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

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIMF” VOL. LVL, NO. 8552. JUNEAU, ALASKA FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25 1940. MhMBER ASSOCIATED PRF}SS PRICE TEN CENTS RAF GIVES 4 04 S Fierce Fires Bombs Do Funny Things ITALIANS BOMBING ENGLAND Join German Raiders in Attack on London and Other Island Areas (By Associated Press) With Italian warplanes joining in the assault on Great Britain for the first time, London underwent a series of violent rapid-fire attacks and apparently suffered heavy cas- ualties. Attacks were also made on other island sections. More than a score were killed or 4 & wounded when “stick” bombs smash- ed two street cars on a crowded Lon- | don thoroughfare, exploding between the two cars on parallel tracks. The motorman of one car was killed, as well as several passengers. and the conductor and several pas- sengers were victims. Italian fliers aiding Germany in the aerial siege of Great Britain are reported to have established an | air base on the English Channel coast at which a tremendous amount of material as well as men have been assembled. Royal Air Force fliers are reported | to have spotted, the base and air raids are in prospect, The Italian airmep assembled are said to be superior in fighting qual- ity than those now {lying Nazi planes, who are young and inex- perienced. - z e | .fi‘ Robert 5. Allen ‘ /r’}'G QDQ WASHINGTON — When Harry Hopkins first proposed that Nelson Rockefeller be appointed coordina- tor of Latin American affairs of the National Defense Commission, there arcse a mighty howl from the sme‘ Department. { Mr. Rockefeller, the State De-| partment claimed, smelled too much of oil. His grandfather’s and his father’s cil companies had been down in Latin America battling the Mex- ican government, and the Bolivian and Columbian governments. S0,/ the State Department argued, young Rcckefeller would begin his job with two strikes against him. The ‘White House, concernéd over these arguments, held up the Rocke- feller appointment for approximate- | ly three months, finally bowed to the persuasive influence of Harry Hepkins and appointed the young millionaire anyway. Since then- two things have happened: 1. The State Department has gone its own polite and dignified way, ignoring whenever possible the existence of anyone named Rocke- feller. 2. The refreshing Mr. Rocke- feller seems to have justified all that Harry Hopkins eyen said about him by unobstrusively but energet- jcally making good. In the short time he has been functibning under the long-winded title of “Coordina- tor of Commercial and Cultural Re- lations between the American Re- publics” he has really breathed new life into one of the most important fields of American foreign affairs. | | RADIO CITY EXECUTIVE To get the complete picture, you have to know a bit mere about young Mr. Rockefeller. The woods are full of Rockefellers. This particular one is 32 years old, the second son of John D, Jr. He has five children, including twins, and sometimes is described as the Rockefeller who has taken most interest in Radio City (Rockefeller Center), of which he (Continued on Page Four) Many French-Canadian k" bombs also wrecked a bus | A bomb dranped in London by a British-censor approved caption, h story block of offices. The bomb left the upper al.ory straddling the L4 & Nazi air raider, according to the had this strange effect on a five- " wrecked the four lower floors, but wreckzge. LABOR HOLDING SPOTLIGHT IN 1940 CAMPAIGN Willkie, Wallace Speak Up for Vote of Working Man in Akron and Detroit (By ASSOCIATED PRESS) Rival views of labor’s stake ir the outcome of the 1940 electior came in for fresh campaign empha- sis today as Wendell Willkie re- turned to New York and Pennsyl- vania for further speeches after telling an Akron audience last night he wanted “to put an end to this era of bad feeling” between labor and industry. At the same time Henry Wal- lace, Democratic Vice Presidential candidate, contended in a Detroit address that because of the Roose- velt administration “there are mil- lions more men employed and spending their wages.” Wallace appealed to workers