The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 10, 1940, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LVL., NO. 8539. ZEROHOURNEAR JUNEAU. ALASKA, THURS: DAY, OCTOBER 10, 1940. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS ,JAPAN-U.S.RELATIONS RAF Make Fierce Attacks, Invasion Ports FIRES ARE STARTED IN MANY AREAS Coast of France, Belgium, Holland Air Raided During Night INCREASED SCOPE IS UMDERWAY BY BRITONS: Tons of High Explosives Are Dumped-Daylight Assaults Planned | | | | | | | LONDON, Oct. 10.—Operating so| swiftly they started fires at the| rate of one a minute, the Royal Air Force made one of its fiercest at-| tacks of the war last night on Nazi invasion ports on the coast of France, Belgium and Holland. The Air Ministry announced that in one brisk attack on Boulogne alone, with Blenheim bombers, the coastal command dumped three tons of high explosives and set ablaze a railway station, storehouses and quays. ! Near Port de Maree, one British pilot, seeing two black masses on the water that looked like barges tied bow and stern near a Y:y, out loose vo and sent wreckdge high in air The Air Ministry said the RAF has increased the scope of its counter attacks against Germany to include daylight as well as night raids th | | he RAF attacks are penetrating | deeply into Germany, their Min- istry declared, to blast away the| German war machine. — .t Cthe \\\NG@ Drew Pearsos | % RebertS AlAY . ) | 'p/fGo&p | WASHINGTON—The || new alli-| ance betveen Japan, ‘G‘rmany and| Italy has revived disclissions be-{ tween t/ie United Sta r:nd Rus- sia regirding a commotf policy in| the Ffx East. Coryersations to this end had| been /taking place all summer, butl had made little progress. The Rus-/ sigas at «that -+ime .were playing t¥e Britisa off agmnst the Nazis, gnd figured they wo.ll Jjump to| whichever side seemeq {to be com-| ing out on top. Y However, the Japany alliance | in Moscow’s face. Minis- ter Molotoff -appal ly did not know for sure that /the alliance was to be signed il about 24 despite re- assuring statements t Russia was being taken carel ¢f, there have been no actual commiitments by the Of all the powers ringing the great land mass of Russia and Siberia, probably the oldest tra- sians have got along fairly well with Germany since the last war, have had their ups and downs with is a long and unmitigated enmity. Therefore, for Japan to become & part of the Axis is a bitter pill for It is reported that Russia is ask- ing that part of Manchoukuo be (Continued on Page Four) came as a dose of very cold water hours in advance. Axis powers to the Soviet. ditional enemy is Japan. The Rus- Great Britain, but with Japan there the Soviet to swallow. REVENGE TAYLORSVILLE, N. C. — While Deputy Sheriff Will Rufty was busy cutting a 400-gallon illegal distillery somebpdy else was busy cutting/ the tires on the officer’s putomobile, | 'Famous Church Damaged | Nazi Raids On England, Night Time Confinued A_s;a ult from| Dusk to Dawn, Re- sumed Today ; By ASSOCIATED PRESS) German raiders returned to the attack on England and London es- pecially, early this forenoon after the worst assault yet rained on London from dusk to dawn last night | London's streets are reported lil-‘ tered with debris. Hitler's High Command reports |the “heaviest damage has been in- | flicted on docks on the Thamas Bend.” | Berlin quarters declare the raids are retaliatory attacks in reply to| “Royal Air Force raids on Berlin." | The Nazi headquarters furtheri declare that more than 50 districts | were battered in a dusk to dawn attack and fire bombs and high| explosives spread countless fires throughout London's metropolitan | center and suburban areas. : ‘The Nazi report says an armada of “several hundred planes” scat-| tered 200,000 pounds of bomts dur-| ing the raids from dusk to dawn. Two formations of German war | planes are reported driven off dur- ing this forenoon in a terrific dog- |fight by RAF pursuit planes over East Anglican town where a bomb had previously scored a direct hit on a refugee home killing three | women and probably fatally wound- | ing nine others. R (ATHEDRAL OFST.PAUL | IS BOMBED by Nazi Airmen During Night-Long Raid LONDON, Oct. 10—A German bomb crashed through the roof of the 250-year-old St. Paul's Cathe-| dral, the burial place of Great, Britain’s warrior heroes, in an air| raid, and four great fires were raging in the vicinity of the Houses of Parliament early this| morning. The British Air Ministry| did not report the exact time when the Cathedral was damaged but the “famous church” is re-| ported to have been hit during last| night by Nazi raiders during the longest and fiercest attack of the r. St.” Paul's great high altar, known to thousands of visitors, was de- stroyed when the bomb crashed through the east roof of the edi- fice, according to unofficial state- ments. The Cathedral is surrounded by guards this morning. The Cathedral