The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 1, 1940, Page 1

4 | | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LVI., NO. 8531. NIGHT ATTACKS M SPAIN T0 STAY OUT | OF AXIS No Pressur;Io Be Brought | fo Bear a Present- Reasons Given (By Associated Press) The authoritative Fascist quarters | in Rome, predicting that England | will probably “shout victory” and “Spain resisted the Axis pres- " acknowledges that Spain’s en. try into the European war will not be an issue at coming conferences to be started between Mussolini and | Spanish Minister Suner. These quarters asserted that no | such pressure will be brought to bear on Spain, despite an apparently | synchronized barage of dispatches from Berlin and Rome recently, stating that Spain is expected to join the Axis as a full fledged part- ner. Russia-Janan Well informed sources in Berlin meanwhile said German; diplomacy is lending a “helping hand” to bring | the Axis' new partner Japan and | her old foe Russia together in a non- n agreement. Fascists cast doubt on the pos- sibility for a formal Rome, Berlin, | Madrid alliance at present. The Italian newspapers seem to take it for granted, however, that (Continued on Page Six) Cthe g2 T53, RobertS.Alles vp 0 WASHINGTON—How completely the Vichy Government in France is under the thumb of Germany has been illustrated by recent dip- lomatic intrigue over French Indo- veral weeks a military mis-| sicn from French Indo-China has| been in Washington trying to huvi airplanes and war materials from the United States to aid in stav-| ing off Japan. Headed by Colonel Jacemy, a tough officer in the French colonial army, the mission brought certified checks for $12,- 000,000 with which to buy sup-| plies, ; Colonel Jacemy reported that| JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1940. | Draft Bowl to Be Used Again? WORLD SERIES STARTS Dick Newsom Goes on |- Mound for Tigers-Der- ringer Pr_ntny, Reds CINCINNATI, Ohio, Oct. 1— Manger Baker announced this afternoon that Dick Newsom will pitch the first game tomorrow in the World Series for the De- troit Tigers. Manager McKechnie of the Cincinnati Reds refuses to name definitely who will start, but it expected Paul Derringer will be cn the mound. Indicaticns are there will be a tremendcus crewd to witness the first game of the baseball clas- sic. Twe games will be played here and the next three in Detroit. The Empire as usual will have a PRICE TEN CENTS —— ] MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS Water Supply an Acute Problem to ADE, BERLIN, LONDON London AIR RAIDS CONTINUING ~ INDARKNESS Nazi CapiIaTC—Hy Is Under Assault for Four Hours ' CHILDREN EVACUATED FROM BOMBING CENTERS | Great Britain Faces Severe Winter of Strife- Prepares for It | LONDON, Oct. 1.—With no end |in sight, bombs having fallen on Iondon day and night for 25 days, | Britain’s capital is preparing for | the severest winter of war in its | history. ) Sirds wilter supply.s:Bombs Great Britain’s plan is three score board in the window giving :Lh:- inning by inning score and the | regular edition will carry the box One of the difficulties facing London authorities is that of maintaining & steady wat 1 landing in streets and crashing through buildings have wrecked many mains, cutting off the supp! 3:’ The above photo was taken in a particularly hard hit South London suburb. The main has been tappe | fold: To combat German raiders with the strongest possible defense weapons; to speed the exodus of This is the glass bowl which was used in selecting draftees in the | World war. It may be used again in selecting those under the new draft law. The bowl is on display Kach capsule in the bowl carrie: istrants listed under that number ju all parts of the United States ; are drafted, | in Independence Hall, Philadelphia. s a number. If selected, all reg- fluédron of Bombers To Be Dispaiched fo Ladd Field, Fairbanks AT WILLKIE IN PONTIAC GOP Nomirfi Makes At- fack on Administartion -Is Resented PONTIAC, Michigan, Oct. | 1— | [ | 11t | HAMILTON FIELD, Oct. is disclosed that the Eighteenth| Pursuit Squadron, including 150 men and officers and eight or ten| fighting planes will leave Novem- | | ber 1 for Fairbanks, Alaska. ; It is explained that the purpose |of the assignment is to acquaint | | the fliers with cold weather con-;‘ ons at Ladd Field. | | It is said that Ladd Field willl | be ready for the planes when they | reach the north. | The squadron has been stationed | at Moffatt Field. ARMYBOSS scorz, play by play and high spots of the game. e C(ONGRES SETTLING TAX PLANS Corporatio@tessPrdfifi Tax Boosted by House —Senate to 0. K. WASHINGTON, Oct. 1.