The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 14, 1940, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1940. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS VOL. LVL, NO. 8517. MAY INVADE ENGLAND WITHIN 48 HOURS Peacetime Draft Measure Passes Congress TO CONSCRIPT | THOUSANDS OF MEN NOW Machinery o Be Sef Up to | Put Those from 21 to 35 Into Camps INDUSTRY IS ALSO BROUGHT INTO LAW New Form Effonscriplion Compromise Between Senate and House WASHINGTON, Sept, 14.—Peace- time draft legislation has finally been approved hy Congress and sent to the White House for the President’s signature which is ex- pected early next week. The signing of the legislation will then set in miotion the ma- chinery by which will be sent tne first 75,000 draftees to camps hy November. The House vote on the final draft of the measure was 232 for to 124 against. Shortly after Congress gave final| approval to the peacetime con-‘; scription, . Congress received rrom; President Roosevelt a request for an additional $1,733,886,976 de- fense appropriation, most of which (Continued to Page Two) The Sy - R ) T GO WASHINGTON — Every morning Lord Lothian receives from the Brit- ish Foreign Office a cabled summary | of the results of German air raids over London. Anxious that the| United States Government have ev- | ery shred of information regarding the war, he sends this cabled sum- mary to the White House. This is probably the most authen- tic report of what is now going on | in Great Britain. It gives names of places bombed, together with cas- ualties. Recently, of course, bom- bardments have been so heavy and so scattered that it has been diffi- cult to make the report complete, but from these and other intel- | ligence reports received in Wash- | ington here are a few indications as | to how the Battle of Britain is | going: | (1) Before the intensification of Hitler's air raids, Nazi airmen con- centrated on industrial plans, ship- ping and railroads. As reported in this column, they had done consid- erably more damage than got by the | censors, though not enough serious- ly to threaten Britain. (2) Now the raids are staged at night instead of in the daytime, as previously, and pilots can now only roughly guess the location of the targets. This indiscriminate, almost random bombarment undoubtedly- is calculated to shake the morale of the English people in preparation for actual invasion; though a sec- ondary factor is Hitler’s pique at Britain’s raids over Berlin. (3) Damage to property since the intensification of air raids has been tremendous, but it has been scatter- ed among civilian areas and actual damage to military objectives has not been much greater proportion- | ately than before. (4) Most serious damage has been the gradual weakening of Bri- tain's air defenses, including the Royal Air Force. The British scarce- ly have time to get their defenses in shape again before the next raid is upon them. Furthermore, little by little the proportion of German planes shot down as compared with | the number of planes attacking Lon- don has been decreasing. In other words, the Nazis can afford to lose end Robert S.Alles ~ london's Morning Afer SPEAKER ~ OF HOUSE St e it VERY ILL |William Bankhead in Hos- | pital-Collapsed Last Thursday Evening ‘WASHINGTON, Sept. 14. — The | general condition of Speaker Will- | iam B. Bankhead is “not considered | satisfactory,” said Dr. C. W. Brun- | son, of the Naval Hospital. ‘ The medical officer said Speaker Bankhead had only a fair night. He ‘developed a slight fever and was | taken to the Naval Hospital Thurs- day evening after collapsing shortly | before scheduled to deliver an ad- {dress at a Democratic rally. Speaker Bankhead was born in | April, 1874, and was elected to the | sixty-sixth Congress and has been in the House since thefi. e ALASKA FAR " COMES T0 END THIS EVENING| | These pictures show how a convoy of British ships was subjected to an 80-minute shelling by giant Nazi guns set up on the French coast. Top, stretching to the far horizon, the convoy makes its peaceful way through the Straits of Dover. Center, the cannon open fire and shells fall perilously close to their screen to col merchantmen. The British-approved caption says this was the scene in an air raid shelter in a London suburb en a morning after an all night air raid. This group of women and children, who scurried to safety when raid alarms warned of the approach of German warplanes, appear to be enjoying breakfast while still under ground. ~ Month’s | Present for Last Night of Carnival - Car Award FAIR PROGRAM TONIGHT 7:00 o'clock—Fair doors open | to public. | 8:00 to 9:00 ¢’clock — Con- cert by High School Band. 9:00 o'clock—First perform- | ance, Flying Patts. 