The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 19, 1940, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASK VOL. LVIL, NO. 8521. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” EMPIRE JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1940. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS ———————————e————— PRICE TEN CENTS NAZI CHANNEL PORTS REPORTED ABLAZE 3 - BULLET DEATH I§ PUZILING Andrew H(fim—, Veteran Miner, Found Dead- Weapon Is Missing Police this morning found the body of Andrew Holm, 61, one- leogad veteran Gastineau Channel miner, on his bed in the Perelle Apariments with three bullet holes in the vicinity of the heart—but the clements of cvidence added up as confusingly as the opening para graphs of a dime novel mystery. Holm’s body was found lying, back down apariment which for years he had shared with Mrs. Lena ments until her death a month ago. ‘There were three bullet holes in the left side of his chest, two of the apparently passing through the body, but police were unable to immediately locate the holes those builets would have made. 5 Only One Gun Found The only gun located in the apart- slugs | [ | [ on his bed in the basement Perelle, | cwner of the Seventh Street apart- o Maureen O’Sullivan, petite screen star from Hollywood, and her husband, John Farrow, stationed in Ottawa as a naval lieutenant with the Can- adian forces, look on affectionately as their son, Michael Damien, tries FOR HELP, DRAFTEES | Program Is Advanced to | Remedy Minor Physical | Defects of Enrollees WASHINGTON, Sept. 19.-—A $25,- 000,000 program to remedy minor | physical defects of prospective | draftees so they may be able to enter the armed forces has been uug- | gested. | The move was started at a special meeting of health officers of the | § various states now conferring here. | The suggestion, with details, was made by Dr. Thomas Parran, Sur- geon General of the United States Public Health Service, and received | most favorable comment and in- terest. R Railroad Is | ment, which was locked from the out his dad’s sword. Lieut. Farrow, a scenarist, was one of the first in inside, was a .32 automatic in the drawer of a dresser in the Kitchen, although Holm reportedly had an- | other pistol. Federal Bureau of Investigation Agents wrapped the gun in paper (Continued on Page Two) WASHINGTON—The 1nside story of how the swap of 50 over-age de- | stroyers for British island bases was | arranged is a long and complicated | one. It goes back about six weeks, when Roosevelt partially turned the idea down. At that time, the British wanted | to buy the destroyers outright—a cash deal. The President vetoed this on the ground that there was no legal way for him to sell the ships for cash, even though they would be of indivect help to the United States by bolstering the resistance of the British Navy. The President was urged to make the sale by such friends as Cordell | Hull, Supreme Court Justices Frank- furter and Murphy, Senator Jimmy Byrnes and.several others. How- ever, he stood firm that the ships could not be sold outright. Later, the idea of trading the de- stroyers for island bases was con- ceived. This the President felt was all right, provided the Justice De- partment considered it legal. So he hurriedly called Attorney General ckson back from vacation and asked him to study the matter care- fully. Also the President suggested that Wendell Willkie might be sounded out in advance regarding the deal, so that it would not become a football of campaign politics. Accordingly, several friends of Roosevelt's got in touch with friends of Willkie's, including John Hanes, ex-Under Secretary of the Treasury; william Allen White; and Lew Douglas, former Director of the| Budgzet. However, they made no progress, and Willkie at one time kicked over the traces and issued a public statement that he would ex- | press his views only to the President | personally, and only if the President | asked for them. willkie would not say that he dis- approved of the destroyer transfer. In fact, he indicated that he ap- proved it. But he was absolutely firm that he would not commit him- self in advance; especially in the Elwood acceptance speech, in which his friends wanted him to include a specific reference to destroyers. The furthest he would go was 10 put a statement in his Elwood speech emphasizing the importance " (Conttnued on Page Four) | Hollywood to enlist in Britain’s service. Hitler Having