—Legisla- profits tax of 256 to 50 percent has been voted finally by the House. | The legislation is expected to be| given Senate approval tomorrow, The passage of the measure will put Congress one notch nearer to| an election year recess which lead-| ers hope will start this coming weck- end. BULLETEIN—WASHINGTON, Oct. 1. — The Senate late this afternoon completed action on the compromise excess profits tax bill for corporations follow- ing action taken by the House. The billion four hundred and sixty million dollar defense ap- propriation is now the only re- | maining major item on the cal- | indicating adjournment French Indo-China had 100,000 men | yendell L. Wilikie, making his cam- under arms, wanted to be absolute- | pyign speech here this afternoon, ly independent of Vichy, was ready | charged that the Roosevelt Admin- to resist Japan, and wanted to set|jstration was trying to solve its OF ALASKA | :: | of Congress this week-end. e up as a separate Asiatic state. Since Secretary Hull already had warned Japan against seizing In-|grapbing more power and as a result | do-China, and since its seizure gives Japan a vital stepping-stone to the Dutch East Indies ard Sin- gapore, Washington presumably should have giveri Colonel Jacemy a warm reception. However, he made the mistake of reporting first to his own Em- bassy. And retiring Ambassador St. Quentin timidly cabled his Gov- ernment in Vichy asking for in- structions. Whereupon Vichy dropped word to the Nazis as to what was going on. And the Nazis frowned. (Germany, of course, is working hand-in-glove with Ja- pan, wants no opposition to the conquest of French Indo-China.) From that point on, Colonel Ja- cemy got little cooperation from the French Embassy. And without that cooperation he was unable at first to see anyone very impor- tant at the State Department. So for three weeks he sat in Wash- ington with $12,000,000 to spend, with Japan sending ultimatums to Indo-China, with Secretary Hull warning Japan, and with the Navy intensely worried over the Pa- cific. Finally dynamic Sumner Welles, under Secretary of State, heard of the situation and got busy. He gave assurances that after French Indo-China had decided on a def- inite policy of either resistance or surrender to Japan, ‘the United| States would act, Naturally no arms could be sold Indo-China if there was danger of surrender, with . tiie ‘arms falling (Continued on Page Four) | problems by one of two methods, | “appropriation of more money or | the present administration has more ‘!power than any of its predecessors.” |" The remarks were mingled by | boos and cheers by the crowd sur- rounding the court house where Willkie spoke. While Willkie was driving back to the railroad station to board his special 12-car train, an egg was thrown at his car and broke against the front seat splashing over Mrs. Willkie. Willkie scowled as the car stopped for a moment. One of his body- guards pointed in the direction from which the egg was thrown. A minute later, another egg hit a truck carrying photographers ahead of Willkie's automobile. —————.- —— JAPANESE MOVE INTO INDO-CHINA CHUNGKING, Oct. 1. — Chinese dispatches report that Japanese troops have entered Indo-China from Dwangs Province and are pushing northward in the direction of the Yunnan frontier. One force of Japanese is reported to have reached Koabang, commun- | ieations center, 70 miles northeast| . |Cordova, of Lang-son. IN JUNEAU Strongy Favors Portage Bay Cutoff-Chilkoot May Be Moved The much discussed Portage Bay cutoff project on the Alaska Rail- road is likely to come and the Army garrison at Chilkoot Bar- racks is likely to go, it was inti- mated here today by Brigadier General Simon B. . Buckner, . com- mandant of the Alaska - Defense Forces. Gen. Buckner flew over from Sitka this noon in a Navy scout plane on his return to his Anchor- age headquarters after a tour of Navy projects with Capt. R. C. Parker, commandant of Alaska na- val defenses. Defense Plan With Parker on the destroyer Breeze, General Buckner has visit- | ed Unalaska, Kodiak and Sitka. The two commanders have been devoting considerable time to the creation of an Alaska defense sys- tem. As in normal defense lines, the Navy and the Army will comple- ment one another in activity. An_example General Buckner gave was “In case of attack on Sitka, we could aid in the defense with planes from Yakutat or from Metlakatia, and the reverse wollld PART OF FLEET ON PACIFIC IS INCOAST PORTS Navy Vessels Refurn Affeg Being in Hawaiian Wat- ers Since Last April SAN DIEGO, Cal, Oct. 1. — A third of the United States Pacific Fleet has arrived in Southern Cal- ifornia after six months in Ha- waiian waters. The warships docked at San Diego and San Pedro, and as many as possible of the enlisted men were Iimmediately granted shore leave. The sailors have been confined to the comparatively narrow limits of their ships and the Hawaiian Islands since the first of April. The ships returning from the islands will undergo minor repairs and reconditioning during the next two wecks, then go back to Ha- waiian waters. The remaining ships will then come to California in two separ- ate contingents. The fleet has been kept in the mid-Pacific since April as an ap- parent warning to Japan. FIELD TRIP Dr. Evelyn Butler Dale, Associate Supervisor of Elementary Education and buckets, pans and other utensils are filled. HARD JOLT TO BRITISH SEA FORCES 5 Vg | Admiralty Admits Tofal of 159,000 Tons Sunk | in One Week ; The British Admiralty today ac- knowledged that British shipping | |tion levying on corporations excess| g.sfered the worst jolt of the war during the week ending Septem- ber 23 with the loss of 19 British ships, three allied and five neu- trals, totalling 159,000 tons, almost three times of the previous week. The British