The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 25, 1940, Page 1

"THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” ————rs VOL. LVL. NO. 8526. JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1940. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS GERMAN OCCUPIED 'COAST IS BLASTED LONDON'S BURNING | This Time I's Not Movie Talk DAKARIS CAPTURED, IS REPORT Defenders Bfirench West| Africa Said to Have Sur- rendered to British | BULLETIN—LONDON, Sept. ! i — Late advices from Dakar ififer the 6,000 French Colonial t troops defending Dakar have not surrendered and are still holding out under terrific fire from the | British ships outside of the har- | bor. The positive fate of Dakar | still, however, remains .obscure. -~ (By ASSOCIATED PRESS) Unconfirmed reports are circulat- ed in Vichy, French capital city, | hat the defenders of Dakar, French | West Africa, pledged to “fight ml the end” have surrendered under | the flaming siege guns of the Brit- ish Gen “Free Naval squadron under of the so-called forces. | Vichy ernment said noth- | been heard direct from Da- Tl ing kar since 1:30 c'clock yesterday af- ternoon when the African port went | under a fierce air raid by RAP| and the city’s radio station relled out or actiun. Messages from the French war- ships in the harbor at Dakar pro- vided the only communication to the cutside world. Casualties | Casualties in yesterday's bombard- | | plan wa | As kxperienced — Scene There was no make-believe about bomber, Domes cf shown, (Continued on Fage Five) | HITLER'S “the b S, ~ "SECRET KIDNAPERIS " NOT INVOLVED WASHINGTON — Mayor Fiorello aGuardia, who received one vote in the Philadelphia convention for the GOP presidential nomination, | has assumed the chairmanship’ uf a committee of leading progres- sives to campaign for Roosevelt. ;FBI AgenfS conflnl!e fO Others prominent in the com-| » . mittee are Senator George Norrls.fi Quesflon Ma“ Ill de T. Evjue, militant editor of The| Trls‘afl Abdudlon Capital Times, Madison, Wis,| L LaFollette Progressive organization;|25.—The FBI agents indicated and David Dubinsky, head of the|they believed the Wilhelm Jakob Workers Union, which last spring|the kidnap and murder of Charles bolted the CIO to return to the Mattson of Tacoma. veleran Nebraska liberal; William | which is the officlal daily of the| SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Sept. International Ladies Garment| Muhlenbroich was not involved in AFL, ; Assistant Director Earl Connelley As Anticipated — Streen Version It was all very harmless when a picture of London at night. sky to show what London might the city at night. That was several months moving picture camera made this The searchlights were projected into the look like if Nazi planes came over 0. of Destriiction this picture. It shows the London skyline silheuetted by fires set by incendiary bombs that, according to the Britishcensored caption, were dropped by a single German st. Paul's Cathedral (right) and Old Bailey are | SURPRISE FOR ~ GREAT BRITAIN MAY BE GAS WEAPON™ By MORGAN M. BEATTY ( AP Feature Service Writer ‘ WASHINGTON, Sept. 25.—When | the Germans tell you that they | have a great surprise in store for | use against the British, and the | British admit the peak of air war yis not yet, it adds up, for the | military expert, to the probabie use of poicon gas in the near fu- ture, And you can bet one ges that's coming will be deadly, almost in- visible phosgene. | If the Germans use it first— land they were the first to use :(:h!umm in the World War—air ezperts expect they will drop it from the sky. The purpose would not be to decimate the popuiation as 50 - U.S. RENDER - AID, BRITAIN LEGION ASKS \Permanent Military Train-| ing System Is Also . Asked for Nation | iy BOSTON, Sept. 25.—Without dis- | cussion or opposition, the American | Legion's 22nd convention today call- | ed for “all practicable aid” to Great | Britain and urged the creation of the strongest possible defense of the | United States after demanding ac- | tion against subversive activities, | The convention's 1400 delegates, representing more than 1,000,000 former service men, took the stand by approving in its entirety a long | list of recommendations drafted by the Defense Committee. Included among these resolutions is a call for impregnable defense of | the approaches to the Panama Can- |al and a permanent military train- ing system for this country. Previously today the convention selected Milwaukee for its next con- vention cit; S A LR Indo-Chin Battle Is Confinuing 'Rumor Circulated that Jap- anese May