Trouble j Columnist a;pper Be- | lieves Nazi Leader at End of Rope WASHINGTON, Sept. 19. — The world-famous columnist, Raymond Clapper, in an article released to- day says that informed observers be- lieve that Hitler has encountered | trouble in his war against Britain land that as an unavoidable result the opinion of military observers is DEMOCRATS IN THIRD DIVISION " WIN AT POLLS Republican_égis Fourth Place in Election fo House TakenOver - rnc vncc . REDS TOSS s ACCUSATION Seize System in South- AT AMER'(A ern Yunan Province | i {Declare United Stafes to HONGKONG, Sept. 19. — The tense French Indo-China situation| MOYE Info European has neared a new climax when Gen- | . eral Chiang Kai-Shek's Chinese| Hemlsphere troops are reported to have seized | |the railroad in southern Yunan President Refurns fo His Duties |Faces Another Busy Week- end-May Reply fo Criicisms j VALDEZ, Alaska, Sept. 19. — Forty-four precincts out of 60 pre- cincts of the Third Division which have been received by the Clerk of | the Third Division to date give the | following results of the September | }0 e‘cC"o":For Delegate land destroyed a section of tracks R, o nan | Detween Hokow and Pochai. The ‘a:::tl:;»{:v 'Jml)é;r;ond ) z'7&7'§nowspapor reports that the Chung- s Yor Athbmey Didrpral | king government officialy took over : y' . |the section of the railroad lying Henry Roden (D) 2,137, Harry G.|itnin Ghina. Shen Chang, the di- McCain (R) 1,168 # " For ‘Atditor stor of the Kungming Suchow Province, bordering the French col- ony. The gapao Hongkong newspaper Takn- reported that the Chinese troops blew up the international bridge between Laokai and Hokow MOSCOW, Sept. 19—The Red| WASHINGTON, Sept. 19.— Presi- Fleet, publicatioy of the Soviet |gent Roosevelt has returned to his Navy, has accused the United States | white House desk following his trip | |of spreading the Monroe Doctrine|to Alabama to attend the Bank- to “the whole world.” head rites, for another busy week- The United States, Red Fleet as-|end, He will be given an honorary | serted, is planning to occupy the|degree at the University of Penn- | Azores, Madeira, Canary and Cape|sylyania Friday and will make an Verde Islands, Portuguese and|aqdress which may contain answers Spanish bases off the west coast °ffw some of Wendell Willkie’s recent North Africa. criticisms. Occupation, Red Fleet said, “bY| Democratic Leader John Kelly had |a strong European power, would be |sqid the President also may inspect |a serfous menace to the United|defense works in the Philadelphia | $hifting to the view that the war { will stalemate through the winter. | Although the air damage inflicted | by the Nazi air force has been ter- rible, military observers now feel | that it is insufficient to settle the |issue while at the same time the shortage of British pilots it about to be relieved. The article says that the Germans have been unable to destroy the | British air force as they did Poland’s | —on the ground. The article further | says that an acute shortage of lub- ricating oil and aviation gasoline, rather than foggy weather, are re- | sponsible for Hitler’s failure to at- | tempt a knockout blow. | Hitler’s failure to deliver a knock- out blow from the air in turn makes it very unlikely that he will attempt an invasion this winter. NAVY IS - TO BUILD ~ DRYDOCKS President ST;\S Legisla- tion for Construction at 3 Places WASHINGTON, Sept. 19.—Presi- dent Roosevelt has signed legislation authorizing $23,000.000 worth of Navy drydock construction in prep- aration for the day when the United States battle fleet will include’ the ! 45,000-ton battleships. One huge graving dock will' be | built in New York harbor and an- other in the Caribbean Sea |while extensive improvements will be made at the South Boston Navy Yard. Frank A. Boyle (D) 2459, A. H. Jumpheries (R) 867 For Highway Engineer William A. Hesse (D) 2,173, H. C. Miller (R) 1,022 Fer Senator—4 Years Edward D. Coffey (D) 1,933 . O'Neill (R) 1,459, For Senator—2 Years Den Carlos Brownell (D) 1,973, Jo- eph H. Murray (R) 1,291 For Representatives Moritz A. Andresen (R) 1307 William A. Egan (D) 1,904, S. J. McCutcheon (D) 980. H. H. McCutcheon (D) 1734 Almer J. Peterson (R) 1436. Hal B. Selby (R) 1,189. Harvey J. Smith (D) 1,751 Ivan A. Wilson (R) 1012 Referendum For 1,229, Against 2,134 The above results include all large nrecincts of the Third Division and those still unreported cannot change -esults except to