9:30 o’clock.—Zerado and his dogs, act on stage. 10:00 o'clock—Dancing starts, Wes Barrett and his orches- tra. 11:00 o'clock—Flying Patts, featuring Vera in the Spanish Web. 1:00 am. — Sunday award- ing of autemobile by Juneau Fire Department. End----Moving Day P As in previous years the huge | | Southeast Alaska Fair Building fis | expected to be thronged tonight, when the three-day carnival will | come to an end. Scores have attended the festiv- | ities to date, but tonight’s crowd s | expected to top the attendance bill. Besides the special entertainment, | exhibits and many display booths | and concessions, tonight's highlight | will be the awarding of the 1940 | four-door Oldsmobile sedan by the Juneau Fire Department. This year's entertainment, featur- ing the aerial Platts, is one of the fair’s drawing cards. These two clev- er performers—Vera and Tom, do | numerous breath-taking feats for the | | pleasure of the audience. Besides the | duet performances, Vera proves her- self a true artist in her interpreta- tion of the Spanish Web. Of special interest is the colorful | show put on by Tom, as the clown, | Zerado. With the aid of Bimbo, the wonder dog, and his two pals, Zerado | gives a performance well worth the | price of admission. The Juneau High School Band gives a lively miscellaneous concert lstartmg at 8 o'clock, with Robert Ty | White as director. Also adding to | |the carnival spirit is the dance music provided by West Barrett and his orchestra. THIRDTOTALS g<izio- = REVEAL GOP [falians VOTES WEAK PressOn Goin To Egypt Democrats Going in Nearly All Offices - Two CAIRO, Egypt, Sept. 14.—British | headquarters announce that Italian | Fights On forces have pushed into Egyptian It was the end of the month of August and moving day in this home in a London suburm, according to the British censor-approved caption. Air Raid Precaution workers are shown carrying out furniture from a home damaged in air raids the night before. Nofed Artist _Is Dead Sydney Laurence Passes Away-Had Premonition that End Was Near |Scores Are a;ected fo Be| ANCHCRAGE, Alaska, Sept. 14.— Friends recalled today -the strange premonition of Sydney Laurence, famous artist, of his approaching ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sept. 14— | Libyan “No Man’s Land” near Sol- | Democrats concede the election of (lum and British mechanized forces | | | | _nrget, Lower, eonvoying STATEHOOD FORHAWAII 15 SOUGHT Plebiscite for Islands to Be Request for Next No- vember 5 SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Sept. 14. —Hawaii will ask the United States for full status statehood in the! island plebiscite on November 5, Lawrence Judd, former Territorial | Governor, forecast on his arrival | here from Honolulu. ! Judd said there are “Thousands of | good American citizens in Hawnni carrying all the burdens and dutiés | of citizenshp while being penalized | by the government to whose support i in taxes than twelve states.” Judd decried’ taxation without representation. Machine Guns fo B_e Made War Deparfment, General Motors Are Reported in an Agreement WASHINGTON, Sept. 14. — The | War Department announces an agreement with the General Motors Corporation for mass production of machine guns estimated to cost | $81,000,000. | (Ilarl_es A. Ro;a;n | PITTSBURGH, Pa., Sept. 14. — Charles A. Rowan, 65, Chairman| of the Westinghouse Air Brake Company, is dead at his home here. one Republican to the Territorial House from the Third Division, are harassing them. el | T3, E The U. 8. Forest Service esti-| Antarctica had a elimate simi- la; "~ END TWO-MONTH MARRIAGE they are annually contributing more | § Curvaceous Actress Carole Landis, who was recently sued by her studio for refusing to pose for pub- licity pictures in a bathing suit, and her wealthy Los Angeles yacht broker husband, Willis Hunt, de- cided to call their marriage quits September 5. They were married July 4 in Nevada. Miss Landis’ chief complaint is that Hunt is unwilling to have his wife work. —— e . |Gold Siar Dies af His Home Mothers' Day Proclaimed WASHINGTON, Sept. 14.