The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 27, 1940, Page 1

THE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LV, NO. 8528. JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, = SEPTEMBER 27, 1940. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS GERMANY, Militar- NAZIS MAKE MASS RAIDS ON LONDON Great Air Baftle Rages Within Sight of Ob- servers in Suburbs LONG RANGE GUNS | ENGAGE, SHELLING Nineiy-eigflerman War WETZEL, WOOD, ARE REWARDED. KIDNAP CASE Reporfed They Receive $25,000 Effecting Res- | cue of Little Marc HILLSBOROUGH, Cal, Sept. 27. —The two lumberjacks who res-| cued little Marc de Tristan from| a kidnaper last Sunday have re- ceived a large cash reward from the child’s wealthy family. A spokesman for the family said that the lumber workers, Cecill Wetzel and Ellis Wood, at first| refused any reward, then agreed to| split the money. The sum paid was not disclosed but was sald to| be about $25,000. ‘ Meanwhile, in the Redwood cny( Planes Shot Down Dur- Ing A“a(ks TOday | jail, Muhlenbroich expressed ad-| ‘mlnmon for the thoroughness or\ LONDON, Sept. 27.—The British | the G_men in handling his case. He Air Ministry announces that 98 Ger- | | had taken great pains in working man planes were destroyed today up | |out the details of his plot, believ-| tw 5 oclock fhis afternoon in a | ing that he could work out a pel- 5 great air battle fought within sight | ¢o ¢ o1ime. n‘r”:“:n;‘xven in a southwest London Said ho: “The manner in which | 5 the Federal Bureau of Investiga-| ,N tngh 0% British and German |y, pandled this case is very com- pletsie mlle‘d zhc k;kl” At dthr;s | mendable. The agents were patient, 3 cale attacks were made B3 | o6 ang pusiness-like.” | Muhlenbroich has been con-| |fronted by Mary Foley, little Marc's nurse, and a witness of the| kidnaping and by Postmistress! | Charlotte of Halfmoon Bay. : —— - Officers Get and Gcrmnn long range (Continued on Pazv Seven) E(f‘ Robert S Allen g % | WASHINGTON, Sept. 27.—Presi- | / Q | dent Roosevelt has nominated 113| Go Army officers to temporary pro-| | motion as KMajor Generals and| | Brigadier Generals to meet the| requirements of the expanding lnndl for | WASHINGTON—If federal au-; thorities probe deep enough into ces, [ the - crash - of _the Pennsylvanu‘ The nominations involve the Central Airlines plane which car-|jp,.oest mass promotion of top ried Senator Lundeen to his death | | ranking officers in peace time his- in Virginia, they may find some tory. highly interesting facts regarding | Twenty-eight were nominated to! Nazi activities in the United States.|aqvancement as Major Generals,| What most people do not know| .4 g5 to the rank of Brigadler is that Senator Lundeen, rabid| General, pro-German isolationist, was un-| der investigation at the time of his death, A G-man, a Depart- ment of Justice Attorney, and an| FBI Secretary were on the plane | with him, and all were killed. The | Department of Justice has demed‘ that they were shadowing the Min- nesota Senator, but the fact is that at least one of them defin- HECREAGN T 55 e e et B 'NEWSPAPER MAN TOURS ALASKA Phil Curran, United Press business |agent for the Northwest, who has been touring the Territory on a i , Boosts, Army [TALY, 4 ry Move Is Dlrected APAN Agamst the U. S. Here Is the Questionnaire for ‘the Draft QUESTIONNAIRE ISTRANT.—You are /8 from the date of mai NOTICE TO REGI (nstructions, within 5 ment and miay result in immediate inductiongdnto the military service. law"to return thiy. Quapklonnaire, notice. Failure t5/do eo'is 4p act punishable by fine and imprispo- filled ouf in accordance with lm mnucno-s nron rm.mo Olfl m flm ‘These questions are intended to furnish the Local Board with information to lmmdllwly I\lllflblfi for induction into the public armed forcvs. Class 11, those wi the Nation of servieo they are rendering in their civil i relatives mumlv dependent upgn them for -nwur\ Cl 2. Oaths required in the. lfltlomum: airo may baads or associate member of an Adv for this scrviee.) {‘. ou cannot read or write, or do not understand the Qu-flo'mlil!. organized to assist registrants in comploting their oommnn-uu No charge .nu-ble you must noverthelcss complete your Quostionnais 1f you desire o furnish additional information or Mdavits with ")W are alrcady in the military or naval service obtain & Qll-!lmm‘(m in blank 'lfll this certificate attached. 