The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 9, 1940, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LVI, NO. 8538. JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1940. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS PACIFIC FLEET PREPARES FOR TROUBLE 4 S 4 4 4 S 4 04 & 4 4 4 14 4 & [ L4 L4 L4 14 Far Eastern Situation Growing Intense U. S. GIVEN BRIBE OFFER FROM ITALY New Blows Against British Forecast by lfalian Military Writer AMERICAN ENTRY IN WAR DERIDED We Could Have Canada, Other Spofs If We Re- mained Neutral ROME, Oct. 9—Premier Musso- lini's newspaper Il Popolo dTtalia aid teday ‘“new heavy blow. against the British with fresh force: are imminent and offered British | territory in the Western Hemls- phere to the United States il remained out of the war. The official military com'menta- tor Mario Appelius said the Unit- ed States must choose between three | decisions, as follows: One—Remain neutral until destruction of the British is cffected and take its place among the { s natural heirs, with Bahamas, its expec- Empire’s wada, Newfoundland, Bermuda and Jamaica tati Two Continue aid to England vithout intervening in the war, and inan*“ port is split up in conference and in future trade agreements as well.” Three—Enter the war “knowing she is militarily ready to meet all thy cor uences of defeat.” The final course, Appelius said, “is suicide.” If the United States were to re- main neutral, he added, she might also get Australia, and New Zeal-| and, while the British Honduras would go to Gautemala and the British Falkland Islands to Argen- tina. BROAD TAX LEGISLATION IS NOW LAW President Signs Measure Designed fo Preyent Profcteenntl WASHINGTON, Oct. ' 9,—moad tax legislatici, using excess profits levy as & varrier on profiteering on militart contracts and at the same| time encourage defense enterprises has been signed into the law by, President Roosevelt. The new law carried excess prof-| its tax from 25 to 50 percent and raises corporation income tax from 20 9/10 percent to 24 percent, the| new rates applicable on the 1940 income and thereafter, Sitka Legion Has Election At a recent meeting of the Amer- c. B ican Legion Post at BSitka, Hager was elected Commander, suc- ceeding Walter Bacon who served| in that capacity for the past year. Other officers elected were Rus- sell Clithero, first vice- :ommand- er; Dr. Pred Stockfish, second vice- commander; tant; Peter Kostrometinoff, treas- urer; Frank Hofort, sergeant-at- arms; and William Cotle, t:hl]';l.lln.l | the Empire | inferior diplomat- ition when the British Em-' Ben C, Miller, adju-| — where $137,500,000 worth of destroyers will be built. and their homes were wrecked by a bulldozer (left) and burned on the snot. 'FAULKNER TAKES ALASKA'S FIGHT 70 MINE PARLEY Attorney la;fi’roblems of North and Ickes Before Powerful Body Nearly 2,000 delegates to the Am- erican Mining Congress, one of the most potent industrial groups in the United States, recently applauded | a speech made by attorney H. L. Faulkner of Juneau when he pre- sented to the congress the prob- lems of Alaskans under progress- ing withdrawals of land from pub- lic domain. Faulkner returned on the Aleu-f tian after several weeks in the| States during which he attended the Mining Congress annual ses- | sion ,at Colorado Springs, taking 'his seat as delegate from the Al- aska Miners’ Association. | To this body, which lawmakers consider one of the most powerful | retarding influences in the patn of ill-considered national legisla-\ non‘ Faulkner presented an argu-| nt that “the policy of the pres- | ent Secretary of Interior is to‘ use Alaska for experimental pur- poses and to experiment there with | things which have been tried be-| fore and which common experi-| ence has demonstrated to be im-| practical.” Ickes Policy | Faulkner held up as glaring ex- |ample of Ickes policy the with-| i drawal of “approximately 2,000,000 | acres in Glacier National Monument, where prospecung may e camed‘ on only under restrictive regula- | | tions of the Department.” | The well known Juneau attorney | also declared, “The Secretary is| contemplating reservations of larze areas in Southeastern and South-| western Alaska to be set aside; to conduct experiments on behalf of the Indians in canning salmon, at public expense and under gov- ernment supervision—at the ex- pense of private industry already established.” | Licensing System The Department of Interior plan | for instituting a licensing system| for Alaska mines, permitting oper-| ation on a royalty basis wmmut ‘mle, also drew Faulkner’s fire, as‘ |did the proposed measure in Con-| | gress, sponsored by Ickes, that i would withdraw all lands within 80 rods of any water in Alaska from| public entry or location. Of this bill, Faulkner said: “In the Territory with its 25,000 miles' |of coastline, | settlements and industries are on | tidewater, with its vast system of | rivers and streams, its millions of lakes, it is difficult to find land of any description which is not! where most of the (Continued on Page Two) | HACKTOWN MAKES WAY FOR SHIPYARDS Workmen started razing shanties at Seattle, Wash., w here construction began on a new $4,600,000 shipyard Some shack