—Presi- dent Roosevelt, by direction of a Congressional act, has proclaimed the last Sunday in September of British Convoy Shelled by Giant Nazi Guns | ( | | | | killed at least 48 persons Thursday { bership nceal the . Y | | | | | Britain COMBING IN BIG BLASTS . | Foreign Agents Blamed for Disaster Which Claims | Forty-eight Lives KENVIL, N. J., Sept. ll.——The" activities of “foregin agents” are blamed by Senator W, Warren Barbour for the explosions of the| Hercules Powder Company which and in five minutes blasted more than a score of powder plant build-| ings. State Police are checking mem- rolls of the German-| American Bund today against a roster of plant employees. (0|I;I;|;i; NowBound Fo[ Juneau LASTDRIVE ON ENGLAND IS NEARING : B | | Military Observers Predict Invasion May Start Within Two Days 'LONDON IS OBJECTIVE FOR MILITARY ATTACK [ Last WarninT Issued Ac- cording fo Unofficial Nazi Sources (By Associated Press) Neutral military observers pre« dict that within the next 48 hours, there is “intense danger of in- vasion of Great Britain." As Nazi raiders rounded out a week of steady mdss attack on Lon- don, an authorized German spokes- | man said Hitler alone will deter- | mine when Great Britain is “ripe for the final assault.” Weather conditions off Doverare slightly less favorable than in the past few days, with a stiff south- west breezé blowing today. Great Britain's Postmaster-Gen- eral announced that due to heavy pressure on telegraph and tele- phone services, the public will use them for urgent messages only. No mention was made of any damage to telegraph or telephone communications. Bomb Explosion A bomb today exploded in front of Buckingham Palace and de- molished a huge gatepost and sec- tion of iron fencing. Presumably the missile was dropped yesterday when five other bombs fell on the palace and grounds. The German High Command re- ported today they aré continuing day and night attacks or England despite unfavorable weather and said numerous factories and docks were hit in London and airports, war industries and railroads “were bombed effectively” in Southeast England. A well informed Nazi source said London still has the choice between the fates of Warsaw and Paris, and unless she capitulates, she wiil be devastated. BOMBS NO END BERLIN, Sept. 14—London will be bombed reentlessly unless she surrenders, one well informed source told foreign newspapermen today. The source declared one-third of England’s war materials are stored within the capital as well as 46 | percent of the nation’s imports— therefore the city is a military | objective of the first magnitude. “No city of the future will ba . GaRey (Continued on Page Eight) Sitka Gels SEATTLE, Sept. 14. — Steamer| Columbia sailed at 9 o'clock this| morning with 64 passengers, in-| cluding two round trippers. | Passengers aboard the Columbia | booked for Juneau are as follows: W. J. Priestley, S. Pfund, Mrs.| G. W. Laverty, James Michael Laverty, James Foote, Walter Scott, Robert Abrahamson, Harry Sper- ling Sr. Harry Sperling Jr., Ken- neth Johnson, Robert Schoettler, Robert H. Arlow. Oneyfl;ii‘lgfller Sells af Seattle SEATTLE, Sept. 14. — Only one sale was made today on the Fish Exchange and that was by the Naval Unit qu_ Alaska Commander Tate Is Instru- mental in Securing Ex- clusive Designation SITKA, Alaska, Sept. 14. — The Commandant of the Thirteenth Naval District at Seattle has desig- nated Sitka the first and only Alaska Naval Reserve Unit. Commander J. R. Tate, of the Naval Air Station here, is the re- cruiting officer. The action was prompted by a desire of the Sitka Chamber of Commerce to have a Naval Reserve Unit here instead of the National Jane with 1,500 pounds of halibut| Guard Unit and the designation of which «sold for 25 cents a pound Sitka as the only Naval Reserve far more planes than the British,” end. .5 i s i mates there are 142,000 deer in lar to California’s about a hun- this ‘and each succeeding year as|Straight and 1,000 pounds of sable (Continued on.Page Four) (Continued on Page Eight) national forests of the southwest. dred million years'ago, i Gold Star Mothers’ Day. selling for five cents a pound. Unit in Alaska was through the effective work of Commander Tate.