The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 31, 1940, Page 1

‘Defenders flltle Nation THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1940.. VOL. LVL, NO. 8557. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENT3 .5. BOYS NOT GOING TO FOREIGN WAR Greek Forces Continue to Repulse Italians INVADERS Bricish Raid RESISTED FOUR DAYS Passed by the British censor, this Italian control. Direct hits were (Continued on Page Seven) Cnl e \\\NG@ Drew Pearsos ard | | | | | | Q | By hangars. in Ethiopia LONDONHAS * QUIET NIGHT IN AIR WAR B Raiders Met with Severe| Gunfire, Dump Bombs | in Open, Race Home | LONDON, Oct. 31.—One the 54th consecutive night of German bomb- ing, London had one of its quietest nights of the air siege as Nazi planes were battered with a trail of gunfire all the way from the | coast to the capital, British watchers said many of the raiders dumped their bombs in open fields and raced home. | Some bombs fell in London early in the evening but from about midnight on, all was quiet, even | though the all clear signal was not given for several additional hours. The Royal Air Foree continued to attack German held Channel ports and communications within picture shows a Royal Air Force bombing of a military airport at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, now w . Western Germany despite adverse said to have been scored on e | yoaiher the British Air Ministry | announced. Health Minister MacDonald re- ported 563,000 children have been removed to the country from bomb-smashed sections of London MUST GO RAF SCORES Deportaiiomder Signed BIG SIR|KES by Atforney General | JacksoEif US| NIGHI RA'D ment of sustics nas oraerea tne T0NS Of Explosives Loosen- partment of Justice has ordered the depertati f Mrs. Raia Berkman . . owcer, i ed on Vifal Poinfs in Nazi Land Browder, wife of Earl Browder, General Secretary of the Communist | Party in the United States, on the erounds she enteréd the country| ‘"frg}?“y'd fp B 1 | LoNDON, Oci. z1—The RAF| 5 ;yor .:t‘;o:;eyepget:er:? ’;z‘:;l: claims to have scored a spectacu- Jackson ‘snd he alioigeniall the ap- | BT Tictory last ight Qeer, deoger- i |ous weather conditions and tohave plicaticn for suspension of the or- der on the grounds that Mrs. staged heavy attacks on Berlin and —— dozens of other points. New Worid possessions and other Browder “gave evasive testimony regarding her relationship with the Communistii Party and quickly cre- ated doubt of eligibility to leniency.” The British fliers flew blind first through thick mists and then through a heavy snow storm and { pounded large electrical works and BIG SHIP Immigration officials said the woman will be given proper time to make arrangements and then be de- | ported to Russia. | other objectives in Berlin, | The Air Ministry communique | this morning said that the com- | panion formations fanned out from | the Channel coast and loosed tons | of explosives on steel mills, oil refineries, naval dockyards, rail- way junctions, canals, bridges and, | 29 airdromes. ORDER IS« i South s FORU.S. it oo FOrROOSEVEH. Says Senafor tary of Treasury Henry Morgenthau disclosed this afternoon that Great Britain has ordered a “large num- ber” of freight ships in this coun- try. A dispatch from Rome received The Secretary said he did not | by the semi-official Telepress News Agency in Geneva says the German |know whether the orders involved | the construction of a new shipyards | NEW YORK, Oct. 31.—Democrat- ic Senator Richard B. Russell of Reichstag will probably be convened soon to “hear Hitler tell of decis- lin the United States for the ex- |Georgia expressed the opinion to- clusive British use. but added: day that the solid south will re- “Great Britain has ordered a large | main strongly for President Roo- ions which are of capital import- ance.” Along this same vein, the Rome newspaper Il Piccilo said the en- trance of other nations into triple alliance, Italy, Germany and Japan, |may be impending and possibly re- ferred to Russia or Bligaria. | Over 800 Prisoners | pesris sy | BATTLE BEING FOUGHT r . . | Turkey's Aid Not Urgent in . | Present Conflict Is | (By ASSOCIATED PRESS) Greek troops, fighting in torren- | mile front, well out ahead of the| $6,000,000 Metaxas Line, are re- | ion so successfully that Greece has decided she loes not need '!‘urkish‘ Semi-official quarters in .