9. You will roceive notis from your Local Board of Report to your Losal Board st onco sny changs 1{:“‘“’ e offos of your ocal Board afecting Im by mail: be chary 3. u‘. l. reaches 9. -mmal 7 you. Clam| cu-‘l Jacindes cegietrants e e mranon o) Gevarmarns Appois ASeok (B Federal, State, county, or munuu-.f officwr suthorisea by as to sdminister oaths goncrally ;Iw cominunicate with vour Loeal will be made for this atrvice. preliminary classification. lddlu-wlny'mvhhhww your classification. :‘flmfl\ldu" '-qu'.v ired even if oo noties they h.vl Notary (.\m—h':'l: ."I Advisory Boards are re is 10 Advisory Board sccurely toit. ‘commanding officer and return your master, Ppurposes. ”.:-m Series I—PHYSICAL CONDITION.® (ouu-l-n u, you sre ery registrant is the I ‘on notice to km ke o aitrations I printed matier in this Questionnaire, ..':..'fs"u indicated. INSTRUCTIONS—Brery registrant must answer each question in this series. L Have you any physical defect? ... oo, statelt ... 2. Are you s patient of an ssylum, hospital, or other institution (yes or no)? e R ————— 1f 90, state aillment or reason ... and the name and location of the institution — — ... lo‘l'l ¥ the registrant is & patient of an i Tnstitation and is unable to answer the above questions, the exscutive head Tegletrant ve head of the nstitution facts immediately to Series II—-DEPENDENCY.® (Confidential except as to names and addresses of claimed dependeats) INSTRUCTIONS.—Bvery registrant must questions in the series and secure the supporting ludes unborn child, child (a) Have you depende: "-5-' et g o oo i, A, e, 0 Ll Mo any ...1, mu-er, foster mother, aged or invalid fathor or foster father, aged o invalid mfirllyflnu‘m.hfllldhfib‘rm-lfiflwdl”_.. @) 1f eo; state 2. Are you single, merried, widowed, or divorced? (State which) ... 3 1f married, state the plago ....... ..nldnl by the form on page . your physical or wental Isbor for support & wife, child (embraces only ".7' under 10 -'\Nllflhl -anu-u--h",-."h-um\hw duund u-dmhmu.'r‘,'fi"‘ age, alater -“ & lllnyallbuunmlmmlrflmkdmflnMllmmhlnymmhmfllflmmm’h paymont of board snd ludging for yourscll and/or others, stato: Amount $.. e To whom Coudental, ey e o by Cloveynimcnt offcels. (Bes Bos. 39, 8. 8. Every male American between the ages of 21 and 36 inclusive will be obli under terms of JAPS MARCH DUCK SEASON T INTOSTAY AT i HAIPHON G& Confinuous Stream of Nip-| SIO(K OUOTAHONS itely was. Suspicion had been directed .in Senator Lundeen’s direction after many mysterious visits to his of- fice on the part of George Sylves- | ter Viereck, famous German pro- pagandist and reputedly a cousin of the Xaiser. Viereck published “The Fatherland” during the World | has since received fees for| War, public relations work for Berlin,| and is a self-avowed “friend of Adolf Hitler’s Germany.” Viereck frequently came to Lun- deen’s office to inquire if certain | speeches had been inserted in the Congressional Record. These| speeches presumably had been writ- ten by Viereck himself or’at least inspired. In fact, speeches written for the Senator by his researcn| assistants, among them Miss Izet- ta Robb, frequently were changad in order to give them a pro- dic- tatorship slant. Viereck brought frequent giftsof candy $> the Lundeen stenogra- phers, but eventually they got sus- picious and reported the mysteri-| ous goings and comings of Nazi sympathizers to the Lundeen of- fice. They also reported the pres- ence on the Lundeen office force of a New York German girl whose German husband traveled in South America. MYSTERIOUS CRASH Lundeen was one of the isola- tionist bloc in the United States Senate, and his speeches followed the line of the fifth columnists in the sense that they were bitterly anti-British and vigorously against; American preparedness. Justice Department agepts - were attempt- Baseball Today | combined business and vacation trip | which has taken him to the major | defense developments of the North, came in from the Westward last | | night and is at the Baranof Hotel. -Curran enjoyed the experience of being forced down on a flight from Fairbanks to Anchorage when the plane’s oil line burst, and later was |delayed several hours on the rail- rroad by a washout on