The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 16, 1940, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE S “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LVI., NO. 8518. JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1940. LONG RANGE CANNON ROAR IN BATTLE Draft Registration Measure Signed By F.D.R. _ MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS ~ WHEN BOMB AND BUS MEET INLONDON SELECTIVE ‘ 'Men from mhrough 35 W Evidence of the mighty force of bombs being dropped in London is this big bus upturned against what appears to be a row of better class dwellings. picture was radioed from Londan Brllam s I(mg Inspecls Damage fo London. °:: It front wheels rest against the second story windows. This Civilians surround King George (left center, next to man in steel helmet) in London’s East End during his three-hour inspection of areas hardest hit by German air raids. Picture was cabled to New York from London even as civilians there were preparing to go to shelters for protection against another night of air attack. GOERING ON FLIGHT OVER LONDON AREA BERLIK, Sept. 16.—Reich Marshal ng flew over London last night at the controls of a Junkers plane, authorized sources said today. Goering’s plane was accompanied by only two “destroyer” planes and the three returned to his air force headquarters at an unnamed village in Normandy, northwestern France. Goering is quoted as saying: “I am glad I made the air force such a strong weapon. It was the decisive force in Poland and Norway and un- doubtedly will play a similarly de- cisive role in the war with England.” ———,——————— The Ohio state employment ‘serv- ice is 50 years old, MAJOR GENERAL ODLUM HONORED { Recognizes Dominion Army Man VANCOUVER, B. C., Sept. 16.— The changing cycle of history has resulted in a change of the name of Petain Station, on the Canadian Pa- cific railroad east of Vancouver, The station was named for the Marshal of Prance back in World War days, when Petain was an Al- | lied hero. Now the old soldier heads’| | the anti - British government at | Vichy, and cooperates with Nazi Germany. So the name of Petain Station is changed to Odlum, in honor of the commander of the Second Canadian Division in the present war, Major General Victor lodl\un. Canadian Pacific Railroad| 'Queen Mother Goes fo King ROME, Sept. Helen of Rumania has wired Pre- mier Mussolini her thanks for the refuge which Italy furnished her for many years. She has left Florence throne since the abdication of King Carol. Queen Mother Helen has lived in Italy most of the time since she and Carol were divorced. She wired Il Duce: “I intend to return to Florence very often. The city has been close to my heart and a second home to me.” Sy The deepest place in fhe Pacific Ocean yet found is off the island of Mindanao, in the Philippines group, where a depth of 35400 feet has been sounded. for Bucharest to join her son, King Michael, who has ascended to Lhe[’mu“s in Berlin were again ‘Tlme and Place for Regis- | bill and he immediately issued a | proclamation requiring registration | years of age through 35 years. | measure at 3:08 o'clock this after- | noon in the long rectangular White | House Cabinet room in the presence | ion of selective service in timeé of | peace has broadened and enri | sequent proclamation. - ! President Roosevelt the responsibil- | Chairman | [ Hull Reforls | tary of State Cordell Hull today ac- | pelitics Berlin Raided Anew as 16.—Queen Mother | TRAINING T0 START Years Must Sign Names Now 'PROCLAMATION ALSO IMMEDIATELY ISSUED frafion in Alaska to Be Made Later WASHINGTON, Sept. 16. — Presi- dent Roosevelt has signed the law for the nation's first peacetime draft now of about 16,500,000 men from 21 The President signed the historic of Chairmen Morris Sheppard and Andrew J. May of the Senate and House military committees; Secre- tary of War Stimson and Gen. Mar- shall, Chief of the Army General Staff. President Roosevelt. issued a state-~ saying:*The American adopt- Ahn‘ the Thames River. hed our basic concept of citizenship.” The time and place for registra- tion in Alaska will be set in a sub-| \VASRINGTON Se\)l 16.—Speak: »r William B. Bankhead, 66, Demo- ~rat ¢f Alabama, died early Sun- jay morning at the Naval Hospital [ here. Death was due to a ruptured ‘.\M‘ry in the abdomen. The Democratic leader was strick- To Willkie's I“InOIS Ta en and taken to the hospital last |'[hur.d’|” Declares GOP Vote Chaser |, ericed was the firs Alsbaman Grossly Ignorant Of | Hiouse of Representatives and His History unanimous election to that thigh WASHINGTON,S ept. 16 — Secre- | fice made Congressional histos | A member of a family which was | epresented for more than half a century under the capitcl dome, s his T cused Wendell L. Willkie of beml,'ivi climbing the “grossly ignorant™ of history in the der intervened before past few years in placing upon | head me, in qui of the Majority succession, erful Rules ity for the fate of Czechoslovakia at | Committee, Leader Munich. | Speaker. Willkie chgrged in a speech in Ambiticns Realized Tllinois that Roosevelt helped to Pro- | piected first to the 65th or “war mote the Munich Pact and “rgedxcongre‘s’ he realized a long-cher- the settlement, thereby “selling|ished ambition to wield the speaker’s Czechoslovakia down the river.” gavel upon the death of Speaker Secretary Hull declared the Presi- l.ycseph W. Byrns of Tennessee near dent never communicated by phone | he close of the 1936 session. Byrns’ either with Mussolini or Hitler. passing, virtually upon adjournment eve, created a situation for which |there was no precedent. It was the N All w AR first time a Speaker had died while Congress was in session. Party lead- ers, anxious to avert anything in the nature of a contest under these Bankhead for the post and less than Night Flights Sweep Enemy Lones LONDON, Sept. IG—Mfltmry ob- GREENLEAF, Wis.,, Sept. 16. bombed by the Royal Air Force last |Dr. Glenn Frank, 53, Chairman of night during widespread raids in lhe Republican Party’s Program enemy territory. | Committee, was killed last night The raids covered German, and his son, Glenn Frank Jr., was French, Dutch and Belgian coasts. fatally injured in an automobile ac- It was declared by the Air Minis- cident last night. try that British bombers scored di-| Dr. Frank was bringing to a close rect hits on a German warship at|his campaign for the Republican Terschilling, off the Dutch coast. |nomination of United States Sena- —————— |tor at tomorrow's Wisconsin pri- The population of Switzerland mary. is slightly more than 4,000000. | Frank was enroute from one pcl- ——————— mul gathering to another when his Boulder Dam houses the 'urlds‘ care failed to round a curve in the most powerful hydro-electric plant. road to an intersection and cmshed‘ and | circumstances, quickly deecided upon .