was built by Sir Christopher Wren after the great fire in 1666 and was opened for service in 1696. The Cathedral houses the tombs of Nelson Wellington, Earl, Jellicoe, Admiral Beatty and many other famous Britons. STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Oct. 10. — Closing quotation of American Can today is 96, Anaconda 22, Bethlehem Steel 79%, Commonwealth and Southern 1%, Curtiss Wright 7 3/4, General Motors 48%, International Harves- ter 47%, Kennecott 20%, New York Central 14%, Northern Pacific 6%, United States Steel 58%, Pound $4.04. of BERLIN and - WHAT'S HAPPENNING IN THE WORLD - British Intensify Bombing French Channel Ports British Ships Bombard | DAKAR But Withdraw Canadian Armed Merchant Ship Captures German Car- go ghip Off MANZANILLO 60OD SAMARITAN OF - LABRADOR” DIES; WAS MISSIONARY OF NOTE g BOSTON, Mass., Oct. 10. — Slr‘{ #‘ Wilfred Grenfel, 75, Medical Mis-| sionary to Labrador, is dead at his‘ Charlotte, Vermont, home accord- | ing to advices received here. He\ | was noted for more than 40 years | for caring for the spiritual and physical needs of the Eskimos, In-| dians and fisher folk of Labrador and Northern Newfoundland. | He began his work in that bleak | region in 1892. He navigated ships| up and down the treacherous coast, | journeyed inland afoot or by dog| team over windswept fields of ice| and snow, came out to enlist more | and more aid for his people, and| built up a chain of hospitals, schools and relief centers, Announces End ‘ His active participation in the| work virtually ended in October, 1934 when, as he sailed from Bos- ton for a lengthy stay in his na- tive England, he remarked sadly: “I'm getting too old to drive dog teams and Pm afraid I must take it easy until the time comes LojEIks eek cash in my checks.” | Hardships and years of intense| physical exertion had brought on pea‘e 'o’ FELL SIR WILFRED GREN a chronic heart condition which | forced him to “take it easy.” But he continued to do what he could for Labrador and his 73rd birthday, on February 28, 1938, saw him| at St. Simon’s Island, Ga, en- grossed in writing of and for the work, | Great Expansion | In response to world-wide greet- | ings on that anniversary, he issued| a third-person statement to kis| admirers saying that he shared| with them “the conviction and as-| surance that the work to which) he has given so many years of' hig e wmf lg° o h:’w flelxd.s A I‘ Elkdom is united in a prayer for grle::tecrheus;;: e:}&“:q mu:";;:deslworld PoAcH g gxal;edhflr‘:le; . lof the Elks Joseph G. Bucl ::rv;‘2”";‘“8""’;‘;!’:“’““;:";:")??1‘ a jammed lodge room here last night L s V- (a5 Local 420 turned out strong to mane mission expand from a Si0- | greet the order’s Chief and witness gle f;“P 't':‘_“ chain of ’;:’Sp"'ms-‘me initiation of a number of can- nursing stations, community cen-|gidates. ters and schools. “;!:“ rl(;rk drew| .mne Order of Elks prays that § N9 ples of the world,” Buch declared, the Uniled sf”es and brought him .y, 45 patriots, we cannot over- renown as “the Good Samaritan|,oy the sad fate of weak and de- Frafernal Body fo Bat- le for Defense Grand Lodge Chief Pledges| Germany, ltaly and Japan Sign 10-Year Military and Economic Pact At BERLIN sure On GREECE Axis Puts Pres- All-Indian Congress, at BOMBAY, for Britain NO ~ ROUNDHoL fkr_jlons ~ Told To 'NoSSurrender, No Suing for . Peace, Roared in | " Commons LONDON, Oct. 10.—As London- | ers trudged through debris-littered | streets this morning after another | night of terror from the skies, Home Secretary Herbert Morrison, taking note of the demands for greater air raid protection, told the | House of Commons in scornful | irony that if Britons expect com- plete immunity from exploding bombs, then they ‘“should sue for peace now. &1l “They knew what to expect when | they entered the war. We are now | experiencing, as civilians, what was experienced by our soldiers during the last war. We must h | through with it or surrender and | we are not going to' surrender.” This was shouted in.the House of Commons and the members ‘arose and roared approval. | e, j\Volt—mla).ers Offering fo | -- AT A GLANCE SQUARE PEG - SELECTEES DRAFTED Brifain, | America In Pacl Joint Defense Action in Pacific-War Clouds Gathering (By Associated Press) Discussions between the United States and Great Britain and pos- sibilities of a joint defense action in the Pacific was reported by &. A. Butler, Under Secretary of For- eign Affairs, in a statement made | this forenoon to the House of Com-| mons, The disclosure indicated tighten-| ing of the Anglo-American bond| . | against the new Rome-Berlin-Ja- pan alliance. | This morning, despite yesterday’s | surprisingly meek acceptance of | the opening of the Burma Road by Japan, the black clouds of war still pile in seething columns over | the Orient. The evacuation of the Far East| by American citizens is approach- ing the proportions of a stampede, with every