the line. ‘The traveling newspaper man may spend only a few hours in Juneau leaving on the North Coast this afternoon, or may wait for the Alaska Clipper and fly south. KENNECOTT MAN ON WAY SOUTH Former Kennecott mine superni- tendent W. A. Richelsen, came in on the Alaska from the Westward |to spend a few days in Juneau on | business. Richelsen, who is still connected with the Kennecott Copper Cor- poration, has been in the Interior jcountry for several weeks conduct- ing surveys for possible new ore sources. While in Juneau, Richelsen is a guest at the Baranof Hotel. League Philadelphia 6; New York 0. American League New York 2; Philadelphia 6. Washington 4; Boston 24. 8t. Louis 3; Chicago 4. (Continued on Page Four) "Detroit 2; Cleveland 0, pon Soldiers Pours | Onto French Soil | pibd 3 i HAIPHONG, Sept. 27. More; Japanese troops with full equip- ment and supplies for a long stay,’ poured into this city today in a continuous stream. Six Japanese planes roared low over Hanoi, drawing no anti-air-| craft fire, but evoking strong French protest. =BG T TR LOCALHALIBUT | FLEET BUSY ON SEATTLE MARTS SEATTLE, Sept. 27.—All halibut landings here today were from the local hanks, as follows: Garry Lee, | 2,000 pounds of halibut, 7,000 pounds of sable, 17 cents a pound straight and 5% cents a pound; California, 15,000 pounds stable, 4% cents; | Piece, 2,000 pounds halibut, 8,000 Pierce, 2,000 uounds halibut, 8,000/ 5% cents. ! THURSDAY'S SALES The following halibut sales were | made at Seattle on Thursday. Prom the western banks—Radio, ‘ 40,000 pounds, 11% and 11'% cents n’ pound; Atlantic, 36,000 pounds, 11% and 11% cents; Aleutian, 38,000 pounds, 11% and 11 cents. From the local banks—Reliance, 1,000 pounds, 14% cents straight. | et } The U. S. now has about 20 bil-; lion dollars worth of goid in stor- age. NEW YORK, Sept. 27. — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 4%, American Can 99'%, Anaconda 217%, Bethlehem Steel 78, Commonwealth and South- ern 1%, Curtis Wright 7%, Kenne- cot 30%, New York Central 13%, | Northern Pacific 6%, United States Steel 56%, Pound $4.03%. DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today’s Dow, Jones averages:. Industrials, 131.76; rails, 28.27; utilities, 21.75. QUOTATIONS THURSDAY The following are stock quotations | for Thursday which weer received | too late for publication: Alaska Juneau mine stock 4%, American Can 100, Anaconda 227%, Bethlehem Steel 79%, Common- !wealth and Southern 1%, Curtiss Wright 7%, General Motors 49%, International Harvester 46%, Ken- I necott 31%, New York Central 14%, Northern Pacific 7%, United States Steel 577%, Pound $4.05. DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are Thursday’s Dow Jones, averages: Industrials, 133.40; rails 28.59; utilities, 22.14. Seppalas Make Tnp Outside Mr. .nnd Mn Leonhard Sep- pala of Fairbanks, arrived Lere by Electra . yesterday and went on south .: last night aboard the steamer:. Algsks. Seppala is the tdmous dog mush- er who ran the serum to Nome. l- ®) iged to fill out this questionnaire | the first peace-time conscription bill in U. S. higtory. From the estimated 16,600,000 regis- trants, a maximum of 900,000 will be selected annually for a year of service with the armed forces. OOPEN TUESDAY AT SUNRISE; REGULATIONS LIBERAL With new regulations allowing an extra hour of shooting, a season 15 days longer than last year and an increased bag limit on geese, South- east Alaska nimrods will be out on the duck flats early next Tuesday morning for the opening of the 1940 migratory bird season, The season opens October 1. Shoot- ing is allowed daily from sunrise to 4 p. m. meridian time (5 o'clock Juneau time). Sunrise on October 1 occurs at 7 o'clock Juneau time and oecurs approximately two min- utes later each day thereafter. Last year’s regulations allowed shooting from 7 o'clock in.the morning until 4 in the afternoon. Daily Timetable Times of sunrise for the first week (expressed in Juneau time) will ‘be as follows: Tuesday, October 1 .. Wedhesday, October 2 Thursday, October 3 Priday, October 4 Saturday, October Sunday, October 6 7:12 Monday, October 7 1:14 Executive Officer Frank Dufresne of the Alaska Game Commission said Wildlife Agents stationed on all flats between Treadwell and Eagle River would enforce observ- ance