residents failed to heed a vacation order "NIGHT RAIDE Twisting crater blasted into a Berlin street is object of wonder to these civilians (once assured no It was the work of British “night pirates,” according to an indignant propaganda ministry statement. parents to send children, like interested lad above, out of Berlin, indicating “pirate raids” have been more effective than admitted. NAZI RAID IS WORST ~ ONLONDON i Three Hundred Tons of | Bombs Dropped-Shel- ter and Hospital Hit (By Associated Press) Berlin reported today German raiders unloaded three hundred tons of bombs on London last night in a reign of terror which the Brit- ish bave conceded the most de- structive assault of the war. Rain hampered the Nazi raiders returnipg to attack at daylight. Rescue crews worked to clear away the debris from a bomb- smashed air raid shelter where 160 persons had taken refuge. Workmen are also tearing at de- bris from the bombing of three wings of a hospital housing 108 patients, Eighé bodies were taken from the demolished shelter, and in the ~ """ bombed hospital it is feared not a (RY" single person escaped death RS NAZIS injury. Nazls in Berlin said the altuck a “twenty-fold revenge’ for theml?? ritish raid on Berlin Monday nigl The German news agency DNB claims that vital railroad terminals and facilities in the outskirts of London were demolished today by direct hits scored by a German bombing squadron. The agency said that the rail facilities were vital for supplying Great London with food. At the same time the news ser- vice reported several hangars and barracks at an airport near Lon- don were destroyed when hit by Nazi bombs. One bomber was said io have scored a direct hit on a gas works of a city on the south- east coast of England, while an- | other claimed to have bombed and sunk a commercial steamer off the southeasl. coast. GERMANS INVADING ~ RUMANIA \ Frontier for Announced | j Infenfions | BUCHAREST, Oct. 9.—More than /4,000 German troops have crossedl the Rumanian frontier, in what | | the official spokesman says, is hut[ | the vanguard force to guard the oil fields, train the Rumanian army |and also instruct the Rumanians lin Nazi production and loyalty to home. Two mammoth barges have a]so | come down the Danube loaded with bombs could reach their capital). Germany, October 1, authorized If You Must Be Life of 'tPlanfoBe Parly, Don Paid by By JACK STINNETT WASHINGTON, Oct. 9. — When a law puts more than a million| people on the spot, ging into. If you know a hundred persons, the odds are you know someone | who is affected by the Hatch Act.| for the first time really finding themselves der-f Those affected are, initely on the spot. In the national defense melee you may have missed all the hul-| labaloo about the Hatch Act and its amendments. It is the statute it's worth dig-| i anu aircraft equipment and huge ‘qua.nmles of ammunition. RENO 0 HAS - BlG BlAlE Your Uncle o | of cho oelebrawd Fh—e Prevention Week in a big way today. 1‘ which forbids, on pain of instant A fire that swept through a bus- dismissal, any government employee iness block seriously damaged four| or the employee of any state or| busingss establishments. | local project financed in part or/ ‘To add to the confusion, water in whole by government funds from|squirted by the fire laddies washed participating in almost amy way|all the labels off of a $75,000 liquor |in party politics. ‘!sbock, The liquor wasn't damaged, | but the proprietor of the store said what was what | BORDER CASES MUST WAIT '.he couldn't tell That includes so many people|Without tasting. |that the Civil Service Commis- S P sion, which is charged with ad- HERE FROM KETCHIKAN ministering the’ act and prosecut-| Margaret Ulander is a guest at the Baranof. She is up from Ket- chikan, (Continued on Page Six) or Vanguard Forces Cross! EASY FOR U. S. That the U. S. could defeat Japan in 90 davs is the belief of nearly every foreigner in the Orient, ac- cording to C. B. Burmood, Amer- ican ecivilian pilot to Generalissimo and Mme. Chiang Kai-Shek. In Los Angeles recently on a visit home, Burmood asserted that those who have seen Japan’s army and air corps in action realize the U. 8. has “nothing to fear.” SUCDES Solved recently was the mystery surrounding the disappearance of Lieut. Col. Lyson E. Atkins when his body was found near San Francisco’s Presidio, apparently a suicide. Until recently U. 8. Dis- trict Engineer at Seattle, he went to San Francisco for treatment after suffering from nervous dis- orders. A native of Berkejey, Cal., he was 48. He was formerly sta- tioned at Juneau, Alaska, with the Alaska Road Commis!lon CONGRESS STAYS IN SESSION WASHINGTON, Oct. 9. Demccratic leaders in the House have abandoned for the time being plans to recess or adjourn Congress. House Speaker Rayburn an- nounced the decision is made “for reasons sufficlent to us” | The Senate meanwhile planned to start a series of three day re- cesses until November 18. It is admitted the Far East crisis iu nelr Denali Is Now Juneau Bound SEATTLE, Oct. 9.