available vessel booked to capacity and approximately half o ‘or yesterday'’s more than 300 ap- By JACK STINNETT | plicants for passage were reject- led because no space is available WASHINGTON, Oct. 10—If the gt second or steerage class. Army has its way, therell be 10, "aj through the Orlent this morn- square pegs in round holes When g there is the tense feeling that the new ‘“selectees” are inducted'procen conditions are the lull be- into the service, (The Army never Japanese Land In FRENCH INDO-CHINA For Attack On China From South; Bomb HAIPHONG N | For Naval Base Privileges At SINGAPORE T SRR i I ES AS NEW refers to “draftees” or “conscripts”| fore an impending storm. The State Department in Wash- 80 - or to the “draft” or “conscription”|ingion revealed that it has received| —the present program, they'll have geyeral pleas from American citi- you know, is Selective Service and yens that additional ships be sent the men are Selectees). to speed evacuation. There are so0 many different| Ajhough Secretary's Hull's de- NERVOUS TENSION IS HIGH Admission Given in Tokyo Situation in Orient Is Most Apprehensive AMERICAN HOUSEHOLDS ARE BEING BROKEN UP Ambassador Grew, For- iegn Minister Mat- suoka Confer TOKYO, Oct. 10—The exodus of American women and children, in response to the advice of the State Department of the United States, gained momentum today amid a growing conviction that the zero hour of the, Japan-United States relations is approaching. There is no panic discernable but there is a nervous tension and all sides fear that one little spark, one break, may start something. Households of the Americans are being rapidly broken ‘up and furni- ture packers are overwhelmed with orders. Banks arg crowded with forelgn- ers attempting to mnmu; nmmm A partial survey showed that about 2500 Americans have either booked passage from Japan or ap- plied for reservations. Official quarters intimate the rigid silence 18 intense and spec- ulation is aroused by American Am- bassador Grew's two hour confer- ence yesterday with Foreign Min- classifications of service that it'partment holds that war with Ja- of this column merely to list them.! it that relations are very strained | IO agh. e bakers bake and gng that they fear some incident| butchers butch and typists t¥Pe, petween withdrawing Americans the War Department has worked ,,q4 the Japanese. | out an elaborate system of chec Sudden Move Rumored aggnsi‘;:e;zhfigd t?z‘; ::;:L ?:BS; In Shanghai rumors are flying| square peg and who a round one thick that Japan may attempt w0 1 3 ‘ seize control of the International| i B g Iaughl | Settiement where 1500 United manpower in accordance with itgjsbates Marines are standing at the most effective” qualifications emfld'::_eer"f:;';m:;udt ZE:;::; dba;n:er;‘:‘:r::; become something more than a| it : major problem. Even after months‘::(z::?x::e‘i np;‘:lles;mt;;%opss“:x; ::: :fm::;“b“;wi:g"‘;t “:::: :;sz;i; thorities fear to remove them and| St - e were doing work for| €8Ve remaining citizens unprotect- | 3 Oy g led. In the settlement all battalions which they were not best fitted.| «* ..o victc have been armed and Men who could shoe a mare wcrelpl“ed on. conmm‘xou.s duty | peeling potatces and not liking it| In Shanghai this mornlr;g Savbr-] 2 | | a little bit. Expert bookkeePers| o cpinese celebrated their inde-| were building bridges. The end of pendence day by tossing two bombs“ it, ;of course, was wholesale trans- through theywix)l'dow orgthe Jeadin; fers, wasted time, and frazzled pro-Japanese newspaper. The pllnzt tempers. was reported seriously damaged.| ister Matsuoka, the second confer- | would take more than the length pan is not inevitable, they do ad-| ence in two days. MATSUOKA’S BROADCAST TOKYO, Oct. 10.—Forelgn Min- ister Matsuoka declared in a broad- cast late today that the new Ger- man, Italian, Japanese treaty al- lince is “peace pact directed for the United States and not against the United States.” Matsuoka further said: “I wish earnestly that such a powerful na- tion as the United States in par- ticular, and all other nations at present neutral do not become in- volved in the European war or come by chance in conflict with Japan because of the Chinese incident or otherwise.” IL DUCE REVIEWS - o T ey | There were numerous other out- THERE'LL BE A “RECEPTION ‘breuks of violence on the 26th an- To get around this in 1940-41, the Army is going about it scien- tifically. The business will start in the Reception Centers. (These| high sounding names almost have| us down). A “Reception Center” is' merely a three- or four-day clear- ing house. The “Replacement Cen- ter” is camp No. 1, where the boys will get their first taste of tough- throw of the Manchu regime. BURMA ROAD ISSUE | TOKYO, Oct. 10. — A Japanese foreign office spokesman announces| that Japan will take no counter| measures in retallation for ohni reopening of the Burma Road for niversary of the founding of tne" Chinese Republic and the over-| FASCISTS Troop Displ_;y Believed Hint at Thrust Info Bal- kan Qil Fields PADUA, Italy, Oct. 10.