to vote Democratic in the interests of business growth. ————-—— Lewis Going On Air, 6:30 (By Associated Press) John L. Lewis, CIO chieftain, will speak over some 300 radio sta-| tions at 6:30 oclock tonight,) (Pacific Coast Standard Time). farmers of the Saguemay sec- tion have for.years raised their own tebacco. gt It is believed that Lewis may disclose his choice betw%en Roo- sevelt or Willkie, PUZILERIS PRESENTEDIN VISITATION OF TOURISTS 10 VARIOUS ATTRACTIONS By JACK STINNETT WASHINGTON, Oct. 25. what impels tourists to tour Just the | way they do is a mystery that no | authority that I have been able to find here wants to tackle, But that the ways of the tourist are| styange is a certainty. ‘That much is proved by a sur- vey of the National Park Service | on comparative travel for the 11 months ending September 1 and just released. I put the puzzle up to the personnel of the American Automdbile Association, supposed to know all there is to know about touring, but they said they would have to pass the buck. They couldn't explain what goes on in a tourist’s mind. If you want to try to make something of it, here are some facts and figures. For example, the most popular tourist spot in America today 'is the Lincoln Memorial. For some- time now, its popularity has been sneaking up and ahead of the Washington Monument’s, This year, the Memorial to the railsplitter President put the 555-foot marble obelisk in the shade. The park serv- ice found passed through the fluted colon- nades of the Memorial in the 11- month period, while only 843713 visited the Monument. Visitors to the Monument were about the same as last year, but for some reason the number of those who went in to gaze at the Daniel Chester French statue of the Great Emancipator increased nearly 400,000. STATUE OF LIBERTY LO While you are working on the whys of this, add the fact that in New York harbor, that mecca of tourists for generations, the Statue of Liberty attracted only 330,076 and this during World's Fair time, (Continued on Page Seven) & that 1,357,286 persons | 4 & JAPBOMBS LAND NEAR U.§. BLDG. Chinese Eml?a;;y JustMiss- | | | | es Destruction-Boulder | Strikes Gunboat i CHUNGKING Oc( 25. — The | United States Embassy in this pro- visional Chinese capital narrowly escaped destruction today as three groups of Japanese planes dropped about ten bombs around the Embas- | sy compound on the south bank of | the Yangtze River. Another bomb dislodged a boulder | which rolled down an embankment and struck the United States gun- | boal 'l‘lmulu doing slight damage. e PAA FIELD PROJECT IS UNDERWAY - L4 S 4 (4 (4 4 4 Soviets Matching German Troop Movements recently held in weste: the Rumanian border, \Russian soldiers are shown moving an anti-tank gun to a rn Russia. Today the Soviet is repor matchmz the movement Munter Has Contract fo, RODSEVH'T To SERVE Lengthen Mendenhall 8 Airport 1,000 Feet Thirty-five tons of mechanicai freight, made up with a big bull- dozer caterpillar and rubber tired dumpster, were unloaded from the freighter Depere here today and it was revealed at the same time that Pacific Alaska Airways will lenthen their airport on the Men- {denhall Flats by 1,000 feet. The lengthening job, t-\Lcndmg the field towards town, will be un-| dertaken by contractori M. P. Mun- ter, wrose foreman George Parmen- ter was on the $7,000 job with equip- ment today. Lengthening of the airport will give PAA a 3,000-foot runway here and will permit operation of the 14 passenger Lodestar planes or other neau run. Unconfirmed reports from Seattle |declare the new Seattle-Juneau service will be four times weekly. B Japanese Submarine ~ Goes Down | i TOKYO, Oct. 25.—The 1,638-ton | Japanese submarine 1-67 was lost with all hands in maneuvers in South Tokyo Bay August 29, the Navy Mininstry announced today in | a broadcast. The Japanese news agency Domei said 12 officers, 38 warrant officers and an undisclosed number of sea- men went down. The sub had a normal ccmplvmv_nt of about 100. R WILLKIE MAKING BID, LABOR VOTES \Appears in ' Ohio's Indus- frial- Center-Infroduced | by Senator Taft AKRON, Ohio, Oct. 25.