‘\nkanm1 capital city of Turkey, said Greece ment she can stem the Italian as- sault alone. | quarters said Turkey wiil enter Lhei B present four-day-old Balkan strug-| l gle only “in case of a Bulgarian L4 s M tional interests are endangered.” | While Mussolini’s High Command | Assura“(es Says France to Cede Noth- sphere Safe | Henry Haye, French Ambassador, | | gave renewed assurances to the 1Unued States has nothing to feur |in possible developments afl‘ectmg’ Hemisphere. The Ambassador asked for an for the South. Soviet Russia is| ynder-Secretary of State, he said,| ket. | She already has purchased 58-| matters connected with French ne-| route via Vladivostok in Greek: He told newsmen he had de- ships, and has indicated the totalljjereq assurances these negotia-| bales. a | sion of territory to the Axis or a To facilitate transportation, the separate peace with Germany. granted sub-charters to Amtorg| (the Soviet trading agency) for R L] h | Export and motor ship Excelsior.} el( s ag which will load the cotton at Hous- [ The last time Russia Bought U. (onvenln S. cotton was in the early 1930's. precessing capacity. Soviet econo- mic statistics are secret, but U. sian cotton crop at around 4,000,000 | oty 3 bales. Of this Russia has been sell- Germans Expeded fo Hear year, a considerable proportion to i Germany in barter deals. Imponant AI"IOIHI(e the latest five-year plan, her spin- ning equipment is so rapidly ex- Soviet buyers their spindle capacity will reach a point in 1942 which will | ‘While delighted to have Russia; buying cotton again, U. S. officials | IN TORRENTIAL RAINS | Semi-official Report tial rains and mud along a 100- ported resisting the Italian invas-| help. | has informed the Turkish govern- | As a result, these semi-official | attack on Greece or if Turkey's na- | § | =1 | ing-Western Hemi- WASHINGTON, Oct. 31.—Gaston | State Department today that the | French possessions in the Western | WASHINGTON—Here is big news| appointment with Sumner Welles, back in the American cotton mar-|to discuss the question of France's 000 bales, of which 18,000 are en-| gotions with Germany and Italy. orders may run as high as 500000 yjons involved no question of ces- Maritime Commission last week| Pl ¥ three U. S. freighters, the Carleton, ton and Galveston. Since then her own.steadily mount- d ~ Indicafed S. experts estimate this year's Rus-i ing an estimated 1,000,000 bales a Official Russian explanation for me“' bv H"Ier panding that she needs more cotton require 40 per cent increase in cotton were curious about the possibility Have Already Taken ing yield has been ample for her the U. S. purchases is that under than she produces. According to the supply. of the cotton reaching Germany and Italy. And so were the Brit- oA ish. | Hpa The Brifish “navicert” system.| E"I.IST FoR woRK whereby shippers obtain advance | permission to transport Mcmndme‘GIRlS l" GREE(E through the British blockade, does ATHENS, Oct. 31.—Thousands of not yet extend to the Pacific.| Greek girls have volunteered x’m'i Also, cotton is one of the items not subject to embargo or State De-| oo 0 in ambulance forces and| Red Cross Bureaus. A youth organi- partment license control. The matter of possible Russian re- ;4 “an Athens suburb has | taken over police duties and freed export of the U. B. cotton to Ger- man; dis- v WAk'one of A% s members of the police force for| calls to the colors. . (Continued on Page Four) number of Number One standard- ized type of freight ships.” STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Oct. 81. — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 4%, American Can 92%, Anaconda 25, Bethlehem Steel 89, Commonwealth and Southern 1%, Curtiss Wright 8%, General Motors 50%, International Harvester 50%, Kennecott 34%, New York Cen- tral 15%, Northhern Pacific 7%, United - States Steel 69%, Pound $4.63%. DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today’s Dow, Jones averages: Industrials, 134.61; rails, 29.30; utilities, 23. ‘sevelt, | Senator Russell told newsmen at the Democratic National Headquar- ters in New York that he did not think that Mr. Willkie will get appreciably more votes than Alf| Landon got in the South in the last presidential election. | Senator Russell sald a special situation existed In Florida where/ | the Townsendites are snppornngi Mr, Willkie, Said the Georgia Senator: “Mr. Willkie says he is not a politician and that may be