The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 28, 1940, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA nad EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME VOL. LVL, NO. 8554. JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1940. PRICE TEN CENTS MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS AR Iy DECLARED ON ITALY BY GREECE Steamer Alaska Strikes Reef Early Sunday Children LINER HITS SOUTHBOUND FOR SEATTLE Vessel Begins fo List-279 Passengers Are Safely Transferred Ashore NORTH COAST ARRIVES AT SCENE, RESCUES ALL Shipwrecked Victims Tak- en fo Prince Ruperi- None Injured TTLE, Oct. 28.—All mail abeard the steamer Alaska is ceming scuth abeard the North Coast which is due here Wed- nesday merning at 8 o'clock. Advices received from the Al- aska wreck scene state tugs are endeavoring to free the ship but it is believed rocks holding the craft must be blasted away to give the vessel more water. It is believed the Alaska may be puiled off the rocky beach on next Thursday’s high tide. The Alaska has a gaping 5- foot hole in her stem and has a list of 20 degrees. Steamship Company, southbeund to Seattle, sent out an SOS call shortly after 12 o'clock (midnignt) sicamer ke, ot i Avke " DUDERT, LATE SUNDAY B STEAMER ALASKA LARGE LIST OF PASSEXGERS CN STEAMER ALASK {Many Aboard from West- ward, Interior and Ju- neau Southbound VICTIMS OF “SHIP CRASH ARERESCUED Row from Beach Out fo North Coast for Dis- tance of 300 Yards AL LANDED, PRINCE When the Alaska left Juneau last Friday evening at 8 o'clock the following passengers were aboard from Juneau and Westward points, including Seward, which list con s those [rom Anchorage and Fairbanks: From Juneau 5 H | From Juneau for States — Mr. Sunday morning saying she had S'ory Of A(fldem TOId‘fund Mrs. Arne Anzrxcrmn “Mrs. 1da struck a reef off the coast of Brit- . | Pohr, Mr, and Mrs. George Prin- ish Columbia, about 98 miles be- Crew of Alaska G|Ven | 5le, Mrs. M. Rodine) O K. Haw- low Ketchikan, while traveiwn at ¢ 2 LY full speed. Shortly after the 808, which wa | kins, Mr. and Mrs. August Hulein, | Jehn O'Connor, Mr. and Mrs. Ar- | nold Kragstad, Julius Heller, Carl High Praise (Continued on PRINCE RUPERT, B. C, Oct, Schneider, Mrs. Fred Parker, Mr. e | 98 -Halt’ dressed. and. shivering Parker, Mrs, R. Kransi, Rudolph { ) & i Kransi, John Repo, Jeff Kettle, A o from exposure, 279 passengers off Brevich, Mrs. Grang Haldin /Mrs e | the liner Alaska, landed safely here revich, hrs. CRonioEssu, 710 CLEVELAND—Inside reason why TRoosevelt is making his special cam- paign trip to this key industrial | center is contained in these two| sharply contrasting sets of figures: | In 1936 he .carried Cleveland by 184,000. As of today, local polls still show him leading—but only by 60,- 000 to 80,000 votes. This is not enough to offset the big Willkie ma- jorities sure to come from the rural districts. So unless the President can stoke up his vote in Cleveland and the other industrial centers of Ohio, he can kiss the Buckeye State goodbye. Today the odds in Ohio favor Willkie. However, the battling is so close that Republican managers pri- vately hold their breaths. In secret estimates, they figure Willkie will skin through by from 50,000 to 75,- 000. This, interestingly enough, is just about the margin which the Demo- crats privately expect to win. Dur- ing Roosevelt’s Dayton - Columbus trip several weeks ago, Ohio Demo- crat leaders told him their private polls showed a 50,000 to 60,000 mar- gin, So with Ohio casting over 3,000,- 000 votes this year, these estimates show how close the boys are figuring and how uncertain is the Buckeye State. > BURTON IN