Fairbanks cast 1189 votes. | Early totals, including returns ifrom South Fairbanks, Graehl, Fox, |Upper Cleary, Lower Cleary, Chat- |anika and Richardson, were as | follows: i For Delegate—Dimond 276, - Cole 8. For Attorney General—Roden 232, | McCain 98. For Auditor—Boyle 222, Humph- |eries 135. | | | | For Highway Engineer — Hesse 1256, Miller 93. Liquor referendum — For 144, | agains 215. In Fairbanks proper, 1189 votes | Dimond 840, Cole 314, McCain 384, ’Roden 737, Boylé 718, Humpheries | 365, Hesse 761, Mifler 352. | For Senator—McDcnald 315, Nor- dale 809. The latter is a Democrat. For Representatives—Republicans: | Coibert 318, Estes 470, Hurley 455, Johnsten 534; Democrats: Gordon Picneer's Home, passed away la.xv.rfi’m Herbert 591, Lander 470, Rogge Friday, according to word received | 575 Indepen at the Governor’s Office, : McCombe 345. King Haakon ~IsDethoned OSLO, Sept. 11.—The Norwegian | Parliament has declared that King Haakon is no longer able to func- tion, but has decided to postpone until after the present European war the answer to:ithe question, “Should he be allowed to return to his country?” - DEMOCRATS | Democrats for House | Al four Democratic candidates| | for the House of Represemauvesl | have substantial leads over any| |of the Republicans. In first place 'ls Allen Shattuck with 2,647. Cap- | tain James V. (Jim) Davis is run-| 'ning second with 2327 votes, while John McCormick is third with 2,- 218 and Crystal Snow Jenne fourth jwith. - 2,160. Mrs. Mildred Hmnnnn the Re- | publican with the largest total, is |still more than 150 votes behind Mrs. Jenne. Mrs. Hermann's vote | from the 25 precincts is 1,886. Jnyy anams is in sixth place with 1-| | 844, Steve Vukovich seventh wiih 1646 and William L. Paul Jr. eighth with 1,221, The Democratic total in the First Division is nearly three times as large as the Republican, on the basis of votes for Delegate. 'CORDOVA YOTE ‘Referendum Beaten ulor;mm. RETURNS—First Divison — Elechon Seplember 10, 1940 Delente A“y Gen. Auditor anlnecr Senator I lum'e!enuuvcs Referendum JUNEAU CASTS RECORD TOTAL VOTE OF 1579 €ity Supports Democrats— Defeats Referendum by 3-2 Margin Juneau voters turned out in rec- ord numbers at yesterday's general election, topping the previous rec- ord vote by 62, Total cast here yesterday was 1579. Two years ago, in the previous record election, the total was 1517, In 1886 the vote was 1505. All precincts except the second BY WIDE MARGIN| | increased their votes over 1938. Yes- ‘t;erdnys vote was: First Precinct, 788; Second, 433; Third, 358. {1938 vote was: First, 764; Second, IS LIGHT ONE; The | * |silver salmon fishing season being FISHING IS ON, CORDOVA, Alaska, Sept. 11. — A light vote was cast in this sec- tion yesterday on account of the in full swing. The totals for Cordova and Eyak in the Third Division are as fol- lows: Dimond 208, Cole 72, McCain 120, Roden 139, Boyle 169, Humpheries 89, Hesse 141, Miller 85. | For Senator—4 year term: Coffey | 116, O'Neill 135; 2-year term: Brow- nell 46, Murray 218. For Representatives — Andresen 124, Egan 157, Horning 85, H. H. McCutcheon 117, Peterson 104, Selby 130, Smith 140, Wilson 95, S. J. Mc- Cutcheon (sticker candidate) 13. Por liquor stores 62, against 229. RAIDERS FAILING TO FIND TARGETS ASSERTS OBSERVER LONDON, Sept. 11. — A British military observer says that the Nazi raiders so far have failed to find familiar initial targets after three nights of favorable flying con- ditions over England, The observer went on to say that, the first vanguard of the Nazi raiders are more experienced than those that follow up. The observer said that the first Nazi squadrons apparently seek to set big fires in the London area which are