The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 2, 1940, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA E Pfi VS “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME" jUNkAU ALASKA SATURDAY, N()VI VlHlR 2 |‘)40 PRICE TEN CENTS f’f)l,. LVIL, NO. 8559. GERMAN RAIDS ON ENGLAND WEAKENING 4 Italian Attacks on Greeks Are Repulsed Candidates End Campaign With Charges Bidding for '\Etes, Roose- velt and Willkie Make Plea to Electorate Associated Press) President Franklin D. Roosevelt travelled across New York state today, moving toward Ohio for his fifth major campaign address at Cleveland tonight. As Wendell Willkie prepared one of his final bids to votes, his New York City talk tonight, Roosevelt began his swing through the pivot- al states of New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio. In the President's Brooklyu‘ speech last night he declared that there “has been forming” in the| Republican party an ‘“unholy alh- ance between extreme reactionary | and extreme radical elements in this country and there is no com- mon ground on which they can| unite unless it be their common will to power.” ‘ Wilikie asserted, in a speech to- day, that the statement had been “designed to stir up class hatred‘ and divide our people,” saying that | his opponent “complains that the“ Republican ticket has the support| of many different elements of our| population. The answer is obvi- ous. It is because our party is the| only one which offers unity to Lhe\ country.” (By - Applicants for the U. 8. Marine Corps must be between 66 and 4, inches in m-.gm ‘%S“‘NG@ Drew Pearsos end Robert S.Allen © z T ) %60 ?Hundred Bombers M ake) Italians Advance into Greece $ v ) TIRANA @ YUGOSLAVIA SEERNA ALBANIA (3 o»‘FLORINA s"om“‘ o Reinforced Greek troops were reported fighting staunchly on the Al- banian front where Italian trcops had pierced the border (1) on the line to Salonika, and in the Epirus regions (2) where the Italians | asserted they had smashed 40 miles into the interior. The Greek high | command acknowledged that heavier Italian forces were striking in | the Epirus. Corfu (3) posed a mystery. Following reports that Brit- ish naval forces had landed on the island and that an Italian force | followed and engaged the British in combat, London soureces denied ‘ His Majesty’s forces had landed on Corfu. ; | ITALIAN FDRAGAIN - AIRRAID = SAYSWARS REPORTED NOTFORUS Makes Informal Address from Train While in Station at Rochester | ABOARD ROOSEVELT'S TRAIN, fov. 2—"Your President says this ountry is not going to war.” Attack on Navy Base, Airport of British NEW YORK, Nov. 2. — A Rome broadcast picked up this afternoon . GERMANY i"mlsldero(l and disposed of at last| CHICAGO — In a EOTZWUS—hUEd“in New York says 100 Italian bomb- weod suit, behind about seven!ers carried out the heaviest aid raid C secretaries in De monanc headquarters, sits the| Honcrable Scott Lucas, generalis- simo of the Roosevelt forces for the Midwest. Senator Lucas, ordinarily genial and kindly, is not a happy man. His brow is creased with furrows as he frets over the lack of support he is getting from Democratic head-‘ qu'u(ex s in New York. “We can't conduct a campaign! without cash,” says the Senator, and | no cash has been forthcoming from New York. Of course, the Senator | fails to add that other campaign/ headquarters have gone out and raised their own cash without wait- | ing for New York. But apparently that has not occurred to him; and the status of the Roosevelt campaign | in the Midwest generally reflects| his inertia. At present, Republican campaign | managers confidently predict a min- | imum of 200,000 majority in down- state Illinois—and Democratic lead- ers, when they take their hair down, agree with them. All of which means that Cook County (Chicago) will tell the story of Illinois on No- vember 5. In order to carry the state, Roosevelt must pile up a lead of 300,000 in the densely populated domain of Messrs. Ed Kelly and Pat Nash. Whether Roosevelt can top Will- kic's downstate majority is most uncertain. A month ago it looked like a cinch. But it is a different| ,lor) today. That is why mmsevelt' campaign managers have been| ])](‘ddmz with him to make a trip to Chicago. A personal appearance, | they believe, would turn the tide in his favor. and seven | of the Mediterranean war. The attack was centered on Malta this afternoon, striking at both the British naval base and airport at Miccaba .o —— - (CAPT. WOLD TALKS ' T0. M.S. FERN FROM SEATTLE HOSPITAL Veferan Trader Is Recover- ing from Airplane Accident SEATTLE, Nov. 2. — Recovering from a serious airplane accident, Capt. Peter Wold, veteran Alaska trader talked over the radio tele- phone last night from his bed in the Seattle General Hospital