No matter which candidate wins the Presidential battle, one thing is certain regarding the local battle! Harold H. Burton, Cleveland's re- form Republican Mayor, is the sure- shot winner of the senatorial toga relinquished by Democratic “Honest Vic” Donahey. Burton is making & runaway race and will lead the rest of the GOP | George Larsson, Ulrich Gordon, R. A. Brown, Albert Toner, Joe Whit- ing. A. Vieches, C. W. Larson. late Sunday after the big Seattie | bound ship crashed on the rocky shore of Elliott Island shortly after - |12 o'clock Sunday morning. From Valdez—H. ;i Aligees, Mar- | | tin Mitchell. The passengers state the Alaska| e 8 2 %! From Cordova—Earl Owens, | (struck while going full speed in/ ¢ pitch blackness and shoved her| Transferred from steamer Lakina, ! | bow almost into the trees fring-|including Kodiak and other ports |ing the rocky island shore. Gerald Holmstrom, Ronald Jen~ | sen, Mrs. R. V. Galloway, Mrs. J | Ship Lists i A M | P. Chase, Clara Chase, Ollin De- “d he _“;:p lmmcdxl;\wé‘y n'“;d Z‘O;Lon. W. H. Meilow, V. Holmstrom, i cg;eeg pgrt L5 h“'m' Basl (I’ Mrs. V. Holmstrom, Monte Stan- Anderson ordered the passengers|)., mreq Tipbetts, John Christof- ashm'e: rordlcar .(he .vcasel mlght‘» on, Mrs, J. Christoferson, C. C b Sy e el [Hil, W, E. Hill, L A. Wakeield, PLANE IS ape Aingjds TINY NATION K WRECKED: 4 UNHURT Pilot Alex Holden and, Three Tulsequah Miners Squash in Downdraft VETERAN FLIER SETS DOWN SHIP "GENTLY" Bruised Arm and Bumped Nose Extent of Injur- ies fo Quartet iy | Luck must have “shot the works” today for the benefit of vet- eran flier Alex Holden and three Polaris-Taku miners who crashed in the trees near the Douglas Highway this forenoon with the Alaska Air Transport's baby Fairchild, climbed out of the tree-suspended wreckage and walked away without a scratch. Holden and his passengers, Fred Johnson, 51, Herman Bonnett, 36, and Michael Tomco, 38, all of Van- couver, B. C., had taken off a few minutes earlier for the flight to Tulsequah. They had made two circles of the harbor, gaining alti- tude, when the plane was caught in THo“SANDS a downdraft. | Passengers said Holden had the (HEER FDR r engine on full throttle with the nose in the air, but the downdraft forced them steadily earthward, and just President Speeds Through Crowds Lining Streefs Although Hour Late Lady before reaching the trees, Holden “cut the switch.” ! Holden said they dropped “about 150 feet,” to their landing in dense second growth hemlock and spruce about 300 yards off the Douglas Highway just north of the Lawson Creek bridge. Passenger Herman Bonnett, whose hair wasn't even disarranged by the crash, said: “There wasn't any real crash. In fact, I bardly felt it when we went into the trees.” s Tor passengers Johnson and Tom- r"l‘;w Yhor,‘K'd(;"' nd’;}ll':”:“u)‘; co, it was their first airplane flight. a’l“‘“_]:_:’x‘r‘lrd ;"‘l’:‘ o ‘N("f S cflv'x ns ed his nose, and Tom- | © 4 % % SO e e Bttt arm. . |flve boroughs, President Roosevelt Botil Wings were Yorn Xrows 'th, sped through streets lined with plane, and damage to the ship is 'f‘”'"lm._ l_l“(:."_:” 1]5. jiial strant | considerable, although the fuselage 7 ¢ ‘"”’V g ;,:‘ s i is intact and the pontoons appar- [ENUUE CF FIUUINL T Wi ently suffered little. No glass Was ' "0 o igress in Madison Square so much as cracked, and the delicate radio set in the plane was still in working order when throngs of Ju- neauites climbed the trail to the wreck a few minutes after the acci- tonight - - Leave Berlinfo Esc 5 B § ox Wi 5 ” Berlin “in order to spend a vacation in German di lesser means, this vacation is to be free of charge.” P band play, as the train