increase the Denr- seratic leads. , Harry ~andidate, taking the place of Allen E. Horning, Democratic nominee to the House who withdrew when he Aeronautics Authority in Anchor- age, McCutcheon, who was fifth «in S. J. McCutcheon was a “sticker” | accepted a position with the Civil| |Highway Bureau, is named director- | giates, particularly to Latin Amer- 15"‘_'"_;"“' O‘fl ”‘3 m“":d_u g ica, hence the United States is pre- |trolied by French nterests. The | "rme iy iore (00 over herselt 4 EERIS, 0. +09 e article also declared the Am- 3((\;de7:-‘5::‘2:::fimifigvg;nrnm;i‘:;r've(;:l‘;: erican press is campaigning to take | e {over French and British colonies in | plies by way of the road before the | Africa. | | collapse of French resistance in the i UL | European war. Japan now demands |the right to use the road in her offensive against Chian Kai-Shek. | | .- 1K. King, Queen | L] | Invifed to [ BATH, Me,, Sept. 19.—In the first demonstration of racial conflict re- | called here varnish was smeared Death Valley—Stoflv Offers ot eight Jewish-ownea establish- His Desert Castle to ‘ Royal Family , lice are checking on German sym- pathizers in their search for clues. Appearances indicate that the marking was done with an ordinary | LOS ANGELES, Cal., Sept. 19.— | paint brush, but there were no iden- Britain’s royal family has been in- over the store fronts and windows ments before dawn today. The po- | | tifying ‘marks to indicate that the | and Camden area. Immediate business awaiting the | President included the setting up of | | machinery for registration of six- teen and one-half million men be- tween the ages of 21 and 35 years, from amonz whom army recruits | will Le conscripted. A director of conscription is to be named, also a new Cabinet mem- ber, Jesse Jones, is to be sworn in. Jones succeeds Harry Hopkins as Secretary of Commerce, and will hold his present post as Federal Loan Administrator. i S CAPT. LANE IS DEAD IN " CALIFORNIA |Seafarer, Ex—pflrer of Arc- the vote for Representative in the | vited to share Death Valley Scotty’s Demccratic primaries, was indicated | million dollar desert castle for the 16 run in the general election in|duration of the war. place of Horning whose name was| Death Valley Scotty, who never already on the election ballots and |kept out of the headlines for a very vote for McCutcheon was cast by long period, said hat he wasn't sure “sticker” ’ | that their majesties could accept his |offer, but he thought it was a good w( M.m | Sectty cabiad his otter direct 10 ~ AREA SHAKES King George instead of bothering with such intermediaries as the Brit- REDONDO BEACH, Cal., Sept. 19. —No damage is reported to have ish Ambassador in Washington. resulted from minor earthquake The old gold miner said he shocks felt over Southern Califor- Jnm late yesterday. good spot to escape Hitler’s blitz- krieg, while the castle would furnish accommodations for royalty. He said: “I suppose they won't ac- cept, but T still think it is a good idea.” thought that Death Valley was a | |~ fice, Passes Away |Bepetemtans. wpmescs vo sows. Tmere | - While Hunfing is ground for belief that persons liv- | MODESTO, Cal., Sept. 19.—Capt. |ing elsewhere did the job, similar |Lewis L. Lane, famed seafarer and |acts of vandalism having been com- | explorer in the Far North, died while | mitted in Lewiston a few weeks ago. |on a deer hunting trip. Sam Prawer, a wholesale dealer | In 1914, Capt. Lane rescued Arc- in fruit and produce, who keeps a |tic explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson | truck in front of his warehouse, re- | from Cape Kellett Banks Land and ported that all the tires had been 10 years later found “Death Camp” | slashed. land bodies of four men lost from | — - the S. 8. Karluk of the Canadian PARKS ENROUTE Arctic Expedition. | % | Capt. Lane was in command of | George A. Parks, District Cadas-|the first merchant ship to land at | | tral Engineer of the Public Survey | Wrangell Island which he claimed | Offiee, has left Fairbanks for Val- |for the United States. He likewise | dez. Later he will fly to Cordova to |claimed Herald Island. take a steamer which will bring him | Oapt. Lane was a son of C. D. to his: Juneau headquarters about |Lane, well known early day Cali- loaaber 1 fornia and Alaska mining man. Italians Advance, Supported by Artillery Released by the Italian censor, this photo shows a wave of Il Duce’s troops advancing under a curtain of artillery fire upon British forces in Somaliland. England, claiming the area had little strategic value, avacuated her heavily outnumbered soldiers. U. 5. PLANE PROGRAM SPEEDED UP More Nafional Guardsmen to Go Up for Service in November WASHINGTON, Sept. 19.