of this new Federal regulation on sunrise shooting. Although the shooting hours of sunrise to 4 o'clock meridian time apply ‘for ducks, geese, brant and coot, shooting for snipe may con- tinue to sunset. Protected Species ' Species which have no open season, and which hunters are forbidden to shoot, include wood ~duck, crane, swan, Ross’ goose, snow goose and all shore birds except woodcock and snipe. The daily bag lmit for ducks "(Continued on Page Fight) 7:00 7:03 705 7:0% 7:09 5 14 & yAlllante NotNews For HuII Known for Long Time Pact Wqfl Making WASHINGTON, Sept. retary of State Cordell Hull said | this afternocn that Japan's allience | with Germany and Italy, axis powers | merely made it clear the “relation- | ship which has long existed, in ef- | fect.” The Secretary of State said Lhis \lor"’ known Ways been taken into account by | |tho United States in determmmg its own policies. Secretary Hull said further: * l‘he | reportcd agreemenet of the alliance | |dess not, in the views of the Unit-| |ed States, substantially alter the situation as has existed for several years. Announcement of the al- liance merely makes it clear to all the relationship long in existence |and to which this Government has | repeatedly called attention and that such an agreement was in progress of conclusion was well known for some time.” | ————————— Japan fo Be Ready But Nippon‘fiiion Will Try to Keep Peace, Broad- casts High Official TOKYO, Sept. 27.—Japan will try to live up to her new responsibili- ties under the Rome - Berlin al- liance by peaceful means “but theré is no telling whether there might not arise occasions and circum- stances calling for momentous de- cisions” on her part. day in a national broadcast by For- |eign Minister Maisuoka. The Foreign Minister reiterated the statement made by the Japan- ese spokesman that the pact does not necessarily mean Japan will | enter war. Signifig Alliance Is Regardei_as Moment- ous Diplomatic Devel- opment of Months of the German, military alliance is regarded in dip- lomatic circles here as the most mo- mentous diplomatic development the world has seen since Germany and Russia announced a non-aggression pact a few days before the present war started. Diplomats declared the pact is intended primarily to divert the United States' attention from Eu- rope and limit American help to | Great Britain. e ——— |MRS. W. K. BURFORD ! IS CALLED SOUTH| Mrs. Wilbur K. Burford left on the Alaska last night after receiv-| ing information that her mobher, residing in Deming, Wash., had been injured in a fall and had been taken to a hospital in Bellingham. There were no other particulars in the radio but it was requested that Mrs. Burford o to her moth- er’s side, 27.—Sec- | relationship had al-| ToStrike This was the statement made to- | AMERICA IS P DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE —_———————== PRICE TEN CENTS IN BIG PACT S PLAINLY ~ WARNED TO KEEP OUT e | clares Accord Is Dis- | finct Ultimatum (LAIM WARMONGERS IS CAUSE FOR MOVE Von Ribbentrop Adt Is In-! tended fo " Seek Peace Nof War” - Pooh | (By Associated Press) ‘The Fascist spokesman in Rome declared the agreement is a “warn- ing to those who are thinking too lightly of pushing their countries into a dangerous adventure and is | practically an ultimatum to all such nations.” The spokesman also said that any attempt to encroach on the “living space” of any signatory powers will meet an “imposing force of allies.” | Germany’s Foreign Minister von | | Ribbentrop stressed, however; that | the pact was lnwnded to “seek peace and not war.” | Ven Bihhen}rop demrlhqd, it. as fan “alliancé of" the most powerful nations in r.he world and |any nation that intends to mix in | their joint affairs will have to meet | the compact power of three united nations of some 250,000,000 people.” Spain Not in It Contrary to widely heralded ex- pectations, Spain is not mentioned in the pact as anticipated. It was expected Spain would be enrolled |as an ally to permit of German | troops to march through Spain to attack Great Britain's Gibraltar | from the rear. | armongers” Cry | In Berlin, “warmongers” against whom the German, Italian, Japan- ese pact is aimed, incldes a | “certain group in the United States,” ‘the authorized German spokesman foreign newspaper correspondents. the