__ Prominent Republlcan Closing Campaign for Senafor, Dies, Accident | | 12 hours after the death of his| predecessor, the courtly Alabaman was elected without opposition as| the 45th Speaker of the House. H.l was re-elected January 6, 1937. i Born on Plantation | Born on a small plantation at Mos- | cow, Ala., on Aprif 12, 1874, Bank-| head was the son of a Confederate Army captain who blazed a trail to Congress which later was followed (Cuntlnued ‘on Pne ?wel into a sand pile, then overturned. Frank was killed instantly and his son died on the way to the hospital at Green Bay. ‘Theodore Stump, 23, member of Frank’s campaign publicity staff, was burned with acid which became loosened in the auto’s campaign sound equipment and he is also suf- fering from shock cause by being hurtled against a stump. He could give.only a meagre ac- count but told officers: “T was riding in the back seat. I think Glenn, Jr. {German TT&)p Carriers s p— - i 5 ] | | MASS OF WRECKAGE MARKS BOMBERS' PAIH! FIGHTING IS STAGED ON CHANNEL Germans Shell Dover-Brit- Air raid workers swarm over a mass of wreckage identified by British sources as being in the East London area. Most of the German raiders which attacked London during the long raids swooped in from the East, This plcture was ubled from London to New York. fibusr SPEAKER BANKHEAD, 'Raybumn DEMOCRATIC LEADER, DIES SUDDENLY, WASHINGTON Succeeds Bankhead Chosen House Speaker b Acclamation - Boland Seeks leadershnp ‘WASHINGTON, Sept. 17. — Rep- | resentative Sam Rayburn, 58, Texas Democrat, has been elected ‘Speaker | of the House by acclamation while | the body of his predecssor, the late William B. Bankhead, of Alabama, lay in state at the foot of the House | rostrum, Members of the conference said there was no discussion about filling the majority leadership Rayburn is vacating. The belief was expressed that nothing will be done about it | immediately. Representative Patrick J. Boland, of Pennsylvania, Democratic whip, | told the newsmen he will be candi- | | date for the floor leadershlp = MYSTERY ACTIONS REVEALED y Moving on Channel in Ghostly Mist (By Associated Press) Correspondents in English coastal towns report today that German | troop carriers of every description are stealing along the French coast as a ghostly mist hung over the Channel waters. It is feared that Hitler might take advantage of the weather to clock his troop landing venture on Eng- lish soil. HIGH TIME ish Reply with Own Big Berthas 'ROYAL AIR FORCE VICTORIOUS SUNDAY (Nazi Plan?Numbering 185 Shot Down in Dog Fights Over London | ! (By Associated Press) | | German long range cannon on the | French coast today sent tons of steel | screaming across the Channel to the | Dover area, gateway for the possibly ‘immment invasion, even as Britons \celebrawd the greatest air victory | since the battle for Britain began. | From the high chalk cliffs of ‘Dover Great Britain's coastal guns also thundered out and steel was sent into the Nazi held bases across the Channel. ‘ Later reports this forenoon said |the Germans were hurling shells across the 22 miles of water into the emplacenients at Dover, apparently replying to the British salvo. i | Great Air Battle | An official London communique mld Royal Air Force fighters and anu aircraft guns shot down 185 Nazi planes in Sunday’s flaming air battles, the biggest single day’s bag of the war and only 25 British planes were lost. The communique aaid pilots of 12 planes were saved. Direct Hit \ A Nazi plane soared low over Lon- don during the afternoon and drop- ‘ped a bomb which exploded in the |tapestry room of Buckingham Pal- | ace. One anti-aircraft gunner got a bend on the plane and with one shot blew the plane and occupants to | atoms. Channel Battle Hitler's Big Berthas opened the cross Channe] assault at 11 o'clock this forenoon, raining shells on Dover’s streets crowded with shop- The civilian population flew to 'shelters as four salvos arrived with- in 10 minutes. Eleven persons are known to have been wounded in the shelling o( Dover AVEAR RAIDSIN ONE DAY Alarm Sounded in London After 9% Hours of Night Atfacks (By Associated Press) BULLETIN — A big air battle raged high in the sky Iate today London’s weary millions, emerging from the underground shelters after 9% hours of a night attack, undere went four more air raid alarms, the first at 9:57 o'clock this morning and the fourth at 2:10 o'clock this |afternoon. The last alarm did not give out the “all clear” blasts until 5:50 o'clock this afternoon. The Germans are apparently at- tacking the capital now on a “wave an hour” schedule. Earlier this afternoon a large for- mation of Nazi planes were beaten DENVER, Col., Sept. 16.—Phyllis| Buchanan, a slender, attractive blonde, retired this year after win-; ning five consecutive Colorado wom- en’s golf championships in order to was driving. I do not know for sure. T do not remember anything else.” devote all her time to an art shop; in which she is a partner. |in an attempt to eross the Channel | moving back, and then counter at- | tacking within 10 minutes. -t — | New York's Mayor, F. H. La- Guardia, has had 13 official resi- dences since he took office,