with the motorship Fern in the Bering Sea and found out that all was well with those aboard his ship. “I was in communication with ‘Capt. Ben Aspen at 10 p. m. while the Fern was bound from Platinum to Unalaska,” Capt. Wold said to- day. “Every word was as clear as if had been talking to the corner grocery. “The Fern is making its last voyage of the season and will arrive here between November 18 and 20 to be tied up in Seattle for the winter.” Capt. Wold who was struck in the head by an airplane propeller !at Platium October 1, will leave the Without that trip, Illinois is any-| President Roosevelt addressed | hese words today to a rain-drench- | 'd crowd that gathered around the | train in Rochester, New York. | In an informal speech, Roosevelt reviewed what he termed the “for- tunate record” established while he vas Chief Executive of New York State and of the nation. He said he never had yet had to call out the National Guard to put fown riots, or call the Army and | ity” in Red Cross work, floods, etcetera. Air Losses 0f Germans Are Heavy (By Associated Press) The British Air Ministry estimated that over 6,000 German airmen have been killed or taken prisoners and | British pilot losses are only about 350 since August 8. Reelect Roosevelf Says Hull ON FIRE IN RAID, Terrific Battefihg Is Given Berlin - Big Power Station Ablaze LONDON, Nov. 2.—Berlin suffered two of the “heaviest and most con- centrated aerial attacks of the war at the hands of the RAF” last night, the Air Ministry news service said. Veteran pilots reported on their return that one of the fires started by bombs was the largest they have ever seen in Germany. The Klingenburg power station was the center of a blaze nearly a mile in length, it was reported, and flames could be seen 150 miles away. oil ets and fifteen airdromes elsewhere in German-held territory were also attacked. > J COUNCIL TAKES UP MINOR CITY DIFFICULTIES Roufine Matters Discussed: at Last Night's ‘ Session a Half a dozen typical minor prob- lems of City administration were | night’s City Council session. | Cowling-Davlin Company was; awarded a contract to furnish a new | police patrol waon. The firm's bid of $1127 less $355 allowed for the old wagon was siightly below that of the Juneau Motors, which offered a ve-| hicle at $1060.03 less $269.90. The Council voted to renew for | five years the City's lease with | Charles G. Warner for waterfront| property on which the gridiron at| the Upper City Float is located. H. L. Faulkner, attorney for Warner, appeared at the meeting to inquire whether the lease was to be re- | | newed. Indian Possessions ~ ITI5 CANDIDATE RGOSEVELT NOW In his first avewedly political appearance of the campoaign, President Roosevelt spoke from his train at Wllmln:lun. Del,—on the way to Philadelphia (o inspect defense industries and make his first formal L WET VIRGINIANS HAIL WILLKE NAZI RAIDS TUNE DOWN ON BRITISH RAF Continfls More De- structive Attacks on Vital Ggrman Points GREEKS STUBBORNLY DEFENDING COUNTRY Imporlant “Mounfain Stronghold in Albania Taken—Bayonet (By Associated Press) “Gradual weakening of the Ger- man effort” in the German siege of Great Britain is claimed this morning by the British Air Ministry |while it is announced the British attacks on Germany and occupied lands continue with unabated fury. the attacks being made in night raids by the Royal Air Force. From other sources it is stated Italy is getting ready for a mechan- ized offensive on the Greeks, but \ F _ |assisted by the German units. Bombing Raids The Italian air force today re- sumed attacks on Greece, bombing Port Patras and Canea. Authorized sources assert the Fascists are moving mechanized equipment, tanks, armored cars and artillery through Albania toward the western coastal zone of Greece. It is said that German officers are in command of these forces. The Greek authorities admit the frontier line has been pierced but for only short distances and Greek sharpshooters have massed in the mountain fastnesses and are pouring hot shots on the invaders. Stronghold Taken The Greek authorities claim they have captured 2 mountain fortress on the Albanian side, routing the Italians after a surprise and bril- liant infantry charge. The capture of the mountain position took the Greeks into Albanian territory for the first time. Heavy artillery is being moved to this strategic point, it is said. The RAF last night made more Navy except “in the cause of human- | - A letter from the Office of Indian | Affairs listed tax-exempt “Indian | | possessions” in Juneau as being worth $22,000. If these were taxed lat the City's 18-mill rate, the an- nual revenue would be only $396, according to the letter from Charles Hawkesworth. In all the incorpor- ated