to act as sign posts for the squadrons to follow. But, the observer said, that so far, the tactics have not been successful. He added that the bomb- ing tactics of the follow-up Nazi squadrons has been very inaccu- rate siice Sunday night. He pre- dicted that the reason probably is due to the fact that younger and less experienced fliers were being used in the rear guard. P ——————— Newly hatched spiders can’t eat. About 190,000 . Are ‘under ‘Russian Communist rule. 444; Third, 309. Democratic candidates prevailed in Juneau, except in the House of Representative Legislative race where Republicans were running second and third. The liquor referendum was beaten 930 to 631 in Juneau. Other Juneau results were as follows: For Delegate to Congress — Di- mond 1043, Cole 486. For Attorney General — Roden 827, McCain 820. For Auditor—Boyie 1007, Humph- | eries 515. For Highway Engineer — Hesse 992, Miller 501. For Senator—Walker 723, Barnes 634. For House of Representatives (high four to be elected)—Shattuck 1035, Hermann 824, Williams 803, Davis 784, Jenne 740, McCormick 695, Vu- kovich 575, Paul 378. HUNTING PARTY GETS BROWNIE A big brownie, close to nine feet square pelted out, was the big trophy of a seven day hunt for California Supreme Court Judge Jesse Carter and Attorney Samuel PLnley from Eureka, California. With Guide Joe Lynch, the party made a cruise up Seymour Canal and into the Tracy Arm-Fords Ter- ror country, getting a deer, one black bear and the big brownie. Baseball Today The following are scores of games played this afternoon in the Na- tional League: Chicago 8; Brooklyn 5. St. Louis 7; New York 4. Cincinnati 8; Boston 0. — e Onesseventh' of all the Indians|local docks, passed away yesterday | in the United States live in Ari-afternoon. He is survived by one zona, where one: of every ten per- sons is an Indian, g f | } I | | | | 7] et | ; g §‘°19e\;~:15§:5‘3\5 £ |B|8|5|2|E|E |5 [ B e Bl R BB | B ali |El8 8 | & 4 ! & | il | 8 { | g g | ] | | i | i [ Juneau No. 1] 526| 240|| 336 415|| 508| 255|| 508| 232|| 361| 363|| 405| 406| 389| 322| 163 536| 400| 283|| 322 459 ‘Senator Walker, A" FOlll' Juneau No. 2| 36| 106]| 157| 260]| 300 120‘33 306] 108)| 179| 224| m: 193] 219| 245 88| 307 176| 145(| 154 271 H Juneau No. 3| 201| 140|| 184 152|| 198 140|| 178| 161|| 194| 136]| 141| 225| 132| 128| 127| 192| 227| 147|| 155 200 | House candlda'es Jualpa 2 17" 20| 18| 17| 2111 19{ 19| 18 21]| 15| 19] 17| 17| 1| 16| 20] 23| 15: 23| i Thane ....| 17| 7| 12| 12]| 20| 4| 15| 8| 10] 14| 14| 11| 15 16| 5| 11| 11| 12[| 15/ 8 HOIdmg leads Mendenhall | 43 19‘.‘ 30| 30| 35| 20| 33| 29|| 35| 26| 29| 32 2 :azwi 22( 31| 35 31| 24| 41 . Eaa Lynn Canal | 52 24|| 45| 35| 39| 39(| 49 30|| 46| 33| 20| 57 31| 20| 21| 48] 55 41)| 24| 56 All Democratic Legislative can- Salmon Cr. 51| 20| 27| 43|| 45| 27|| 49| 21|| 20| 40|| 32| 45 30| 33| 16| 39| 46| 27| 36/ 31] didates in the First Division were| Douglas | 143| 25/| 50| 115|| 127| -40|| 112| 48| 70| 89| 108] 79| 90| 120 25| 115| 69| 46| 63| 106 elected in yesterday's general elec-|ward Cove .| 26| 5|| 12| 19| 22| 7| 16/ 15/ 13| 18]| 18/ 9 20| 20| 10| 18| o 10/ 12| 19| tion, on the basis of returns from Gravina Is. 9l of o 9 7 2| 5| 4| 31 8 6] of 6 6 3 6 3 4 5| 4 25 of the Division’s 57 precinces Sgxman ....| 60| || 30| 41| 56| 10/ 42| 25| 11] 56| 46| 18 39| 43| 21) 41| 19| 12| 25 42 this afternoon. Penhock 1s. | 1] 5{| 6 o 1| 4 of 6| 8 1 2 4 1 2 5 1 5 4 2| 4] The totals include all precincts | Wacker City| 17| 6|| 24| 2| 15 8[| 6| 18| 17| 7|| 12| 18 12| 10| 11| 11| 13| 8| 16 11 from Juneau, Ketchikan, Sitks, Skagway .| 197 44| 70| 165/ .171| 65|| 135/ 105| 121| 114|| 166| 88| 151| 114/ 65| 141| 71| 122|| 100 151 Skagway and Hames and many Ketchikan, 1| 545 175|| 399| 315|| 472( 215/ 340| 385|| 214| 503|| 423| 271| 362| 413] 210| 443| 248 241([ .