true, but any| man who can tie all the big fin- ancial men, all the Townsendites, and John, L. Jewis up in one bag and keep them there without an explosion is doing a pretty good| 12 MILLION ARE PLANNED Auto Fadlories Will Build Parts-Big Plants Will Assemble Ships WASHINGTON, Oct. 31, — The War Department today reported production is planned for 12,000 ad- ditfonal bombing planes, largely with the aid of the auto industry. This program, which would cost possibly $2,000,000,000, is described as a separate plan from the 12,000 warplane order the President an- nounced last night as coming soon from Great Britain. It is reported the building pro- gram would call for the election of several large plants to assemble parts manufactured in auto fac- tories, SELECTIVE MACHINERY 15 ROLLING Call Goes Out for First Group of Trainees for Soldiering Program WASHINGTON, Oct. 31. — With Army Corps Commanders already calling initial contingents of men, National Selective Service officials are concentrating their efforts in clearing the way for local boards to. begin the actual selection of | 800,000 trainees who will be sum- moned by next June for a year of military training. Just a few hours after Tuesday's historic conscription lottery, Major General George Woodruff, Corps Area Commander in Boston, called on six New England Governors in the area to provide 93¢ men by November 18 under the selective service system, Simultaneously on Coast the Ninth Corps Area in San Francisco sént Governors of seven western states an opening requisition for a total of 1,630 men to report for induction to stations the Pacific ber 22. ———— Sen. Wagner Showing Up Mr. Willki Confrasts Business Record of Nominee with that of Administration NEW YORK, Oct. 31.—Democrat- ic Senator Wagner of New York scorned Wendell Willkie's business record, Last night he termed the Republican Presidential candidate “utterly unfamiliar with any of the great economic and social problems of lodly.“ Speaking over the Coast to Coast network of NBC's Red network at Mr. the Commonwealth and Southern campaign for President, most of the company’s dividends were de- faulted. Said Wagner: “What a contrast between the business record of Wendell Willkie and the business record of the Roosevelt ' Administration—a record of accomplishment that has restered the credit of the Government, ral- lied the industries of the nation, Job!” and revised the faith of the people.” BOMB PLANES Miss America at White House ‘]ROOSEVH_T | | | ) Miss America of 1940, Frances Burke of Philadelphia, calls at the ‘White House during a visit to Washington and is shown with Presi- i dent Roosevelt's secretary, Marvin McIntyre. SKI TROOPS T0 BE DEVELOPED BY UL.S. | ARMY IS INDICATED i Railroads | | HAS PLEDGE - TO PARENTS \Declares National Defense Is for Defense of This * Nation Alone ANMOUNCES PURCHASE 1‘ ORDER FROM BRITAIN [Rides Republicans for Af- | tempts fo Defeat All | PreparednessPlans BOSTON, Mass., Oct. 31.—Thun- derous anc prolonged applause greeted Pres‘dent Franklin D. Roo- sovelt’s statement last night when olemnly pledged to the “fathers 1 mothers of this Nation that their boys are ot goimg to be sent i{n any foreign war” and that “this N ’s defenses are for the defense of this Nation wlone.” The President also promised that |the “boys will pe snitably housed and fed” while i training and the | best, of medical care will be given | The President spoke before one of the most enthusiastic audiences ever assembled in Boston, a regu- lar Democratic rally. Loud cheers arose when he referred to “my great personal friend, one of Bos- ton's most popular and well-liked _ boys, our American Ambassador to the Court of St. James in London, Joseph P. Kennedy.” Big Plane Order The President also announced that Great Britaln has requested permission to negotiate for the puf- chas= of 12,000 more planes in the United States and he in turn asked the proper defense officials to give Great Britain the “most sympa- thetic consideration in the matter of prospective purchases as these 'purchases would not hamper the present national defense program. Production Stepped Up The President also gave figures showing that both airplane and en- ine —and they may—the United States zp an;:o;i;:[cl:‘l;nm*;m:mfi?:n s;;ppflel: is going to have some ski troops. | n.o.e important plants that are By JACK STINNETT WASHINGTON, Oct. 31—1If a group of men here