Abandon” Port of Canton LONDON, Sept. 25—The French radio at Vichy broadcasts a report |that fighting continues in Indo- |China, and added the surprising |statement that the Japanese may levacuate the great South China port of Canton. | A communique said that border iclashes continued in the Dong Dang | region, despite denials from Tokyo. | The French said the Japanese |marched into northern Tongking | Province, instead of landing troops | by sea at Haiphong under terms of the Franco-Japanese agreement. The communique said new diplo- matic exchanges were underway but fighting had not ceased. The report of the possible evacua- tion of Canton was credited to For- eign Minister “Baudoin, who said it was one of the reasons the Japanese hed asked for air fields and troop bases in Indo-China. PEIRBR P RTINS FORMER JUNEAU KEEL IS LAID FOR SECOND ~ Theusands of workmen and Navy officials looked on as the keel was laid at the Phhiladelphia Navy Yard for the 45,600-ton U. S. S. New Jersey, second battleship of that magnitude to be started for the U. S. | n, former Assistant Secreiary of the Navy, wielded an electric torch to weld together Navy. Charles E the keel. FOR FUTURE REFERENCE_His farewells to the U. S. postoffice department over with, James A. Farley, private citizen, can now devote time to his business interests and to & certain baseball club deal which sports observers say is “still in the air.” The former postmaster general has repeatedly been hinted as the possible new boss of the N. ¥. Yankees. GIANT HIP BATILES ~ | | FINAL VOTES RECORDEDIN 1STDIVISION Biaui | All Democrats Easy Win- | ners — Absentees Counted in Canvass of absentee ballots yes- terday afternoon added the final figures to First Division vote to- tals of the September 10 primary election, Cemplete unofficial returns, printed in tabular form in today’s Empire, show all Demccratic candi- dates elected in the First Division by substantial majorities. The liquor referendum was Vot ed down 2928 to 2515. Only 38 of the 55 precincts of the First Division wrote the referendum to- tals in the tally books returned to the District Court. The exact| referendum vote, therefore, will not| be known until the official returns, now reposing in sealed envelopes m the Governor'’s office, are can- vassed, The missing precincts, however are small and cannot ma- terially change the outcome. RAF FORCES MAKE RAIDS ON CHANNEL Terrific Exp@ns Are Re- ported Heard on Eng- land’s Side INVASIOM FORCES ARE STALLED AGAIN {London Experiences One of Worst Nights of Constant Bombing (By Assoclated Press) In . Great Britain's struggle at home, Royal Air Force bombers struck again and again at the Nazi invasion forces along the English Channel coast of German-occupied lands and a series of terrific ex- plosions were heard across the | Channel on the English side. One correspondent said the whole coast seemed to shake from the force of the blasts and tremendous damage must have been done. Channel Choppy A northeast wind chopped the Channel waters today after yester- day’s calm. The choppy waters made it most unfavorable for any attempt to transport troops across the Channel in flat bottomed barges of Hitler's massive invasion fleet. Terrific Night Raid Nazi bombers dropped over cen- tral London during this forenoon but were driven off. The air raid this followed -one -of the worst night’s bombing ‘of London the city has been subjected to dur- ing the present war. Tremendous fires blazed during the night and it is unofficially re- ported extensive damage was done but censorship prohibited, up to noon today, any positive statement of damage, killed or wounded per- sons. The night was a frightful one, and this is admitted by all sources. AFTERNOON STATEMENT LONDON, Sept. 25.—While Nazi bombs wrecked more homes and buildings in the London area last night, RAF planes spilled salvos of explosives on “military objectives” and Berlin for more than two and one-half hours last night. It is officially reported that Ber- lin was air raided for the second straight night and also that the great Seimers and Halske factories, where most of the electrical equip- ment used by Hitler's armies is | manufactured, were bombed and fires set. Fires were also set in Berlin pro- per and thousands of Berliners spent, the night in underground shelters. | Delegate Anthony J. Dimond | polled 4351 votes in the First Di- | 9 vision, while Republican Cash Cole | ] gathered a total of 1,510 votes. Rdosevelt Endorsed, | Third Term:B. D. California S?afve Federation Commissioner of Mines Is Headquarters of the progressive said he thought the man was in many pecple seem to think, but to committee will be in New York. a California hospital at the time|spread panic and fear when panic 1t will have no connection with|but investigation along that linc and fear are already taking hold the Democratic National Commit-|is still procceding. | of the civilian population. tee and will operate independently.