The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 12, 1940, Page 1

THE DAILY AL VOL. LVL, NO. 8515. MILITARY IRAIHING- Both Houses Agree on 21- 35 Age Bracket in Joint Parley PASSAGE EXPECTED BEFORE WEEKEND First Group of Men fo Don Uniforms in Middle of October WASHINGTON Sept. 12.—Quick enactment of peacetime conscrip- tion for men from 21 through 35 is believed near as a joint Senate and House committee drafts its report on & compromise for the Compulsory Military ’l‘rainlngBllllpemgbmg | The report will go to hoth houses for final action. Congressional concensus is that the measure will be promptly ac- cepted, perhaps Yefore the end of the week, scuttling House pro- visions for a 60-day delay in the draft. Age Limit Agreement 3 Compromising differences on the vital question of age lmits, six reached an agreement last night on a common version of the legis- lation. The Senate asked an age bracket lCentmued on Plge Four) WASHINGTON — Perhaps the most significant phase of the de- fense program to date is the har- mony and cooperation existing on the labor front. Amid an anvil chorus of charges and counter-charges that business, the Administration and Cengress have been sitting down and de- laying, labor is doing its part peacefully and efficiently, It has demanded no special legislative concessions, has ' not sought to profit out of the emergency. This record is all the more note- worthy because the course of labor had been stormy in recent years. Strikes were almost a daily occur- rence, while the AFL and CIO frequently fotight each other even more fiercely than they did em- ployers. Two factors are responsible for labor’s great defense recard: One is self-discipline. At the start of the emergency, responsible labor chiefs such as Sidney Hill- man, Phil Murray and Van Bitt- ner of the CIO; together with Dan Tobin, Dan Tracy and John P. Coyne of the AFL, agreed among. themselves | that labor had to put its house in order if it was to escape repressive attacks. Continued civil war and indus- trial disturbances, these leaders feared would. play squarely into the hands of big business elements always on the alert for an excuse to curb unions, The passage by the House last spring, under the spur of the biased Smith committee, of a bill emasculating the National Labor Relations Act was striking evidence of what might happen unless labor watched its step. LABOR POLICY COMMITTEE The second factor was the Labor Policy Advisory Committee set up by Defense Commissioner Hillman to administer this policy of self- discipline, Made up of 16 able, conscientious ‘AFL 'CIO and Rail- road Brotherhood heads, this body virtually hns beeom the real La- Delenu AuyGen Alldluw En(lneer S;'nahr Juneau No 1 Juneau No. 2| Juneau No. 3| Jualpa | Thane | Mendenhall | Lynn Canal | Salmon Cr. Douglas | Ward Cove Gravina Is. | Saxman ....| | | 140 17| || 19 24| 20| 25| 5/ 0| 9| 5| [l 44 175]] 56/ 40| 126] 22| 18, 18| 12| 30 35 43| 115 19)| 9l 41) ol 2| 165| 315)| 71 | 114| 110(| | 1961 i | Pennock Is. Wacker City| Skagway Ketchikan, 1| Ketchikan, 2 Ketchikan, 3| Sitka ... Klawock | Hydaburg ....| Hyder | 8{| Haines 11| Craig | 15/ | Doug. Bridge 4|| 49| 11| 8i| 111| 69| 29| 40| |ttt 52|| 19| 37| 25| 28| 14| 157! 116] 33) 92| 31| 60| 2| 92| 178] 23 Wrangell | Stikine | | Metlakatla | Hoonah . 55| 143| 46| 509, | 300| 198 17 20| 35 39| 45 127 22 ) 56| 1 15 171 472| 125 167| 239 69| 43| 47| 25| 63| 10 155 161} 34| 127| 35| “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU ALASKA, THURSDAY, SB”I'EMBER 12, 1940. F 173 | | | i 232| 108 161 18] 8 29| 30! 21| 48| 15| 4/ 25| 6| 18 105 385 146|| 116] 179 8 33 14| 181} | 135| 340 | 4 112| | 201 22 32 43| ] 32| 62 1| s 113/ 115] 112} 172| 31 20] 88| 71| 34| 40 32 UNOFFICIAL RETURNS—First Divison — Election September 10, l!fl ‘ Mng to repeal them, llw Deal Obstruction- ists-Willkie Sticks Oar 'in (By Am—;;-t:d Press) dent Roosevelt, in a speech which party leaders the first of the third term afgn, declared the Govern- the right to extend the| piple of military service to in- in' the interests of national gddress was under the spon- of the Democratic Nation- and was delivered pvention of the AFL Team- ion In Washington. sevelt reviewed the New mbm and labor mensures\ d assailed those whom hei srged with first seeking to ob-| these measures and now | TOTALS ‘8!08 lS“"W\wl!