communities of the Territory such tax-exempt Indian property is| worth $416490 and would yield $1- 563.75 in revenue if taxed, the let- ter stated. Montgomery Ward and Company protested a City assessment of $1500 | on stock at its Juneau order office, | asserting such stock was worth only | $600 at time of assessment. To Repair Pavement Councilmen voted to repair con- crete pavement undermined by the installation of steam pipes at the Juneau Lumber Mills and to send a bill for the work to the Mills. The Council voted to combine local activities of the nursing ser- vices of the Territorial Depart- ment of Health and Office of In-| dian Affairs, at the request of Dr Courtney Smith, Assistant Commis- | sioner of Health. Former Councilman Sam Feldon| WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 asked that a parking place be pro-|has threatened to homb the Burma vided by the City in front of the|poaq dispatches say, Feldon Apartments on Calhoun‘ Avenue. The request was referred| 12" 100,000 Opinase to the Police Committee. | froze and sweat to build it, bomb- ing is no more than HOLDEN FLYING g o TR TRIP TO COAST Johnson, U. 8. Ambassador to Four passengers flew to the is- By JACK STINNETT but to more coolies who nature has China, was permitted to travel over the new Burma Road in a car, From his reports and those of the few who followed him can body's state. It can go either to Roosevelt or to Willkie. \‘ FIGHTING BUSINESS MEN | Most interesting phase of the cru- cial Chicago battle is the militant -_— (Continued on Page Four) ) hospital for his Seattle home next _ Tuesday. | WASHINGTON, Nov. 2—In a A O R broadcast address last night Secre- Alaska has a coastline of 26,-|tary of State Cordell Hull said the 000 miles. reelection of President Roosevelt is i {the “fullest possible méasure to as- Windmills were first used com-|sure security and safeguard peace monly in Germany, for this country.” lands today with Alex Holden and a number of freighting trips to| Tulsequah are on the flying sched-| ule this afternoon, | Those flying to the coast were nings at Rangoon, runs north 0. i sections a rutted cart road. But Dr. Robert Simpson, Mrs. Russell| Mandalay, and on to Lashio. There ;. 0| the railway ends but for anothery - 1120 -miles — to Wanting on thol Clithero and Art Littlefield Sitka, and Art Miller to Hirst. be pieced one of the most amaz- One of the largest crowds of the Presidential campaign turned out to see and hear Wendell L. Willkie (in- dicated by zrrnwl, llepublican nominee, when he spoke at Huntington, West Hrgmh. BURMA ROAD BOMBING IS OLD STUFF; NATURE IS AWAY AHEAD OF JAPAN ON ENGLAND Burma-Yunnan border — there a good 'British-build road. TWO-WEEK JOU (Y At Wanting, the real Burma Road begins. It writhes and weave: like a snake through 650 miles of jagged mountains and mile-deen gorges. Torrents, snow, ice and landslides hammer at it all the year round. Throughout the rainy season, just ending now, the road is impassable much of the time. Even in good weather it takes a motor truck two weeks to make » Formations of Nazi, Italian destructive raids on railways leading to Berlin and also on Berlin itself. The Krupps munitions works at Essen were also bombed during the night with destruction apparent. Late this afternoon it is said that fierce Greek bayonet charges are cutting wedges into the Italian ranks in Albania. ATTACK ON GREENLAND FRUSTRATED German Ex@i}ion Is Cap- fured by Norwegian Patrol Boat NEW YORK, Nov. 2—A German language broadeast by the British Broadcasting Corporation, picked up today by the Columbin Broadcasting System, said a German expedition of 50 men had been captured in an unsuccessful attempt to seize the | meteorological station in Greenland. The broad-ast said the Norwegian | patrol boat Fritjof Hansen made the Gcrmnns prl.sqners FOUR NORTHBOUND | ON PAA ELECTRA AIR RAID BEATEN OFF Planes in Atfack Scur- ry Back fo Bases (By Associated Press) The Germans late this afternoon | threw half a dozen or more strong formations of fighter and bomber‘ planes against England, mcludmg some Italian planes The British Air Ministry says the formations were routed by anti-air- ing time. the 650 miles—50 miles a day and the da are long. For more than 690 years the Burma Road was a pack trail and Sapite o, sy’ road. ib; one craft fire and the planes scurried | back towards their bases. The Air Ministry announces nine of the planes were shot down in violent battles along the south coast. Two of the planes were Italian air- | craft. The Burma Road has its begm-i 1937, (Continued on Page Seven) when Chiang Kai-shek Four passengers flew to Fair- ‘banks vesjerday evening aboard |a PAA Electra. They were H. M. Milley, Millie Fernald afid daughte® and Dick Hawley.