spokesman said the loss in shipping indicated a greatly increased Nazi campaign on the part of Hitler in an “attempt to end the war before winter.” | The spokesman discounted the value of the losses, declaring that the convoy system has already over-flowing and London's millions seemed assured of a plentiful food supply for the winter months. | | FEEDING STATIONS | INLONDON Capital Cityfiing Care of Families Bombed Out of Homes (By ASSOCIATED PRESS) Food Minister Woolton announced today that 58 emergency feeding| stations are opening in London to| feed . the families bombed out of their homes. Coincidentally it is estimated that the London casualty toll for September totaled 5000 killed and 8,000 wounded. This is approxi- mately five times greater than the August casualties when only 1500 were reported killed by bombings or death in debris and 1261 wtre wounded. | Twins Rule Here | | ALTON, Switzerland, Oct. 1. —! Russell Blotz has a twin brother; and thelr father, grandfather,| great-great-grandfather were twins. | & | ington, D. C. | women and children from London |and other centers of population into the more sparsely settled and thus less bombed areas and to give those who must stay in cities | the utmost shelter. After another night-long series of attacks had just broken off be- Erure dawn, London’s anti-aircraft guns roared into action again this morning against scattered German raiders., Early this afternoon several bombs fell in thickly settled south- Clare’s Fiance Honored by King ties. The Ailr Ministry said that four German planes had been downer by Royal Air Force flyers during “abortive attacks” on Britain dur- ing the day. The British Air Force kept. Ber- lin in shelters last night by an air raid of large proportions and which continued for over four hours. Fires were seen by the pilots and it is estimated many must have been killed as the bombs fell in thickly | populated parts of the Nazi Capital City. | It is semi-officially announced in | Berlin, according to broadcasts, that children are to be evacuated tothz countrysides. i L Evaiualion - Of London Beillg Urged (By ASSOCIATED PRESS) Fiance of Clare Luce, star of many a Broadway play, is honored by a decoration from King George himself. Miss Luce's flance is Air Squadron Leader Gillian. The two are shown in London after e the honor, |to do so, are urged to leave Lon- s ' e Kldna er | An ominous note regarding the } | fate of Great Britain's Capital City | | was struck teday, when, for the first In (rash | Is GuiI' |time, all Londoners who are able 3 | y don’s area for safer havens in the | countryside, i | | A systematic removal of mothers ane e ea s‘and children from the London area | |is already underway and is exten- Capt. C'ha'rE? Ross and Abduclor of Marc de Tris-: . Wife Victims-Generafor | fan FacesRestof Life Eerlino Trouble Is Cause | in Prison Evacuale | s i | Children BERLIN, Oct. 1. — Sources close to the Berlin government disclose parents living in metro- pdlitan areas where aid raid pre- cautions are mnot perfect, or | where children may suffer nerv- | ous reaction, will be permitted | to send their children to com- i munities or parts of the coun- | WATERBORO, 8. C, Oct. 1.-| Capt. Charles A. Ross and Mrs. Ross were killed late yesterday in an airplane crash five miles north of here. Capt. Ross was 37 years of .age and was in the office of the Chief of the Army Air Corps in Wash- REDWOOD CITY, Cal, Oct. 1. —Wilhelm Jacob Muhlenbroich plead guilty today to the kidnaping | of little Marc de Tristan but sen- | tence was deferred until Friday. | The abductor faces life in prison | without hope of parole - -s o WHERE'S ELMER! OH, HE'LL BE ALONG CINCINNATI, Oct. 1, The Bellanca plane was demol- ished in the crash. The log found in the wreckage indicated that Capt. Ross was hav- ing generator trouble and he was tryside where air raids are un- likely. Official quarters were vigor- — EImer| ous in their denial that any gen- trying to contact Hensley Field| Riddle is a 23-year-old Georgial eral evacuation was underway. in Texas when he crashed, who bought his folks a subscrip-| - e tion to a Cincinnati paper whe the Reds brought him up fron Birmingham this spring to see if| he could pitch in the big show. He| has been used as a relief thrower and has shown considerable stuff,| SHERMANS LEAVING | Clyde G. Sherman, Field Agent for the Organization and Credit, Office of Indian Affairs, will leave YUKONLATE Steamer Yukon, scheduled fo ar- are belleved to Have been casual-" apply in the event of Army fields| for the Office of Indian Affairs, will beiug subjected to attack.” leave on the steamer Yukon for a Work is p.ogressing - rapidly at supervisory field trip to Yakutat, Bayview (Seward) and Now:Mrs. Russell Blotz (who was | born on the same day as her hus-'enroute to his headquarters ini for heavy duty yet. band) has given birth to twins,! Nome. He will be accompanied by ¥ 'high hopes for the boy. (Continued on Page Two) Eklutna. the sixth generation of Blotz twins. Mrs. Sherman. on the Yukon tonight for mm_lflwuzh he’s admittedly not ready rive at 7 o'clock this evening, at 4 oclock this afternocon radioed ar- Manager Bill McKechnie holds | rival time at 10 o‘eclock tomight weather permitting,