—Steamer De- nali sailed for Southeast and Southwest Alaska ports at 9 o'clock this morning with 57 first class passengers and 18 in the steerage. Passengers booked for Juneau include B. A. Pettee, Henry Reimer, | Lewis Lavensaler, George Han- sen, Donald Russell, Mrs. George D. Benson, Mrs. B. M. Krafft, : | THREATIS INDICATED BY JAPAN Opening of Burma Road| by British May Bring "Bombings” VIPPON NEWSPAPERS GROWING VERY MILD Letting Down on Fiery In- sinuations Made by Prince Konoye (By ASSOCIATED PRESS) sports from Tokyo, official claim efforts are being made o discount the possibility of an ‘explosion” in the Far East but at he same time indications are that he opening of the Burma Road by the British may cause “bombings.” The Burma Road is the “life line” for China. At the same time the United tates is urged to prepare for emer- gencies and has started to do so. A slant on ‘the peril” fraught sit- mtion came from Rear Admiral farry Yarnell, retired commander »f the Atlantic fleet, who sat in he Monday conference between 3ecretary of War Knox, and Ad- miral Richardson, now Commander n Chief of the Navy. Yarnell warned that Britain’s for- mally announced intention of re- spening the Burma Road, China's ‘ifeline of war supplies, may pro- voke Japan to “drastic action” in- volving the United States. Trying to Avoid War The Admiral declared Washing- ton is not going headlong into war and it is trying hard to avoid war, but the new Triple Alliance of Ger- many, Italy and Japan is aimed directly at the United States. “We may be better prepared for a showdown with Japan now while she is bogged down in China than six years from now,” Yarnell said, ‘when our two ocean navy is com- pleted.” The Burma Road is scheduled to reopen October 17, the day after the United States embargo on scrap iron to Japan becomes effective. Japanese Papers Are Mild The Japanese press, usually flam- ing in its attacks on “outside inter- terence” adopted a surprisingly mild tone over the Burma Road crisis. Yakichiro Suma, Foreign Office spokesman, expressed astonishment at the United States action, advis- ing of Americans to return home. Suma said Japan has “no inten- tion of advising her citizens to quif| the United States.” ‘The Tokyo press, far from build- ing on Prince Konoye's fiery asser- tion last week that Japan will fight to the finish if challenged by the United States or Great Britain, said merely that Japan might close the Burma Road “with bombs.” Fears Expressed In Shanghai, fears were expressed that Japanese Army leaders in China may vent their anger over the Burma Road by taking drastic action regardless of Tokyo's atti- tude. In that event, it is said serious developments might be expected in the British Crown Colony at Hong- kong. The uneasiness was reflected in the Shanghai stock market where most shares dropped from three to five points. In Hongkong the Chinese press predicted the Burma Road episode will lead to serious Japanese reper- cussions, but said the reopening of | the road will be a boon, not only to China, but to the whole “non- aggression front.” - e MRS. GALLEMORE DOING NICELY AT ST. ANN'S Mrs. W. A. Gallemore underwent surgical care at St. Ann's Hospital yesterday morning and, according to advices, is recuperating nicely. Bhe is the wife of the foreman at the Hirst-Chihagof mine, SECRETARY NAVY GIVES OUT PLANS Replies to Questions Fired at Him by Many Newsmen Today WARSHIPS TO BE MANNED 10 FULL STRENGTH NOW Additional Auxiliaries Are Sought-Outbreak in Orient Near WASHINGTON, Oct. 9.—At a conference with newsmen today, Secretary of Navy Frank Knox faced a barrage of questions and all were concerning the tense sit- uation in the Far East. Secretary Knox said the United States fleet now on duty in the Pacific will be brought up to full strength immediately and 4200 men will be added and crews will be raised at once from 85 to 100 per- cent. | Secretary Knox sald. the step is only one of several measures to reinforce the naval strength with- out delay. The Navy Chief also said the Navy is “pressing” for the acquisi- tion of 31 additional auxiliary ships to the fleet. Asked point blank whether he concurred in the prediction that it is feared war with Japan will break out in 15 days, Secretary Knox promptly replied: *“No I do not think anybody knows.” BOOKING PASSAGE FOR HOME Americans Follow Insiruc- tions, Preparing fo Leave Orient (By ASSOCIATED PRESS) Steamship travel agencles in Shanghal are crowded with Amer- icans seeking passage home follow- ing instructions to leave the Far East. Passenger liners are booked in advance and American officials are reported trying to get the approval that the liners President Coolidge and President Pierce carry only American citizens on the early trips. Many Europeans and Jewish ref- ugees now hold reservations. The two liners, which will ac- commodate about 3,000 passengers, will use the salons®and dormitories for passengers also. Pefersburg fo Get Profection, Water WASHINGTON, Oct. 9. — Tha Senate has sent a bill to the White House to make land in the Ton- gass National Forest available to Petersburg for the use and pro- tection of its water supply. Leasing of Alaka Land Up fo Sec. Int. WASHINGTON, Oct. 9. — The Senate has passed and sent to the President legislation to permit the Secretary of the Interior to least land in Alaska to unincorporated cities and towns as sites for parks or cemeteries.