prepares to depart. | Coast time: The German caption describes these as the first group ef children, aged between three and ten, as they left | cts untroubled by air raid alarms. rents wave, the children flourish swastikas, and a Political Addresses | On Tonight networss Pacific over all Political addresse: tenight arve as follows, Dewey, at 6 o’clock from s. Thomas ¥ Peoria, Tllins President Franklin D. Roosevell |Greek - lfalian Warfare 1 7 o'clock from Madison Garden, New York City. Wendell L. Willkie at 7:30 o'clock from Louisville, Kentucky. | | Square Secretary of Interior Harold L. Ickes at 9 o'clock from Salt Lake | City. — et —— | Destroyer Lost Upon " DRIVES INTO BIG STRIFE Rejects Ultimatum from Fascist - Immediately | Issues Order to Fight 'BRITISH RUSHING AID WITH POWERFUL FLEET Athens Air Raided as Well as Other Sections- ; Troops (Clash BULLETIN — Fierce fighting Greek troops are revorted to have gained the first victory of | the war with Italy by breaking through the Italian positions at one place on the border and penetrating eight miles into Albania. Also it is reported tonight that the British fleet has already oc- cupied strategic Iaa and Crete and also a small island off Corfu following, presumably, a sea bat- tle between the British and Ital- ian fleets. For those of | RUSSIA IS PREPARED FOR MOVE (By Associated Press Tiny Greece has declared war on Ttaly under the provocation of a three-hour ultimatum. King George, the Second, at the request of Dictator Premier John Metaxas, issued the war declaration which has thrown the nation’s 100,- 000 soldiers into battle against 200,- 000 Italian troops along the Greek- Albanian frontier. One hour after the expiration of the ultimatum at 6 o'clock this | morning, Athens had its first air raid alarm and Corinth and Tatio airdromes, 12 miles from Athens, were bombed. Italian warplanes, in three waves, attacked the port city of Patras, four meeting death and 17 wounded. Britain Rushing Aid Great Britain, having pledged aid to Greece in the event of attack, is reported rushing assistance with her Causes Soviet Rumors fo Startle Europe EYES ARE TURNED ON TURKEY FOR STRATEGY Hitler, Mussolini in Hasty i powerful Mediterranean fleet. Conferen(e'wkome_lees It is believed & major sea battle Out The"' Verswn between British and Italian fleets is imminent. (By Assoclated Press) Fears are widespread that the Italian invasion may precipitate a general conflagration in Southeast Europe. In Belgrade, political circles heard Rumors are rife in Balkan capitals that Russia is preparing to take over Her hull is believed to be badly punctured. Oil Spreads on Water Tumbling from their bunks or rushing from the salon, the pas- New Blows Are Struck Hi {Mrs, L. A. Wakefield, Betty Lan- dent. gloem, Lillion Honoursh, Mrs. H The ship is suspended about ten Jensen, H. Jensen, feet off the ground with the nose | Ole Sandeno, Jorval Sheen, G. higher than the tail. It apparently | Gordon, Olaf Nervik, Phil Goura, squashed perfectly on its belly. Black Cat Blamed the Dardanelles to ‘protectively” safeguard that strategic passage be- tween the Black Sea and the Medi- terranean from any Axis grab, Belgrade heard reports that Ger- many will remain aloof in the con- Atlantic unconfirmed reports that Turkey has declared war on Italy, but this rumor was discounted by other quar- ters as premature. Yugoslavia Acts {Canadian Craft Sinks in sengers jumped for the liIeboals,iRonald Whitacher, Edwin Iverson,| while oil from the Alaska's fuLl\A. Alvar, P. Clawsen, P. Aspeland,| tanks spread over the water. Sev-| Borghill Runes, Anna Wick, Leila eral passengers fell into the icy| Peterson, Marie