—Premier government insurance policies will be issued, vaccinations and inocu- lations given, and the classification tests and interviews completed. | Regional Headquarfers | | ening, one-two-three-four, wear-| " | [] ing the old uniform, salunngégf‘n;nmm" of war supplies to n | ow Shavetail Jones and rolling out for| .’ 6:15 reveille. | At the Reception Centers the At the same time, Japanese news- | Benito Mussolini today witnessed papers sought to minimize the im- a great military demonstration on portance of the Burma Road as this historic plam in a show which a supply route for general Chiang some observers believed might be Kaj Shek’s armies. The Japanese| the prelude to a new AXxis thrust. newspapers also pointed out that| However, Mussolini refrained the usefulness of the Burma Road|from any speech or hint of the DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today’s Dow, Jones averages: industrials 13042, rails 28.67, utilities 2152, of Labrador.” Honored By Kings Edward VII made him a com- panion of the order of St. Michacl and St. George in 1906 and George V advanced him to knighthood as a commander in that order in 1927. Harvard, Williams, Princeton, Mid- dlebury, New York, Bowdoin and Berea in the United States, Tor- onto and McGill in Canada and Oxford in England gave him hon- orary degrees and scientific and medical organizations on both sides of the Atlantic voted him into membership. He was born February 28, 1865, near Cheshire, England, the son of Algernon and Jane Georgina Grenfell and was christened Wil fred Thomason. He was educated at ‘Marlborough Boys® School, Ox- e e E!enseless nations, and we must, therefore, give every aid and sup- port to a program of preparedness and defense that will render impo- |tent any attack upon our honor or |invasion of our lands.” | Fire of Hatred | Buch continued: “The fire of hatred, not easily extinguished, has spread throughout areas of the world formerly calm and peaceful. These things must not happen here. | We must insist that America—your ! haritage and mine—the America |of our children and our children’s children, be safeguarded from these | evils. “Against those who would do our country harm, every legal restraint {must be employed, because by their ungrateful hostility to our institu- tions, ‘they have forfeited all right (Continued on Page Six Swamped, Is Report- Industry Is Acfing WASHINGTON, Oct. 10.—Major John Battley, of Selective Service Headquarters, predicts that the bulk of the first draft call will consist of volunteers. Major Battley said, following a national tour, that Selective Serv- ice Regional headquarters are being swamped by offers from young men seeking to volunteer. He added that industrial leaders are viewing the draft program favorably. Major Battley also said many big industrial units have already laid| plans.to replace key workmien and indicate they expect an increase in orders sufficient to keep the new workers on when the old em- ployees return from Army duty. | Don't ask me exactly what these tests and interviews are, because the forms aren't out yet and the Army these days is not telling any secrets in advance. They'll consist in obtaining all the information about aptitudes and experience. If a man’s an A-1 plumber, but with a real or imagined yen for fly- ing, it'll be up to the test com- mission and interviewers to find out if he had better stick to his pipes or soar in the blue. DOUBLE ADVANTAGE CITED The result, the Army thinks, will be two-fold. It'l give some of the boys an opportunity to shine in positions in which they are best suited and happiest; and it may mmunmz-mwmhm.m. (Continued on Page Bix) to the Chinese has been impaired by the establishment of Japanese| bases in Prench Indo-China from| where the road could be bombed. Japanese spokesmen continued to express amazement at the warning issued to Americans in Japanese- controlled territory to leave as soon as possible. e e it (RIME NOTE LOURENS, 8. C., Oct. 10.—Sher- iff C. W. Wier is searching for three men who backed an old truck up to a barn and hauled away an 800-pound white, dehorned cow, and | 900-pound red steer in broad daylight. Axis intent. It had been expected Il Duce might choose the occasion of his review of 20,000 young Fascist sol- diers to deliver an address. The newspaper Il Pilccolo called the parade a “prologue” of undis- closed events to come where Mus- solini expects to use a “blitzkrieg” army. The Premier’s inspection of northern Italy was a matter for conjecture, but many fdreign ob- servers expect ‘a move eastward through the Balkans towards the oil fields so essential for ships, planes and tanks, ——————— PIONEER DIES «John Patching of Ketchikan died October 4 at the Pioneers” Home, according to' word received from Superintendent Eiler Hanson.