have their way Rea dy 'or | Rep. Lawrence Lewis, Denver n,y manufacturing the aircraft and tUemocmL, has turned over toGen. equipment to full speed, toward a iGeorg(- C. Marshall, the Army’s goa] of 50,000 planes annually. Chef of Staff, an elaborate pros- president Roosevelt showed up the 10 p. m. Eastern Standard Time, | Senator Wagner charged that since | Willkie became President of | Corporotion, a post he resigned to| Nat.Defense ‘Equipmentfieported in| | Shape for Any Demands | i =No Commandeering | between November 18 and Novem- | CHICAGO, Oct. 31. — President [John Pelley of the Association of| | American Railroads, says that the | nation's carriers are ready for any | defense job. Pelley said the railroads’ equip- (ment is in shape for any defense demands now forseen. He spoke before the National Association of Shippers Advisory Boards. { Pelley declared there is no need for the Government to take over| operation of the railroads as it did during the World War. ‘ e e {Chief of Police Says Soap Is All Righl__ | Have a gcod time, kids, but confine your pranks tonight to fun without damage. This was the message today of Chief of Police Dan Ralston, who announced that curfew time is 9 o'clock, but “It's Hallowe’en | and as long as the kids are cff | the streets by 10 o'clock, we won't be too hard on them.” Chief Ralston urged that parents impress upon their chil- dren that soaping windows and ringing doorbells won’'t put anybody in- jail, but malicious | damage and thoughtless pranks | will be dealt with more ser- iously. l pectus | for a 6,000-acre training records of the Republicans on pre- camp under the brow of the conti- paredness and also national defense, nental divide, 50 miles west of quoting from the Congressional Rec- Denver. At last report, the Army ord their consistent voting against staff had the proposal under se- every defense proposal, opposing rious consideration. any Navy or Army increase or en- What a case Rep. Lewls and his largements, Especially did the Pres- associates have made out for thei ident show up the record on defense project! They start with the prem- | Plans of Chairman of the Republi- |ise that “if the United States 1s can National Committee, Represen- to have complete military defense fative Joseph W. Martin, Jr., of preparedness, it must provide” mr‘MasuhuseMs, and pronounced every conceivable eventuality. . . .’ roans from the audience greeted Then the Congressmen asks just the unsavory record of his voting what would happen if American 28ainst every proposal made by the troops should some day find them- Administration. selves defending the nation in the' "Are we to trust our future, our rugged mountains of Alaska cr|Dational defense to such a group of British Columbia. men?". askefl; fho. Preskisiison 5 loud cries of “No, Na" were given in answer, POINTS TO FINNS Pays Tribute He points out that men often, Paying tribute to the British air are incapacitated at 8000 feet if Strength, the President said that unaccustomed to it and that men after three months of blitzkrigs in from low altitudes frequently col- the air, the strength of the British lapse at 10,000 to 14,000 feet. Horses Alr Force is greater than when the and mules from the lowlands can take it either and even machines 'y war began. The - President then turned his attention to the farmers of the na- | skier out of the average sod-bound | as mechanically perfect as the au- tomoinle need readjustments to ii::'{ Praising his runmng' mate buck the rarefied air and sting- ormer Secretary of Agriculture ing cold Wallace for his accomplishments, il o he pointed to increases in the farm Look how the Finns skied clr- jncome since he went into office. cles around the lumbering RUS- gaiq he: “A prosperous farmer |sians and the Austrian Jagers means more prosperity for men in skimmed over the crags of Nor- a1 areas.” ay to harass plodding British,| says Mr. Lewis. | The Russians dered their 2 X H o, s even ovsered e Two Mine Sweeping was a laugh, the prospectus points out, because everybody knows that it takes three years of in-| tensive training to make a good| Trawlers H_il Mines LONDON, Oct, 31.—The Admit- citizen and that isn't taking mo} alty announces the loss of two mine donsideration any time for his SWeeping trawlers, Bth little ves- X sels were said to have struck Ger- man mines and sank. 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