Fietland, Anna water and most of them wero‘PedersonA Thelma Larson, P, Berg, smeared with oil but no one \\‘:e.)]Harold Berg, Bernice Berg, Albert seriously injured, | Anderson, Orville Anderson, M. Rescue at Hand | Knudsen, Esther - Sandbro, Jessie| The steamer North Coast, an-|Guyette, Nora Hansen, Mrs. H. swering the Alaska’'s SOS, arrived| Basse, Vella Nerbo, Frank Martin. | at the scene five hours later and David Crowe, Sam Harding. Henry | the passengers, who had been sit-| Carminate, Ole Halvorsen, Martin ting around camp fires on the| Peterson, Arthur Johnson, P. Wat- | beach, singing through the night,| tand, John Coffey, N. A, Jorgen-| were rowed out 300 yards to the|son, T. Salmon, Dan Jensen, Mrs.| rescue vessel. I D. Jensen, P. F. Bell, J. 8. Jen-| The North Coast, crowded with|sen, Olive Hale, Edith Lind. . i 123 passengers and no accommoda- | From Seward | tions, the victims were left here| From Seward—Thomas Ander- Sunday night and the North Coast|son, James Goebel, M, Wicklandes, | sailed south for Seattle. | Kit Carson, Peter Lalios, Ray Yukon to Rescue | Brower, Dolly Wallace, Fred Berg- The steamer Yuken, northbound, man, J. Hunt, Mrs. J. Hunt, George it was understood, would call here| Meyers, Swan Peterson, Nels An- and pick up the stranded passen-|dersund, C. S. Moore,” Herbert gers and their personal effectsand Relshbel, Ted Polach, John Thom- take them to Ketchikan. | sen, Mrs. J. Thomsen, James Ho- Meanwhile, unable to find beds, levar, Mrs. J. Holevar, Fred Fen- the shipwrecked passengers slept|ner, W. D. Lamkin, Stanley Wal- last night huddled in hotel lob-| ters, E. H. Gehrmann, C. M. Crane. ! oles, on stairways and on floors.. Herb Anderson, Mrs, H. Ander- Scores of shipwrecked passengers|son, Elmer Redberg, Mrs. E. Hed- lacked proper clothing. berg, B. K. Nippon, R. Trimble, Purser Dave Doran and five other| Mrs. R. Trimble, Jack Adams, Mrs. | crewmen came here aboard the|J. Adams, B. E. Olsen, Mrs. J.| North Coast to attend to thewants| Reishbel, B. Bush, Warren Cox, of the passengers. Evelyn Hall, Fred Houghasre, Vic-| Alaska’s Crew Praised tor Samppi, P. Meagher, W. Mc-| The passengers are loud in their| Donnell, Mabel Rude, Arthur Lap- praise of the crew of the Alaska|pi, Agnes Bayer, W. A. Ewing, John whom they said managed .evacua-| Anderson, M, Jones, Clara Han-| The miners who experienced the crash blamed the accident on a black cat that followed them to the hangar. ! “The darn thing followed right at our heels,” one said, “and when we turned around and went the other British Warships and RAF Vi he t d right around with . . p o il | Unite in Making Affack | But for their miraculous escape | m Norihem Afri[a without injury, miner Bonnett sum- med the opinion shared by his miner | partners when he declared, “This| CAIRO, Egypt, Oct. 28.—A British fellow Holden is certainly a flier.” . ccmmunigue says British warshi; Holden is one of the veteran pilots | joining with the Royal Air Force, At lfalians | of the North. The wrecked plane struck mew destructive blows at the|p, was a new ship, purchased from the | Ttalian offensive preparations along | factory only this last spring. {the Egyptian sea coast, and ese Federal prisoners now working on !ially at constructions near Sidi Bur-| a Glacier Highway project, will be rini which were shelled and bombed taken to the scene of the crash to heavily. clear out enough trees to enable ———— mechanics to properly dismantle and salvage the Fairchild. -=imie " San Wagner MRS. SAWYER (OMES . ] Is fo Give His Reply, Lewis Sewyer’s Landing in Windham Bay. | brought Mrs. Sawyer's swollen ton-| sils to town over the weekend and turned them over this morning to| | { Mrs. Sawyer is resting in St states Senator Robert F. Wagner, Ann's Hospital, while Mr. Sawyer|speaking under the auspices of the is stopping at the Juneau Hotel. Demeoeratic National Committee, will Mrs. Anna Clifford, mother of| breadcast at 6:30 o'clock tomorrow Mr, and Mrs, James Sawyer of the surgeons. NEW YORK, Oct. 28. — United | Mrs. Sawyer who has been visiting | night ‘an answer to John L. Lewis ((OUPLE MARRIED Collision at Night with Merchant Vessel OTTAWA, Oct. 28.