—Wendell L. Willkie bid for the labor vote of industrial Ohio last night in three speeches delivered in rapid fire order. More than 15,000 persons turned out to welcome the GOP Presidential nominee back to the city he left in 1929, The state’s native son, defeated by Willkie for the nomination, Ohio Senator Rob- ert A. Taft, introduced the candidate nominee. planes on the direct Seattle to Ju- | I | FULL FOUR YEARS IF ELECTED, THIRD TERM Mussolini Pefain May Meet Now Conference Is Result of Es- fablishment of “"New Order’” in Europe BERN, Switzerland, Oct. 25. — A meeting between Italian Premier Benito Mussolini and Premier Mar- shal Petain of the French Vichy government, and another conference between Mussolini and Hitler, are |likely in the near future as the Axis campaign to “establish a new order” in Europe develops. £ | Informed diplomatic sourc reports reaching here, despi tk secrecy maintained in Berlin dll’l Vichy, said Mussolini might meet Petain on the border of the sma]li occupied Italian zone in France just | as Petain was received yesterday at | a German occupied bm-der zone. | — - PEACE PROPOSALS FROM JAPAN ARE DENIED IN CHINA Spokeman Says Rumors Only "Trial Balloons” | Sent from Tokyo | CHUNGKING, Oct. 25.—A Chi- |nese government spokesman denies ‘fhnt any new proposals for peace in |China had been received from the \ananese. ‘The Chinese called the reports obviously a Japanese “trial balloon,” although one version of rumored peace conditions came from London. A London diplomatic re- port said the Japanese would offer to withdraw from all the Chinese interior, but would exert economic control of an autonomous state in | North Chinayand hold bases in Chi- nese ports. The Chinese spokesman said Gen- sm(l | | | | | | | | recognize full Chinese sovereignty. WASHINGTON, Oct. 25— President Roosevelt today told newspapermen at a conference that he intended to serve out the whole four years if he is elected for a third term. The President made the state- ment in reply to reporters’ ques- tions concerning his speech in Philadelphia Wednesday night in which the President said that his objective for the next four years was to make work for every young man and woman a “living fact.” Reporters asked: “Does this mean, that God willing, you in- tend to serve a full four-year term if elected?” “Of course,” Roosevelt re- sponded with a smile. - NEGRO COLONEL BECOMES FIRST T0 BE GENERAL |, long List of Promohons‘ Announced by FDR in Army Growth WASHINGTON, . Oct. 25. The {President has announced the pro- |motion of Col. Benjamin Davis lo the first Negro general in the United States become UI(' hlsl()l‘v of U.wh elevation to Brigadier Gen- | eral was among a number of high | n\nk promotions which Roosevelt said was required by an increase in the army. Major General Delos ,Emmons, Commander of GHQ Air Force, has been promoted to the rank of Lieu- tenant General, the same rank held m Commanders in the Army Corps. | In addition to Emmons, the fol- lowing promotions in the Air Corps were announced: Brigadier General John Curry, Air District Command- | er, to Major General; Colonel clln~ ton Russell, Chief of Staff for GHQ | Air Force, to Brigadier General, and | s John McDonnell and John | Colon Brooks, of Carlyle, Wing Commanders, Washington, all to Brigadier ! Generalships HERE I-It()“ TENAKEE Three passengers came in from | at the first meeting. It was Taft's |eral Chiang Kai-Shek would never,Tenakee yesterday with Pilot Alex |of ‘Liberal’ the New Deal has ad- lfll‘ll campaign appearance with the |agree to any peace that did not Holden. They were Alvin Grauer, JA Skinner and A. E. Glover, more favorable position during tactical drills ted to be concentrating thousands of troops on of Nazi lcgmns into that country. ' | Prancisco today S ] i | Coast Guard Stafion Sife " KnownSoon Parfy Has Made Inspec- tions at Juneau, Kefchi- kan—Report Be Made SEATTLE, Oct. 25.