| . smaller communities, Only Wran-|Ketehikan, 2| 158 56|| 145 71|| 125] 80| 74| 146|| 72| 144|| 120] 112| 102| 98] 60| 114| 96| 84| 102| 117/ gell, Petersburg and Metlakatla, of Ketchikan, 3| 176 40| 114| 110]| 167| 44|| 112| 116|| 54| 167|| 146] 86| 132| 136/ 58| 144 68 54| 118 112| | the larger precincts, are missing. |Sitks .. | 255| 126/| 181| 1961 239| 136|| 201 179]' 203| 174|| 108] 181| 177| 179| 143| 204| 149| 194|| 213| 184 | Senator Norman R. (Doc) Walk- | Klawock 76) 22|| 46 53|| 69| 24| 22 76|| 35 61| 27| 28] 58 66| 42| 58 28| 58| 54| 47 er of Ketchikan is leading his Re- | Hydaburg 55| 18|| 54| 19|| 43| 22|| 32| 33|| 30| 38| 24| 38) 27| 34| 51 26/ 30/ 35| .| ... | publican opponent, Frank S.Barnes |Hyder . 48| 8| 19] 37| 47| 10| 43 14|| 17| 36|| 36| 24| 31 38/ 10 45| 15/ 17]| 17| 38 of Wrangell, by almost 600 votes.|Haines 53| 11]| 20| 25|| 25| 16|| 44| 18|| 24| 34| 41| 27| 34 41| 4| 51| 19| 22[| 29| 38 | This lead is expected to be cut| Craig ... 75| 15| 60| 28|| 63| 10|| 32| 62|| 34/ 53| 41) 37| 50| 54| 32| 40| 24| 24| 35| 31 somewhat by the Wrangell vote,|Doug. Bridge| 11| 4| 2| 14| 10 5|| 1| s|| 3 12{ 10 8 9 12\ 3 8 8 2 9 9 | which is still missing. But Walk- |} |1~ | |—|—1 o | er's reelection appears certain. TOTALS |3131]1142|2052(2183| uzzumhzm 1863]|1794{2372] [2321|1996/2160 zzn[mn 2647/18441646]11543) 2002 Poisdam Bombed At Night Fires Follow_fis Scored on Important Railroad Terminal BERLIN LONDON, Sept. 11.—Widespread | bombing attacks by British planes on concentrations and barges along the German held French, Belgian | and Dutch coasts, such as might, be used for the invasion of the Brit- .ish Isles, are officially reported by the Air Ministry today. The communique repeated the pre- vious claim that the Potsdam sta- tion, one of the main rallway ter- mini of the German forces, was the target last night and direct hits were made. These hits were followed by fires. The raid followed the spectacular bombing of Berlin. Four British planes failed to re- turn, presumably brought down by anti-aircraft fire JAPAN IS TAKING ON NEW ACTION ON FOREIGNERS TOKYO, Sept. 11.—Japan ' has taken another step toward freeing herself from all foreign influences when the foreign-born heads of schools operated by the Catholic Order of St. Maur were removed. The Order operates nine elemen- tary schools and two convents in Japan. Many of the BSisters are Japanese, but a considerable pro- portion are foreign-born. Those re- moved from administrative posts by the St. Maur Society included four PFrench Sisters, one Spanish and one Irish, The St. Maur Society followed the example of the Japanese Pro- testant Christian Education Feder- ation in removing foreigners from key positions. s ot natiiies Pioneer Aden Passes Away SKAGWAY, Alaska, Sept. 11. — Weert Aden, pioneer resident of Skagway, and until his retirement two years ago, wharfinger at the brother, John Aden, residing in this | city. DEFENSE Brifish Raiders Make Hard- est Attack of War on Reich Center BERLIN, Sept. 11.—British raid- ers dropped incendiary bombs through the Reichstag building |early this morning in the war’s hardest attack on Berlin af- ter the raiders penetrated the Ber- lin defenses. The explosion of the bombs shook Government buildings during the central Berlin attack. The Reichstag fire was early re- ported under control. The buildings were not in use, being rebuilt since the 1933 fire, but were regarded as a Reich sym- bol. One big bomb landed within 300 yards from the United States’ Em- bassy. Twelve foot holes were blasted in the main avenue and windows in | many Government buildings were broken. Bombs also hit two hospitals, an apartment house and home for aged Jews, Moonlight aided the raiders. "ONTO GERMANY” | IS CANADIAN CRY Commander of Second Di- vision Issues Special Order fo.Troops LONDON, Sept. 11.