—The Canad- ian destroyer Margaret sunk with 140 officers and men presumed lost, when the craft collided in the middle of the night with a large m hant ship October 22 in the North Atlantic, Both vessels were traveling with- »lout lights in the submarine zone Thirty e b one men ‘are believed to en saved 1ding officer, Commander the missing D BY (OMMISSIONER Carl Elmer Carlson of Windhflm! Bay and Dorothy Lois Martin of! Puyallup, Wash., were married Sai- | urday night in Douglas by U. & Commissioner Felix Gra Wit- nesses were Angelo M. Zernardi| and Harold Prescott. { i - HOMER JEWELLTO | VISIT WESTWARD Homer W. Jewell, Assistant Exec- | utive Officer of the Alaska Game| Commission, will leave on the| steamer Yukon tomorrow for a 'ph W. Roy of Ottawa is amonyg | quotation Yugoslavia's Premier Cvetkovie called an emergency eabinet meeting shortly before 11 this morning. flict for the “time being,” but it is recalled that German troops were last week reported arriving in Al- bania. A synchronized Italian naval at- tack reportedly struck at the Greek Island of Corfu while skirted Greek soldiers stubbornly opposed the on- rush of Ttallan forces on land. Athens and other Greek cities | apparently lay at the mercy of Ttal- | ian bombrs since Greece is reported | to have only 125 planes. Turkey Receives News Turkey, close friend of Greece, is not formally bound to go to the aid of the little nation. Turkish Pre-| mier Saydam received the news mly., and. declared, “We are stronget than ever,” but made no mention of the new outbreak. (Continued on Page Five) CANADIAN ARE CALLED UP, SERVICE Second Gr(;up of Men fo Report for Examination -Go in Training OTTAWA, Oct. 28—Instructions have been issued to Divisional Reg- & X isters throughout Canada to mail ik u)da‘,/’rnfiA/I;‘liMAx‘]]x;lcl:::;a g‘;f:tnouces immediately calling the sec- Bethiohan, Steel. 8%, Coiindias| 004 WAOHD o8 sfees for medical &8> % "'" |lamination under the compulsory wealth and Southern 1%, Curtiss military training plan. Wright 7%, General Motors 80%, | qmose found fit will start their International Harvester 49%, Ken- 30 days of training on Nevember 22 necott 32%, New York Centrall wrpe cy)l is for the remainder of 14%, Northern Pacific 6 7/8, Unit-|4ne 21.year-olds and those in the ed States Steel 63 17/8, Pound:zg year old class. $4.03%. | Young men now in the military ‘Lralmng centers will complete their DOW, JONES AVERAGES | training on November 8. Those en- | i Ehor o dncikadr ey e (Continued on Page Five) | | STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Oct. 28. — Closing ticket by a wide margin. His Demo- cratic opponent, John MecSweeney, (Continned on Page Four) tion of the ship with the mini- (Continued on page Six) i sen, I. Engstrom, J. Gibson, P. A.|this summer at Windham Bay, is| who came out Priday night en- —_— e |also in town and will go south|dorsing the GOP candidate for (Oontinued on Page Six) shortly. President, The following are today's Dow,|tering training centers on Novem- trip of several weeks to the West-| Jones averages: industrials laxfl’l.}ber 22 will return home in time ward on official business. Jrails 2846, utilities 22.33. for Christmas,