judgment of the United States’ policy. He did say that the group referred to in the United States is made up of “persons who lack the | ing.” The spokesman declined to be referred to “Greater East Asia” as said at a conference today with the | ‘The spokesman insisted that it is | not his task or intention to pass on E spirit which animated today’s meet- | drawn into any discussion when he ~ OF EUROPE, FAR EAST Secrefary of State Has Fascist Spokesman De- Agreement Between Three of Ten Years MUTUAL ASSISTANCE 15 CAUSE OF ACCORD Tokyo Newspaper Declares Conflict “"Now Seems Inevitable™ (By Associated Press) Germany, Italy and Japan have signed a 10-year military and econ- omi¢ pact which the Axis spokesman | said is aimed at forestalling the pos- sible entry of the United States into the European war. The key clause of the six-point .agreement apparently is this: “Germany, Italy and Japan - will undertake to assist one an- othier by all political, economic and military means when one of the three contracting Powers is attacked by g#Power at pres- ent not involved in the Euro- pean war or JM qow Mict? sm r»: ‘ Powers Is for Period Japanese Japan has repeatedly complained against the alleged “outside interfer- 'ence” of the United States in Jap- an’s so-called “legitimate expanston thrusts in the Orient.” Tokyo’s influential newspaper Asahi declared today that a clash with America “now seems inevit- able.” | Posters are plastered today near the United States Embassy in Tokyo proclaiming that “Japan won't per- |mit Great Britain or the United [ States to interfere in East Asia.” Diplomatic Stroke ‘The Axis Powers’ diplomatic stroke bringing Japan into the fold as a potential full-fledged military ally against Great Britain, was carried out amid an elaborate ceremony in | Hitler’s Chancellory while the streets of Berlin were splashed with flags of Italy, Germany and Japan. The pact also provides for main- |tenance of a status quo regarding ! Russia and furthermore stated Jap- an “recognizes and respects” the Axis Powers’ determination to create a new order in Europe, with the Rome-Berlin duo agreeing similarly regarding Japan's expansion in the Orient. BigMove, LONDON, Sept. 27.—The signing| Italian, Japanese | the goal named in the treaty and | would not say whether “Greater | “HANDS OFF” SAYS HITLER East Asia” included such places as | BERLIN, Sept. 27.—Puehrer Hitler the Philippines, Prench Indo-China, | witnessed the signing of the Ger- Australia and Eastern Russia. | many, Italy, Japan military and i o s g | economic'pact which he said in effect lis a blunt “Hands Off” warning to S'or a es the United States against military | participation either in Europe or the \ Far East. ROOSEVELT'S COMMENT WASHINGTON, Sept. 27.—Presi- dent Roosevelt told the newsmen at !the conference today that he could EAST HAMPTON, N. Y. Sept. not saying anything about the new 27—Vincent Astor, multi-million- German, Italian and Japanese pact aire yachtsman and real estate pecause he has received nothing of- operator, scion of one of New ficial and only the report made York's first families, today mar-| py the Associated Press “which is of ried Mary Cushing, daughter of: course authentie.” Mrs. Harvey Cushing. { Asked whether the 10-year treaty The bride’s father died ovwbvr[‘was unexpected, the President re- 1, 1939. He was one of the coun-|plied “Yes” and “No,” but did not try’s outstanding brain specialists. | elaborate. Astor was divorced recently by| his wife of 22 years standing on| the grounds of mental cruelty. | BULLETIN—LONDON, Seept. 21.—The Air Ministry announc- Home from Trip To States for 1 Tha Al Mty amnean Summer Months| 1, ogrmen piases uave been 34 British fighting planes are rs. Grant Baldwin returned on missing but 15 pilots landed | the steamer North Sea from a sum- safely. mer spent in the States, bringing There has been almost a con- back with her little Billy Orme who | tinuous battle over England has been recefving medical atten-| from morning until this report tion. is filed. While Outside, Mrs. Baldwin vis- B i o G |ited .In Seaside, Oregon, for two SOMMERS BACK {months, and also spent two weeks R. J. Sommers, contractor, came | in Portland where she witnessed the | in on the North Sea from a business annual Rose Pestival. trip to Ketchikan,