‘ BARNES AND WALKER IN CLOSE RACE Senafor Candidates Now Separated by 182- Democrats Win Mounting returns from Tuesday's general election show Democratic candidates in the Pirst Division lengthening their leads over Repub- lican rivals except in the Territor- ial Senator contest. The Division gave majorities to all Democratic candidates for Tea ritorial offices, to the four Demo- cratic candidates for the House and registered a heavy vote against the liquor referendum. Only close race developing in the Pirst Division is that between Nor- man R. (Doc) Walker, Democratic incumbent, and Frank S. Barnes of ‘Wrangell for Senator. With returns in from 30 of the 57 precincts of the First Division, the totals stand at 2616 for Walker and 2434 for Barnes. A Walker lead of some 600 votes was cut by one-sided Barnes victories in Wrangell and Peters- burg. Democratic candidates for the House are leading all Republicans, in the following order: Shattuck 3066, Davis 2753, McCormick 2669 and Jenne 2580. Mrs. Jenne is main- taining & lead of more than 200 votes over the top Republican, Mil- dred Hermann with 2386. The liquor referendum is being defeated in this Division, 2348 for turns from 28 precincts. War Nofe Is Given PHILADELPHIM Pa., Sept. 12— Solicitor General Prancis Biddle gives warning that the nation may have to risk war if it is to preserve democracy. Biddle, addressing the American Bar Association of Delegates said: “In time of war and even of prep- aration for war the country must of necessity grant power to permit more flexibility and, more speed.” Senator Joseph O’Mahoney, de- nied that the committee had any thought of regulating or taking over the insurance business. ———. - —-- The town of Showlow, Aris, is ranch won in pioneer days during «conunued on hle‘m) R a game of seven-up. s 3734 mm \2702‘22!1 to' 2753 against, on the basis of re-; g DELEGATE: DIMOND (D) . COLE (R) ATTORNEY GENERAL: McCAIN (R) RODEN (D) ... AUDITOR: BOYLE (D) HUMPHERIES(R) HIGHWAY ENGINEER: HESSE (D) MILLER (R) REFERENDUM: FOR vl AGAINST ... 2806 1360 2454 2618 3334 1618 21762 2287 2348 21753 | 'zm 2610' z'mlz:m 25!9 495 435 326 326 408 | Unofficial Refurns Territorial Offices and Referendum JRirst . _...fltmfl Third .. Pourth "Divisioh Division Division DIVisidn “Totals 1221 2379 855 256 1468 351 1392 422 318 393 671 1055 626 1272 4069 5338 B317 3033 1215 519 1273 269 627 1087 588 1323 578 5607 3719 677 1348 3809 5738 458 1229 MANY DIE IN HEAVY EXPLOSION Powder Plant Blasts Felt 100 Miles - Fires : SIiII_@ing DOVER, N. J., Sept. 12. — Two terrific explosions in quick succes- sion at the Hercules Powder Com- pany’s plant at Kenvile near here, killed an undetermined number of persons and injured at least 200. The explosion started fires and caused eight lesser blasts. The first explosion shook houses and shattered windows of nearby ‘communities and was felt more than 100 miles away. State police ‘reported they saw “eight or ten bodies” hauled out of the plant ruins. Scores of ambulances and police cars rushed the injured to hospitals in Dover,.Newton, Morristown, New- ark and Montclair. Pires handicapped rescue efforts and prevented police and firemen from determining the number killed. | .4 Two buildings containing dyna- mite are in the path of flames. Officials said the first explosion occurred in the solvent recovery house in the smokeless powder manufacturing lines. The recovery house was- recently completed at @ cost of half a mil- lion dollars to handle defense ar- | ders. Early estimates placed the total damage at more than $2,000,000. In Kenville, about a mile from the plant, with a population of 900, no buildings were wrecked, although many plate glass windows were shat- tered in the main street. . Kenvile is thirty miles northwest ] Democrals in 4th Division All Winners Returns from 19 Precincls Indicate Sweeping Results FARBANKS, Alaska, Sept. 12— Up to last night, 19 out of 