| Muhlenbroich is in custody fol-] Phosgene would be the favorite David Niles, astute former aide of|lowing his capture in the kidnap- for this purpose for these reasons: Harry Hopkins, ‘will be execuuve‘ing of little curly-haired three-| 1, It is almost invisible, and director, In 1924, Niles was one of | year-old Marc de Tristan. | therefore will have a terrifying the managers of the LaFollette- effect on civilians subjected to the Wheeler independent presidential first attacks. People will appear to campaign. drop dead like flies for no appar- Both LaGuardia and Norris plan | ent reason. MAN IS MISSING FROM HOSPITAL Lieut. Col. Afkin Myster- iously Disappears in San Francisco GIBRALTAR AIR RADIED SECOND DAY Democratic candidates for Ter- ritorial offices were winners by large majorities in the First Divis- ion as they were everywhere else in the Territory. Henry Roden of Juneau was given 3,031 votes for Attorney Gen- | | TO BE TURNED OVER SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Sept. 25. Wilhelm Jakob Muhlenbroich, self- active speaking tours, the former confessed kidnaper of little Marc de Tristan, will be turned over to |the state authorities probably late today, a source close to the case re- making a transcontinental trip, and Norris making several speeches in the Middle West, where he has a large following. veals. Where the transfer will take NOTE—Senator Bob LaFollette,| place and where the abductor. is up for reelection this year, is t,en.:held are still shrouded in the same ing friends that personally he is| secrecy that has surrounded his for Roosevelt, but is awaiting the|Whereabouts since his capture in action of the Wisconsin Progressive | the hill country in eastern Califor- convention this month before de- Dia last Sunday afternoon. claring for him publicly. The La The announcemeet is also made Follettes supported Roosevelt m#the FBI will leave the case in the 1932 and 1936. hands of District Attorney Gilbert | Ferrel of San Matec County and f'this apparently precluded the pos- sibility the kidnaper continues to figure in the investigation of the kidnap and murder of Charles |Mattson of Tacomd. HULL'S VIGOR Cordell Hull put on a great show for newsmen the day the destroyer deal was annouced. Hull hasn't been so eloquent for years. Usually his press conferences are flat and unprofitable. The Secre-| 1y oBROROUGH Cal., Sept. 25 tary of State is a master of eva- * g s Y I ~|—The 'two burly lumberjacks who sion and understatement. He stands yegoueq Jittle Mare de Tristan and at the end of the long polished| e pogered his kidnaper paid a table, with his long hands folded visit yesterday afternoon to the pa- over the back of a chair, looking ial Hillsboro: hoy ' down his nose at nothing. o B But when the boys asked Hull mristan, about the legality of sending de-| The RESCUERS VISIT COUNTESS lumbermen, Cecil Wetzel stroyers to England in exchange and Ellis Wood, felt rather ill at for British bases, his eyes flashed, ease in their surroundings but were his halting delivery disappeared, warmly grested by the Countess. and he defended the deal with a room electric. (Continued on Page.Four) Wetzel, a former Western State College football plaver and (Continued on Page SIX) | parents, Count and Countess del! 2. It is easy to store in bomb- like containers and drop from the air. 3. It is highly adaptable to use |in the British Isles at this season, ;because the atmosphere is often | hazy, almost foggy. The thin white cloud of the stuff will be invisible | under these conditions. (Phosgene is no good in very wet weather, for water absorbsand dissipates it more rapidly than air) | 4. The Germans know that the British population has been lax in their use of gas masks. I have it military observers that both the Germans and the British have big stores of gases for use under des- | perate conditions—the Germans for | the peak of their air attack against | the islands, and the British to use| |against and invasion, As protection, the British author- ities have already distributed 30.-| 000,000 gas masks among their| people. They have rigged up thou-| sands of underground anti-gas shielters. Onme gas-proof subway shelter in London can house 8,000 people, Phosgene is ideal for the Ger- mans to use at the peak of their from well-informed | SAN FRANCISCO, Cal,, Sept. 25.