—Three mem- |bers of the United States Com\t‘ |Guard stationed in Wi ashington, I | C., headed by Lieutenant Command- “cr C. H. Peterson, returned here yesterday aboard the Alaskda Clipper | from a survey trip for the establish- |ment of a $250,000 primary Coast |Guard radio station at Juneau or | Ketchikan. The party spent several | | days in both Juneau and Ketchikan. | | Peterson said the present 100- | | watt station at Ketchikan is far too | | small and would have to be replaced | by a 1,000-watf station over which the Juneau Coast Guard District Commander could give orders to all Coast Guard units. | Peterson said the new station is needed in times of peace as well as in war time. The officials will report their find ings at the Coast Guard headquart- lers in Washington and a decision as | to the exact location of the station will be made later. — eee— 'NO WILLKIE BOOM BERLIN NIGHT OF TERROR 4 & 4 Set In Nazi Capital, Hamburg NIGHT RAID ONGERMANY DISASTROUS High Command Admifs Many Casualties, Heavy Property Damage TWO KINDS OF BOMBS DROPPED DURING ATTACK British Aina in Succes- sive Waves Work Through Clouds (By Associated Press) The German capital, Berlin, ex- perienced another night of terror last night, as bombs, hurtling from the night skies from British Air Force raiders, crashed through the low-hanging clouds, giving the city its second night raid in a row. De- fense guns were unable to do much work because of fear of hitting through the clouds the Nazi planes soafing ‘aloft to combat the British raiders. " ¥ The CGerman High Command ad- mits many casualties and “several” severe fires were started by the ex- plosions of the incendiary bombs. Hamburg Again Attacked Germany's great northern port of Hamburg, where warships are under construction, also felt the lash of the RAF bombers with the Nazi of- ficlal communique commenting tersely: “Fires were set and other property damage resulted in the harbor, also destruction is marked in the city itself. There have been casualties. Berlin suffered extensively.” Huge Fires in Berlin The . British War Ministry says |RAF warplanes stormed Berlin for D | three hours early this morning, fly- "|ing low over the German capital, dropping both explosive and incend- iary bombs and also raiding railway stations. The British airmen striking in successive waves said it was difficult to determine the extent of the dam- age done in Berlin on account of the poor visibility, but the reddened | skies indicated huge fires, the glare | belng noticed even above the cloud | banks. Military objectives were also bomb- ed on the return flights. It was the 23rd air raid on Berlin by the RAF. Death Toll High A German radio broadcast this morning, without making any com- | ment otherwise, said “the death toll in Berlin and Hamburg, as the result |of British air raiders, is extremely | high. The indiscriminate bombing |of the German civilian population by the Royal Air Force is vastly in- creasing.” - SEEN IN TRIP BY PRESIDENT'S SON SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Oct. 25 ranklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. thinks his father probably will carry all 48| !States in the November election. | | At least that is what youn Roose- | | velt hopes and professes to think.| | - The President’s son visited San in interest of his| | father’s campaign. Said h 1t | there’s any Willkie boom, I've failed | | to see it in my trip across the coun- J0.ry" - HOOVER ENTERS CAMPAIGN NOW COLUMBUS, Ohlo Oct. 25.- HP!‘- bert Hoover accused the New Deal last night of using the label, “Liber- | |alism,” as a false front to cover up | | what the former President described | vn.s Fascist tendencies in government. Hoover said: “The only definition |hered to is one in the dictionary which implies copious spending.” ') RUSSIAN GOLD IN U.S.NOW SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Oct. 25. —Eight million dollars worth of Russian gold was unloaded from the Soviet tanker Batumi today and delivered to the United States mint. The gold was shipped from Viadi- vostok in 120 wooden casks. It was transported to the mint under heavy guard. The Batumi was delayed several days on her trans-Pacific journey when she ran into a typhoon. The shipment brought Soviet gold received at the San Francisco mint during the past six weeks to 22 million dollars. It is used to build {up Russian credis in the United |tates. The Batumi will carry a | cargo of ‘oil on ier return journey. The capitol building in Atlanta, Ga., is designed after the capitol in Washington, D. C. IHR