71 pre- cincts including Fairbanks, of the Fourth Division gave sweeping and solid Democratic majorities to can- didates for all offices, including Sen- ator and Representatives. The tabulation of the returns in the Territorial office race are as follows: For Delegate—Dimond 1392, Cole 422 For Attorney General — McCain 626, Roden 1272. For Audlwr—Boyle 1273, Humph- eries 627. For Highway Engineer — Hesse 1323, Miller 578. On Territorial liquor store ref- erendum—For 677, against 1384. Prom the above returns the fol- lowing Democrats have been elect- For Senator—Hjalmar Nordale. For Representatives — Frank S. Gordon, Charles F. Hebert, Jesse D. Lander, Leo W. Rogge. Baseball Today The following are scores of games played this afternoon in the two Major Leagues: National League Pittsburgh 0; Brooklyn 7. . 8t. Louis 7; Boston 17. American League of Néw York City's. metropolitan| Philadelphia 0; Chicago 1. said to have been named for & area. . : ‘The plant employed about 1,500 There are 600,000 retail tobacco persons. ——————————— cutlets in the U. S. Vole Demoé Dimond Polls High Vote- Referendum Still Beat- en in Nome Section NOME, Alaska, Sept. 12. — With seven precincts heard from so far in the Second Division, Democrats are holding a lead in seven of nine offices and the referendum “no” votes are greater than the ‘“yes’ ballots. Those precinets having reported are: Cangdle, Council, S8olomon, Bluff, White Mountain, Golovin and Lit- tle Creek. Totals of the seven precincts are: For Delegate — Anthony J. Di-| mond, Democnt, 183; Ouh Cole, Re- publican, 86. For Attorney Genernl—-flarry G. McCain, Republican, 110; Henry Ro- den, Democrat, 106. For Auditor—Frank Boyle, Demo- crat, 182; A. H. Humpheries, Re- publican, 90. For Highway Engineer— Willlam Hesse, Democrat, 15¢; H. C. Miller, Republican, 105. For Senator—O. D. Cochran, Dem- ocrat, 168; Harry Egbert, deceased, Republican, 58; B. F. Gillette, stick- er candidate, Republican, 28 For the House—Howard Lyng, Democrat, 171; Frank Whaley, Dem- ocrat, 169, Leonard Smith, Demo- crat, 138; Stuart Stangroom, Re- publican, 127; Sam Taggart, Rep publican, 118; Ludvig Ost, Repub- lican, 112; Elizabeth (Bess) Cross, Democrat, 109; Rollyn Ball, Repub- lican, 98; Edward Anderson, Inde- pendent, 59. For the referendum, 103 voters voted “yes” and 109 voted “no.’ Division Totals The city of Nome polled a heavy vote on Tuesday. The returns from the Nome precinct are given here to which have been added the vote of the seven precincts above. making the total vote to date: For Delegate—Dimond 362, total vote 555; Cole 170, total 256. For Attorney General — Roden 228, total 393; McCain 208, total 318. For Auditor—Boyle 313, total 495; Humpheries 179, total 269, For Highway Engineer — Hesse 281, total 435. For Senator—Cochran 300, total| 458; Egbert 40, total 98; Gillette, * sticker candidate, 166, total 194. For Representatives — Anderson 155, total 214; Ball 215, total 313; Cross 184, total 293; Lyng 233, total 404; Ost 156, total 368; Smith 209, total 487; Strangroom 336, total | KA EMPIRE MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS 4 nother Flaming Life Without Gasoline— TALMADGE HAS THIRD TERM IN GEORGIA VOTE 'Former Foe of FDR Comes Out in Campaign for Demo Ticket (By Associated Press) Returns from yesterday's Demo- cratic primary in Georgia indicat- ed that former Gov. Talmadge has been successful in efforts to obtain a third term. Totals appeared to assure his nomination, as good as his election in Georgia. Opponent to Talmadge is Agri- culture Commissioner Columbus Roberts, and Abit Nix, Athens a‘- torney. Talmadge, who formerly opposed supported the Democratic ticket for national -election. OUZINKIE GIVES DIMOND 25, COLE 0 Returns for Ouzinkie, Kodiak re- cording district, received by Terri- torial Secretary E. L. Bartlett, give Dimond 25, Cole 0, for Delegate; Roden 22, McCain 2; Boyle 24, Hum- pheries 1; Hesse 22, Miller 3. For Divisional Senator (4 year term), Coffey 23, O'Neill 0; (2-year term), Brownell 23, Murray 3. PFor Representative, Andresen 2, Egan 24, H. H. McCutcheon 19; Pet- erson 6, Selby 1, Smith 23, Wilson For Territorial liquor control 5; Against, 20. - e ee—— FISH LANDINGS +Thirty thousand pounds of salmon 463; Tageart 210, total 328; Whaley | 241, total 410; For 223; total 326; Against 289, total 408. were brought in today aboard the North Light, and 6,000 pounds on board the Eny Echo, PURSUIT SOUADRON C(OMING TO ALASKA; BASED AT FAIRBANKS HAMILTON FIELD, Cal., Sept. 12.