—Secre- tary of War Henry L. Stimson an- ncunced today the War Department has signed contracts since July 1 for 9,174 of the 18461 war planes for which Congress provided funds this session. Secretary Stimson disclosed tens tative plans for active duty of ap- proximately 37,000 National Guard officers and men in November to comprise the third and fourth Na- ticnal Guard increments to be called out under present plans. No further units are expected to be ordered for service before Janu- ary 3, Stimson said. ‘The initial group of 1,000 guards- men donned uniforms September 16, and 36,000 others are ordered to Union Plan " Talk Comes Up, London Common Cili}enship for| French and British Still in Wind | LONDON, Sept. 19.—Clement At-| lee, Lord of the Privy Seal, assured members of the House of Commons teday they will have opportunity for the fullest discussion “before any kind of a union proposed by France is put forward regarding the United States.” Just before France signed an ar- mistice, Germany announced Win- ston Churchill had proposed a form of British-French union with com- mon citizenship. Atlee said Churchill is prepared to give such assurance to any dis- cussion “if ever such a far-reaching scheme is put forward.” . STERLING COMING Hawley Sterling, Assistant Chief Engineer of thé Alaska Road Com- mission, who has been in Interior Brjiti.osheCI;a;gé Back For Raids On _L_ondon Star’s Son 'lests Dad’s Sword ’HAS PlAN ENGLISH MILLIONS STRAFED One Germarl;lane, Load- ed with Bombs, Crash- es, then Explodes MANY BUILDINGS ARE DEMOLISHED Brifish Fleel Makes Sud- den Atfack on lfal- ians on Coast BULLETIN— LONDON, Sept. 19. — Anti-aircraft fire opened on three London fronts tonight, indicating that German bomb- ers were attacking the city for the 13th consecutive night. Many Londoners were already in air raid shelters when firing began as dusk fell, though no new alarm had been sounded since morning. Many people began to fill subway benches and platforms, ready for the worst. From habit, people trooped to shelters although no alarm was sounded and went to the sub- ways despite official warning against using such places for o The Ministry of Home Secur- ity sald that Nasi air raids had failed to cause any serious dam- age to London, shipyards or heavy industries. Capital damage caused to ar- senals has been negligible , the Ministry said after a study of the situation, though it declared that German raiders had de- stroyed two percent of London's oil stocks. and seriously admit- ted, hewever, that London had taken a terrific drubbing and production has dropped in the metropolitan area. (By Associated Press) The British Fleet blazed into ac- tion today on the Mediterranean, shelling Italian troops along the Libyan-Egyptian coast, while on the home front, London’s bomb-strafed millions surveyed the havoc of the fiercest night long assault. Many victims ane feared entombed in southeast London where a German bomber crashed with a full load of bombs, and the subsequent explo- sion demolished several buildings. The official estimate placed the city’s killed last night at 30 with over 350 seriously wounded. Retaliation British war planes retaliated for the Nazi raids with smashing attacks on the German “Invasion Ports,” the Air Ministry reports, leaving the Nazi-occupled French Coast in flames for miles. The hardest hit by (Continued on’ Page Eight) DUKE OF KENT ESCAPES BLAST OF NAZI BOMB Earth and- Stones Shower Car of Member of Royal Family LONDON, Sept. 19.—A time bomb exploded today within eighty yards of the auto_in which the Duke of Kent, youngest brother of the King. was visiting Nazi-bombed areas in southwest London. The Duke was not injured. In his royal car the member of the royal family was traveling along a road when he came to a section roped off and marked “Danger—- Unexploded Bomb!” The auto stop- ped at the same moment the bomb exploded. Earth and stones show- ered the car. German bombs damaged the | courtyard of the British Museum and other west end London build- ings holding art or historic treasures, but the exhibits had either been Alaska all summer, is due to re- turn here Sunday. removed at the start of the war or protected against injury.