—The com- mander of the Second Canadian Di- vision in England, Major General Victor Odlum, told his troops in an order of the day message that they would not rest until they had carried the war onto German soil. Gen. Odlum advised the Cana- dian soldiers not to be dismayed! by Britain’s present position, He| said that the tide of fortunes in the war would certainly turn, Sald the General, “I pledge myself to give this division everything I have or am, and I expect as much from every man and officer.” One Halibuter Sells at Seatfle SEATTLE, Sept. 11.—One hali- buter, the Wizard from the western banks, sold 40,000 pounds today for: 12% cents a pound straight. 7| he added, NAZITROOP BARGES MOVE TOPOSITION Churchill Warns British German Blow About fo Be Struck LONDON, Bept 11.—Prime Min- ister Winston Churchill told Par- liament today that Germany is pre- paring for an invasion of England by moving hundreds of self-pro- pelled barges down to northern ports of the French coast oppo- site Britain’s shores. These craft are troop convoys moving into position under the protection of big Ger- man guns set up on the French coast, “No one should blind himself to the fact that this German invasion is being planned with all the Ger- man craft and method character- istic of them,” he declared. England Is Ready Next week, he said, “must be re- garded as a very important one for us in our history. Every man and woman must prepare to do his duty whatever it may be. Special pride may be taken in the fact that our fleet is very powerful, our shores well fortified and well manned behind these lines by o better equipped and far stronger army than ever before.” ‘Churchiil the pending invasion with the attémpt of the Spanish armada to invade the Brit- ish Isles and the later attempt of Napoleon. Brutality Assailed Hitler, Churchill said, “ignited a fire which will burn with a steady flame until the last vestiges of Nazi tyranny and brufality have been wiped out and the old and new worlds join their great forces to build that which has been de- stroyed.” Turning to the effects of air raids on London, Churchill said all the world ‘marvels .at the- cour~ age and fortitude of the people who are withstanding these at~ tacks. The Royal Air Force, he said, is stronger than at the start of the air invasion, while the Nazi force is being worn down. Hitler’s attempt to invade Brit~ ain without gaining mastery cf the air “is a very hazardous un- dertaking,” he said. Via Norway He added, however, that Ger- many is preparing such an invasion and that some preparations are being made to carry an invading force from Norwegian waters. If the invasion is to be tried at all, he said, it must come soon because of the weather, BUCKINGHAM PALACE IS HIT BY BOMBER (King, Queen Not af Home When Delayed Action Bomb Detonafes ing Royal Afr Force raids on Ber- lin as a belated announcement disclosed that Buckingham Palace, the century old Royal residence of the King and Queen, was partly wrecked by a German bomb. ‘The King and Queen were not in the great white stone palace when the bomb, a delayed action missile, crashed through the skies last Sunday night and exploded Tuesday (yesterday) demolishing one corner of the north facade, showering splinters of glass over the first floor - while pillars fell in fragments around a crater 15 feet deep and 35 feet wide. A section of the glass-walled swim- ming pool, directly under the Queen’s sitting room, was blasted ————— s (Continued on Page Eight)