— Army officials asked police today to help search for Lieutenant Colonel Layson E. Atkins, a Seattle Army Engineer, who disappeared from the Letterman Army Hospital. The colonel suffered a nervous breakdown while on duty at Seattle and was brought to San Francisco for treatment. Army officials said he disappeared from the hospital September 17, but he was not reported missing until today. He left all of his personal effects in the hospital except the suit that he wore. Atkins is 47 years old, and was for years stationed in Juneau, Al- aska, connected with the Alaska Road Commission. BOMBS FALL NEAR LONDON BUREAU, ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON, Sept. 25.—Three bombs fell near the Associated Press Lon- don Bureau offices last night. One of them blew an oval crater 33 by 29 feet in front of the office doors, air war because it has all deadly L (Continued on Page Five) shattering windows and also light- ing a fire which was quickly ex- tinguished. of Labor Passes Resolution SANTA MONICA, Cal, Sept. 25. —The California State Federation of Labor deserted its traditioral position of impartiality in politics and has endorsed President Roo- seveit for a third term. The AFL delegates passed the resolutien endorsing the President by a heavy majority. The resolution declared that thie President has been a friend of labor during the past eight years, and should be kept in the White House so that labor will be assured of a friendly gcvernment, Three More Alaska Defense Conlrads HaveBeen Awarded WASHINGTON, Sept. 25. — The Seims Spokane Company has been awarded contracts, one for $235,000 for officers quarters at Unalaska and $274,050 for radio facilities at Dutch Harbor and sandblast clean- ing equipment at Kodiak. | Speaker af Meefing of . Federal Employees It is utterly needless for the peo- , ble of the United States and Alaska (to be concerned about the future “vaIu(-‘ of gold, Territorial Commis- | sioner of Mines B. D. Stewart de- clared today in an address before a | luncheon meeting of the National Federation of Federal Employees. Stewart said he was firmly con- | vinced that gold will remain in a comrqanding position internationally i no matter what the outcome of the | war. The feeling of uneasiness about | gold, which Stewart said he had | encountered even in Alaska, is whol- ly the result of propaganda issuing from the axis powers, he declared. Africa and Russia The Commissioner said that even if Germany wins the war, Hitler will not throw away one of his greatest prizes, the Soyth African gold fields. Nor will Russia, Stew- | art said, sit idly by and watch its| great gold resources rendered value- | less. Gold, said Stewart, is the only substance ever found satisfaetory | (Conttnued on Page Two) ‘nnd provide dwellings and accom- eral, against 2,729 for Republican | Harry G. McCain of Ketchikan. Frank A. Boyle received 3825, while his Republican rival, A. H. Humpheries of Fairbanks, received | 1,803, Highway Engineer William Hesse received 3,183 votes for reelection| in the First Division. H. C. Mil- ler of Ketchikan, Republican, re- ceived 2,533. Walker Victor Senator Norman R. (Doc) Walk- er of Ketchikan defeated Republi- can Prank S. Barnes of Wrangell by 173 votes, winning reelection 2~ 940 to 2,767 in the closest race in the Division. (Continued to Page TWo) DIMOND PUTS IN ALASKA MEASURE WASHINGTON, Sept. 25. — Leg- islation authorizing the Alaska Leg- islature to create a public body to undertake slum clearance projects| modations for national defense workers, has been introduced by Alaska Delegate Anthony J. Di- Historic Rock Bastion Af- tacked-Planes Dump Loads of Bombs (By Associated Press) Forty French war planes are re- ported to have again bombed Great Britain’s historic rock bastion Gib- raltar, following up yesterday’s two- hour attack. The raiders today dumped bombs and smoke enveloped the arsenal docks. Anti-aircraft guns from the war- ships in the harbor gave the French- men a fiery reception and one plane is said to have dropped into the sea. It is asserted in an official Brit- ish communique that French planes dumped 45 tons of bombs yesterday on Gibraltar and one bomb exploded near the Governor’s residence and started a fire which threatened to spread to the powder magazines. Ten bombs fell near the arsenal damaging the power plant and plunging the fortress in darkness. The raids were reprisals for the British attack on Dakar. ——————— Tuberculosis took 61,184 lives in mond, the U. S. last year,