—The Eighteenth Pursuit Squadron of the United States Army Air Corps is to be trans- fcired to Alaska as the first fighting squadron assigned to the Territory under the Na- ticnal Defense program. The squadron will consist of at Ladd Field, the new Army Air Corps base at Fairbanks. The squalron will consist of abcut 20 pursuit planes and un- official estimates said 150 en- Ested men and 30 officers will go nerth. At present there are no tacti- cal fighting planes in the Army Air Corps in Alaska. BILL TO PLACE ~ RESTRICTION ON WATER CARRIERS WASHINGTON, Sept. 12.—Legis- lation to subject water carriers to President Roosevelt, told voters he|regylations similar to that now ap- plicable to railroads and motor car- riers won final Congressional ap- proval today when the Senate ac- cepted a compromise version of the regularity bill first passed by both houses last year and twice referred to joint Senate and House com- mittee for revision. The Senate vote was 59 to 15. LA i 8 LA CONFERENCE IS DEADLOCKED ON CONSCRIPTION ‘WASHINGTON, Sept. 12.—Sena- tor Austin of Vermont said efforts {to settle the age provisions of the peacetime draft bill have blown up temporarily, leaving the joint con- ference committee still deadlocked over major differences between the Senate and House versions of the legislation. e e The: - black widow "is' the only poisonous spider of temperate North America, PRICE TEN ‘CENT? NERED ON BERLIN 4 S EFFECTIVE AR RAIDS, NIGHT TIME Inner Section of German Capital City Shelled Disastrously BARGES ON CHANNEL ARE AGAIN ATTACKED New Anfi-aircratt Defense of London Repels Raiders Tonight BULLETIN—The British Air bombs around Berlin's Tiergarten, thé German Capital's Central Park, just before dawn today in a 92- minute raid. The British raiders also pounded the great shipping ports of Ham- burg and Bremen in an intensified assault on Hitler's Reich, The Tiergarten lies near Wil- helmstrasse where' the German Government buildings are located along wlth Hitler's own chnneal- lory. Londen reported the RAF bomb- ers also raided the Anhalter rail- way station in central Berlin and the big Tempelhof airdrome. Hitler's High Command admit- ted 14 persons were killed and 41 injured in the raid and many fires were started. London’s weary millions mean- while underwent their fifth straight dusk-to-dawn attack, sleeping again in the dark sepulchral gloom of underground ' shelters. However, the populace found a warming note of comfort in the steady slam of “archies,” the anti~ aircraft guns setting up a screen of fire blasts to the raiders in a new London defense tactic of throwing up rapid fire “cat o’ nine- tails” barrage instead of sniping singly at planes -picked out by searchlights. New Defense System The new defense system is offiei- ally credited with having grestly impeded the German assault, The British Press Assoclation said of the new system: “It must have struck tegror to the hearts of Nazi airmen. Every time latge formations of bombers were either broken up, brm;ht down or turned back.” Twenty bombs exploded in the central area of London last night in contfast to many hundreds ou previous night 'raids. Suicide Squads However, Suicide squads combed the capital in search of delayed action explosives such as that which blasted a corner of Buck- ingham Palacé Tuesday night, 48 hours after it fell from the skies. One delayed action missile was found this morning near historic old St. Paul Cathedral just off Fleet Street's Newspaper Row, which appears to have become a favorite target for German air- men. e A. J. MAN RETURNS Albert Genther, former employee of the Alaska Juneau, has come back to his job. He came in on the Princess Louise last night. —_————————— The 1940 Wyoming cattle brand book contains 18,740 brands.